Kuretake Fountain Brush Pen Refill Cartridge - Pack of 5

I'm probably still high from just getting my pen. I got a Kuretake no.13, and it's just been an absolute joy to use.

But this is the ink, not the pen.

Personally, I got the pen for art rather than writing, though I've found it fun for that too. At first, I ordered some of the platinum carbon ink because I'd read Kuretake's included ink is not water proof at all. And it isn't! But it was only after placing the order that I realized just how cool it'd be that it wasn't.

And when I tried it out, I was absolutely right. I'm totally awesome.

Make a drawing with the pen, then take another brush (or anything else that can carry and smear around water) and paint using the ink that's already on the paper. Extremely fun. I just wish that Kuretake produced this ink outside of the cartridges, because I think I'd rather use a syringe or a converter, long term.

So it would be 5 stars for being awesome, but it's 4 for coming only in cartridges, not in bottles. (Though I would gladly revise my review if I did find bottles of it.)

Nice saturated ink, flows really well too. My favorite thing about this cartridge is the small metal ball that sits at the opening -- when you snap the cartridge into a pen, the ball is forced up into the reservoir where it bounces around and keeps the ink mixed! Really good design.

no, this wouldn't work on the pentel. the hole on this cartridge is much bigger, i'm pretty sure the ink would just leak everywhere. get the kuretake pen, i think it's even better than the pentel.

Hello, and a wonderfull (whatever daytime you might be reading this...)

The Kuretake Brush Pen Refill Ink, suitable for nearly all Kuretake Fountain Brush Pens, is one of the most saturated black inks I have worked with
A lot of people mention the disadvantage of "not being waterproof", but this does not matter, really.

It is a deep, neutral, saturated black, which I use a lot for all the colouring and shading in dark parts, which even looks great in washing effects with a dipped brush.
A lot of people tell you, not to use them because they are not waterproof, but try these cartridges, it might be well worth it.
And the price is sensational.

If you want to work with these pens on a watercoloured picture, use the watercolour first, then this ink. And if you are in need of Black lines, draw thin ones with a waterproof ink first, then brush later.

And, a problem nearly everyone seems to mention and seems to have with brushpens.... even if you do not find a converter and want to use a different ink than the original one.... use a Syringe.
The normal cartridges have a larger capacity of ink anyway than most converters.
I never buy converters, not for Lamy fountain pens not for any brush pen, just a needle, a syringe and the desired ink.... works perfectly.

"Happy painting!"
(Bob Ross, R.I.P.)

TheHOINK

will it work on pentel pocket brushpen?