Secret Santa post-deadline FAQ
Have you shipped your Secret Santa package? Read on for answers to all your questions!
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Secret Santas PLEASE READ: Important info and next steps
If you registered for the Secret Santa gift exchange, read on to find out what to do next. If you didn't sign up and want to participate, it's not too late! Read below and contact your nearest elf.
Secret Santa gift exchange signup instructions
Sign up for our fountain pen gift exchange!
Interview: Unsung heroes of the fountain pen world
Join us as we interview Rick Horne, pen repairer and restorer from The Southern Scribe.
Welcome to Secret Santa 2024!
Exchange gifts with your fellow pen enthusiasts! Our annual gift exchange will open for signups on November 1.
Chaos on wheels: a story of mentorship
Kayo shares the story of how her mentor introduced her to fountain pens.
The lost art of letterlocking
How did people seal their letters before there were mass-produced envelopes? Read more to find out!
Pens, planners, and friends! Oh my!
(Sorry, not sorry for my dorky Wizard of Oz reference- it's my favorite movie, so whenever I list something in threes, I can't help but think of this!)
What is precious resin?
You may have seen companies like Montblanc and Faber-Castell claim that their pens are made of “precious resin”. But what exactly is “precious resin”?
Nib choices for Platinum pens
Charts issued by Platinum to assist customers in choosing the correct nib. Japanese charts with English translation.
Pen enthusiasts in the Philippines: FPN-Philippines
Mona shares her experiences as an admin of Fountain Pen Network-Philippines.
Filling systems in vintage fountain pens
Step through fountain pen history as we explore filling systems that are found in vintage fountain pens.
Guides
Buying your first vintage fountain pen
Are you daunted by the dazzling variety of vintage pens and don't know where to start? Keep reading!
Penfount
Happy birthday Penfount!
We're so excited to have finally reached one year on the Fediverse!
Guides
Introduction to fountain pen filling systems
Are you unsure of the difference between a piston filling fountain pen and a vacuum filler? Should you use cartridges or a converter? This guide will help you to learn about the 5 main filling systems you're likely to come across in modern fountain pens.
Penfount
Welcome to the new Penfount blog!
We've moved house! We have migrated the Penfount blog to Ghost. We hope this will enable us to get content out more quickly and take more contributions of content. We are aiming to publish one article a month going forward. If you're interested in getting updates
Guides
How to replace a Pilot steel nib
Did you drop your pen or screw up your nib somehow on your Pilot Metropolitan, Prera, Kakuno, or other Pilot steel nib pen? Luckily you have a few options for replacements!
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Secret Santa post-deadline FAQ
Secret Santas, the shipping deadline is today! But don’t worry if you haven’t sent your package, just keep your giftee informed and all will be well. If you have questions, please review the answers below. If you have further doubts or issues, please reach out to an elf!
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Secret Santas PLEASE READ: Important info and next steps
The exchange has matched! Each person in the exchange has been assigned a giftee. You should have gotten an email with a link to click on in order to retrieve your match. Your match is a digital “envelope” containing your giftee’s name, address, questionnaire, wishlist, and exchange preferences. Note
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Secret Santa gift exchange signup instructions
The holidays are coming up and what better way to celebrate than to exchange gifts with your fellow fountain pen enthusiasts? This is your opportunity to penable a newbie, share ink samples that you will likely never use up, or re-home neglected pens to a new owner that will appreciate
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Introducing Secret Santa!
We’re pleased to announce our Secret Santa exchange! This exchange has run on Reddit for the past few years and we’re pleased to be extending it to the Mastodon and Fediverse community this year! Signups will open on 28 October at 00:00 UTC and close on 18
Guides
Alternatives to the CON-40
The Pilot CON-40 converter has often been criticized as being difficult to use and difficult to get a full fill in. This is such a problem that Goulet Pens issued a "life hack" video giving their tips for filling the converter completely, and even asked John Lane of
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Why we created this community
Today we are officially launching Penfount, a new fountain pen community on Mastodon, and we invite you to join us! This year has not been a good year for the health of social media. First there was the debacle that was Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. Then, in the