Resources

Links to useful fountain pen and other stationery resources below.

Cleaning

• 8 Cleaning tips for fountain pens - from Pen Connection
• Fountain Pen Maintenance: How I Clean My Fountain Pens - by Gentleman Stationer
• SchonDSGN cleaning syringes

Pen repair

• Lubricating Pelikan or other German-style piston fillers
• Heat setting an ebonite feed
• Heat setting a plastic feed

Nib tuning

• Richard Binder workshop notes (see this first)
• Inkquiring Minds Seven strokes to inky happiness
• Richard Binder stroke width chart — compare named sizes to actual line width
• List of nibmeisters maintained by Galen Leather

Inks

• Mountain of Ink
• Richard Binder: Inks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• Fountain Pen Companion

Handwriting and calligraphy

• Guide sheets from The Well-Appointed Desk: Turn a blank notebook into a lined notebook
• Lanquach.com Build Your Guide Sheet — customizable guide sheet generator
• Loops and Tails: Guides to Spencerian, North American Cursive, Blackletter, and Print
• Chancery italic exemplar by Ludwig Tan