Misfill, Sign Pen Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

Read: — Pentel Sign Pen (Lexikaliker)

— Why the Pentel Sign (Fude Touch) Brush Pen is my Favorite Brush Pen (he Well-Appointed Desk)

— InkShift – Mont Blanc Royal Blue to Irish Green (inkxplorations)

— Daily Calendar Doodles, May - August // A.C. (Baum-kuchen)

— Coming 10.17.25 the newly reimagined large idea journal (doane paper feed)

— Deliciously Drawn: Five food illustrators who'll make you hungry (Creative Boom)

— Ink Swatching Tools Update (Olive Octopus)

— #12PenPersonQuestions (Toga’s Stationery Vagaries)

— Roly Allen (Uses This)

— Pen Porn: Zek Pens (Rachel's Reflections)

— Ink Swatch Wednesday: Revisiting Diamine Inkvents (and a bonus) (Cheryl Lindo Jones)

— A critical mass of Diamine (mnmlscholar)

— Visit to Evergreen Stationery (Great World outlet) in Singapore (Inkcredible Colours)

— 2025 Colorado Pen Show and Other Upcoming Education Opportunities (Fountain Pen Love)

— News: M805 Metal Sleeve Special Edition Fountain Pen (The Pelikan's Perch)

Watch: — What I Brought Home from a Road Trip (ephemera & stationery) (Abbey Sy)

— Teranishi Guitar Taisho Roman Ink Entire Collection | Swatch with Me | Ink Journal (Bookish Artist)

— Video-Review: Lamy Safari (Ballpoint) (Scrively)

— Elegent Simplicity: Unboxing The Matthew Martin OG1 Fountain Pen (dwrdnet Stationery)

— Stilo & Stile + Leonardo Poliedrica Desiderio (Figboot on Pens)

— Painting Floral Art with Inks by Dominant Industry x Wonder Pens (From Carola)

— My First Order from Cardinal Pens & Paper! Unbox a pen, some paper, and some inks! (Inkdependence)

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St. Jude Milestone Giveaway - Zodiac Pen Co. Capricorn in Orange Swirl Ebonite Fountain Pen

I’m raising money for St. Jude during the month of September, and as we keep hitting milestones, I keep adding items to give away to anyone and everyone who would like to enter.

This giveaway is for a Zodiac Pen Co. Capricorn Fountain Pen in Orange Swirl Ebonite, with a Medium Jowo #6 Nib. You know the drill - read the rules below, and get to entering!

One note: this, and all other St. Jude Milestone Giveaways will run until the end of September, officially closing at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.

There are more giveaway milestones to hit, so check out my campaign and help myself and Relay raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

St. Jude Milestone Giveaway - Zodiac Pen Co. Capricorn in Orange Swirl Ebonite Fountain Pen

Kaweco Perkeo Calligraphy Set Review

(Kimberly (she/her) took the express train down the fountain pen/stationery rabbit hole and doesn't want to be rescued. She can be found on Instagram @allthehobbies because there really are many, many hobbies!.)

The Kaweco Perkeo Calligraphy Set includes the Perkeo pen barrel and cap and three different grip sections, each housing 1.1, 1.5, or 1.9 millimeter nibs. 3 Kaweco Pearl Black cartridges are also included but I decided to use my Kaweco Midnight Blue cartridges instead. The set comes in a plastic box.

The pen, grip sections, and cartridges in a clear “tray”.

Since I have already done a review (of the Perkeo), I will focus on the Calligraphy Set. Not only does the set include 3 separate grip sections with the nib and feed, they are different shades of blue, so you can easily tell which nib you’re using. The light blue section holds the 1.1, the royal blue holds the 1.5, and the dark blue 1.9.

The light blue 1.1 section (left) is installed in the pen, 1.5 royal blue in the middle, and 1.9 dark blue on the right.

I knew that the Perkeo would work right out of the box (which it did), but I was really surprised at how nicely it wrote! It wasn’t scratchy but it also wasn’t uncontrollably smooth either. In addition to this Ayush paper, I also tried the smoother Meringue paper and this pen behaved like a champ.

I felt that I had spent a fair amount of time with the 1.1; after all, it’s been inked up since August 1, and used five times before this article, so it was time for the 1.5 nib. This one isn’t quite as smooth as the 1.1, but I think it is a bit more sensitive to angle than the 1.1. Most companies use 1.1 for their stubs so I find it fun to use a 1.5 for variety, and it’s a faster way to go through ink.

1.1 on the first paragraph, and 1.5 for the rest of the page.

Of course, after the 1.1 and 1.5, I have to try the 1.9 and it, too, wrote well out of the box. (The 1.1 and 1.5 nibs have been sitting out on my desk for a few hours so the ink is more saturated. The top of this page is a bit lighter because I put a drop of water on the breather hole to get the ink started.)

Love all the ink that gets laid down by a 1.9!

I liked all three nibs pretty equally, but the 1.9 forces me to slow down a bit more so my letters aren’t as messy.

Writing sample of the 1.1, 1.5, and 1.9 nibs.

The Kaweco Perkeo Calligraphy set retails for $40, which is a good deal for a pen with 3 nibs/grip sections.

(Disclaimer: I bought this set from Vanness Pens. I already had the Kaweco Midnight Blue cartridges and Ayush Paper.)

PS - A 10 ml vial is a great to store the grip sections (Clearly, I cannot grammar when writing! You know what I meant, lol!)

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