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Pentel TRFS Tradio Mini Fountain Pen Review
When someone says Pentel Tradio this is the pen I think of. Black barrel, windowed cap, and most importantly, angled felt tip. It has been around for years and seems to be the traditional model. Pentel has found a way to dilute the Tradio line with several unrelated models, such as the Tradio Energel, Tradio Fountain Pen (some people refer to the original as a fountain pen too), and the disposable Pentel Pulaman, which uses the original Tradio tip. Is the Tradio name more about the barrel design than the tip design?
I'm confused, but we are not done yet. Say hello to the Pentel TRFS Tradio Mini Fountain Pen.
The Mini takes the traditional barrel design, shrinks it, makes it translucent, and adds a medium steel fountain pen nib. The size of the pen is nice, but I'm not a fan of the grip area. It almost has a convex feel to it. The nib is decent, although not as glassy smooth as the full size model, but it does take short international cartridges, which is a bonus.
All that said, I don't see a need for this pen. Mini fountain pens are a tough nut to crack and no one does it better than Kaweco. They are well made, come in many price points, and have wonderful (and swappable) nibs.
I'm interested to hear from you on this: Do you have a go to mini fountain pen?
The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 62 - Lefty Apologist
In Episode 62 of The Pen Addict Podcast Myke and I are joined by one of my best pen friends, Ana Reinert from The Well-Appointed Desk. Myke and Ana team up on me in our Lefties vs. Righties conversation and I learn a lot in the process. I hope you do too!
I've known this all along but Myke is a Show Note master. If you don't listen to the episode at least go check out all of the links he put together from our discussion. Awesome stuff.
The Obama Overwrite
