Ohto Tasche Fountain Pen - Fine Nib - Pink Body

I have been using this pen for a few months now, mainly writing in my Moleskine watercolor journal to annotate my sketches. I love the pink color and compact size of the pen--it fits neatly in my small watercolor sketch kit. It writes beautifully and reliably in response to a light touch. Too much pressure and it feels somewhat scratchy unless the paper is extremely smooth. I'm generally writing on generously sized, somewhat textured watercolor paper with it. It is fine on that with a light touch...I get a nice consistent line and ink flow whether I am writing cursively or in block letters. Here is an example page from my journal:

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Recently, I refilled a cartridge with Noodler's Lexington Gray (using a syringe). It took some effort to flush out the original non-waterproof ink but once the Lex Gray started flowing through I finally had reasonably waterproof ink in my pen. That allows me to sketch in watercolor as usual and not worry that writing already in place may smear. And frankly, I feel the pen writes more smoothly with the Lex Gray than it does with its "native" cartridge ink.

The pen has stood up fairly well to my not-so-careful handling and frequent exposure to water, but it is worth noting that the words "Ohto Tasche" which are silkscreened onto the cap have partially flaked off. I'm not fussed about it (and didn't take any stars off) because my concern is mainly how well the pen writes and serves as a daily journaling tool. In that capacity it is great. Of course, if the pen were handled more carefully than I do mine, the paint flaking off might not be an issue.

If this pen were available with a medium nib, I would certainly buy it.

Perfect and cute! I have no issues with pen skipping :D A good converter for this pen is the Monteverde Mini Converter.

OK, so I wrote my review too soon about this pen. After tweaking it for a couple months, I finally got the pen to work. I'm not entirely sure what I did to make it write better, but now I really like this pen. Now it writes smoothly and doesn't skip. It is cheap, easy to carry around, and so far doesn't have any noticeable blemishes. If you can get your pen to work, it is worth the buy.

This pen looks really cool but it is not good quality at all. My cheap pilot varsity writes better than this pen. I can only get it to write properly for short amounts of time. It is extremely scratchy and skips a lot. I wouldn't buy this pen again, nor would I buy any other tasche products in the future. I am pretty disappointed with this purchase.

Cute pen... is a bit scratchy but other than that it's great quality