I love drawing with my various fountain pens (especially the Pilot Namiki Falcon), but I keep returning to fude nib pens. I have three of them — the Duke 209 is the one used the most, even though it’s a bit slippery to hold.
The Hero M86 was my first fude, a gift from my dear friend, Cathy “Kate” Johnson. I can manage it’s weird heaviness but it tends to skip a bit if not used every day. Perhaps it needs a wetter ink? I have tried this nib in a Noodler’s Creeper body, as Kate calls her “Frankenpen”, but I just don’t like Noodler’s ink-filling mechanism.
This past year I bought a Hongdian Dark Green fude pen — and I admit I bought it only because I love the deep teal color - perfect for my mixed turquoise ink! The nib feels a bit “chunky” for lack of a more descriptive word. It doesn’t seem as light and versatile in making marks as other fude pens. Still playing around with it . . .
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