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oPENions: The Site for Fountain Pen Reviews

After a long hiatus, oPENions is back. oPENions relies on you to supply the reviews! To contribute a review, either send me an e-mail at jmorgan@gmail.com

Latest Reviews

Sailor Marble Ebonite Professional Gear

 
From Sailor

This is a lovely old school styled pen. Made from Ebonite, the two most striking things about it are the swirls of color and the smell. Read the full review here.

Where to Begin?

New to the world of fountain pens? Why not check out the Beginner's Guide. Everything you ever wanted to know about entry level fountain pens and how to avoid buying the wrong thing.

The Reviews

Like numbers? The pen review spreadsheet provides a collection of Likert scale reviews of pens based on all sorts of characteristics. Add your own numerical review by filling out the pen review form.

Pen weights and measures provides vital statistics of many popular pens.

Under each of the pen manufacturers' sections at left are extensive reviews of some of the top pen models.

I will promptly post reviews to the relevant section of the site. Reviews should be informal and impressionistic. There is no set format. If you wish to include a picture of the pen reviewed, I will post that as well.

While I have listed a number of popular makes of fountain pens, I will gladly add makes as needed.

Please click on the links to the left to see reviews for different pen manufacturers.

Special Sections

Since the demise of Ikonpen, I make available some of the Ikonzine Reviews that would otherwise vanish into the ether. The reviews are culled from Google cached copies.

Where to Go from Here?

The Pen Q&A section takes on some of the biggest myths of pendom.

Got an oPENion? E-mail me at jmorgan@gmail.com