<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:12:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/fountainpen/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The 1974 Pilot Elite — A Pocket Pen with a Long Shadow  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today I want to look at another small but mighty pen from Japan. Another one @livinguktaiwan. Pilot Elite pocket pen, 1974, 18k nib A while back I wrote about my Pilot]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180658/@dbooster/the-1974-pilot-elite-a-pocket-pen-with-a-long-shadow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180658/@dbooster/the-1974-pilot-elite-a-pocket-pen-with-a-long-shadow</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180658]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dbooster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:50:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4EqDyJyBAufcGtgEttVao2ZNmLRKCfpNrpc8oaXirV48aW89d5uBQB14LSJuCo4rffGaeBGgg8fuifobsDjVBKc7zEdkeFrmKcRR5VAXSRoSB5sqPU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The story of me starting using fountain pens]]></title><description><![CDATA[The reason of me using fountain pen comes from a necessity. At first, I was using the ball point pens and gel pens just like most people. However, as I picked up learning Japanese, I realized that I need]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fountainpen/@stinkybean/the-story-of-me-starting-using-fountain-pens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fountainpen/@stinkybean/the-story-of-me-starting-using-fountain-pens</guid><category><![CDATA[fountainpen]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stinkybean]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 04:53:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBUYDUsb1jysbVjyX2nb1QFcfoBBgtr7QYuGofkz632iCF6Bx9ZuU4HVuLXXimSP9dePdZeAXAx1gZ1upSRWwX6TY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the Ballpoint Pen Destroyed Handwriting (and Banished Cursive)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Isn't it strange that cursive handwriting lasted for hundreds of years but then sometime in the Baby Boomer Generation everyone stopped writing in cursive almost universally and switched to print? We usually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@dbooster/how-the-ballpoint-pen-destroyed-handwriting-and-banished-cursive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@dbooster/how-the-ballpoint-pen-destroyed-handwriting-and-banished-cursive</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dbooster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 00:08:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn97rA8hNLTtLmqQrY5f9EsqDiAr99tQGgKVMZsxMjFQp9Ww4xnitk5shVceKrpUdeU4CaZjNKWpJoax2bqhoSJTtQaMUQycbDrGXNHuMdXnYYM9ev?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fountain Pen ASMR | Waldmann Edelfeder Broad]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my second fountain pen ASMR video in two days, this time writing with the Waldmann Edelfeder pen with a broad nib and Jacques Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite ink. This pen and the one I recorded with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196037/@camuel/gywgi4vz2sr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196037/@camuel/gywgi4vz2sr</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196037]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[camuel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 13:02:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4qEixipsxSf1NbXf3traZgrR5Suyr779UWUwgi1987756GeBpLzK14adg4KYArjdne?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pleasure of Writing Daily Morning Pages | Fountain Pen ASMR]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love writing my Morning Pages every morning and often write with a fountain pen. I decided to share that experience this morning as a way of leading by example, to show you what writing looks like and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196037/@camuel/hbn112dhk0b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196037/@camuel/hbn112dhk0b</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196037]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[camuel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 12:11:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4qEixipsxSf1NbXf3traZgrR5Suyr779BXztfwVLyKkwXBRVg4vLjQkxLV18ALMC1k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fountain pen nibs]]></title><description><![CDATA[I took some pictures of the nibs of some of the fountain pens i own.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@kamilla19/fountain-pen-nibs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@kamilla19/fountain-pen-nibs</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kamilla19]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:56:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYev351Du9gQgrBvuGcnE7YSB4pWStk6QcdxF77YbRF76zWif9141CapTgQ8P9vLoEjPd93CSNF61QSv2rDaQSx5kJm1uwh5RmqzMTCk571pwun6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tale of the Two Fountain Pens | April's Slice of Life | Photo Writing Prompt 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[These are Lolo (Grandfather) and Lola (Grandmother). 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Isaac Newton believed that the vegetative growth that he observed in his alchemical elements were the instant in which God created the universe. He believed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127788/@litguru/iris</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-127788/@litguru/iris</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-127788]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[litguru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2021 21:56:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFdpBpBq5nmvvyRoTono4ptF7aVw9yTRz5T17UvGecxcZEQW2aJpRbtXfgvmkpKDZNTc4BVbuGQNfidEAvbR9NViFLtvd19RyrKp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[파커51 만년필 복각 ]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/kr/@chapoong/51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/kr/@chapoong/51</guid><category><![CDATA[kr]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chapoong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:55:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf11D4JdXrjFV16xwjxbymqL5q1XBQbZuo7q6iYaNg8oXpusDRgQUSm6GjyC1sRUvAiPzmPkLTnpYQtce?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drawing: “Gnothi S’Auton”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today's drawing started very early in the morning, as you can tell from the color of the progress shots, which I include here for your viewing pleasure: Here I decided to sign and date it: Yet again I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-156509/@goldindigo/drawing-gnothi-s-auton</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-156509/@goldindigo/drawing-gnothi-s-auton</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-156509]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goldindigo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 18:07:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2zVCcpeJW4jyLMe4SBCKV4ZeA4syfVB46sQHyGQTLSvrqFdpRsFy7UbxZX778bfGFcZB3VQ6dMDCUpKMyg4QpaUmA4sn9c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drawing: “Supdog”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today's drawing is not as explicit as most of my other ones, but most people would probably consider it more explicit. I will leave the final decision on this question up to you. Once again I must apologize]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-156509/@goldindigo/drawing-supdog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-156509/@goldindigo/drawing-supdog</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-156509]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goldindigo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:56:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJa5zNbRVVrXnjUH7HeFHWfeS6aA81LJJcifhZvVVDXNY4q71Tkafk4PqVhyRCo3K7JH2pJYxUzL1wF5enwExjopzmD9tg9S5E3AqFgVhp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creating a fountain pen: the main difference between Nakaya and Montblanc]]></title><description><![CDATA[A friend recently sent me the following video clip that displays how a Nakaya fountain pen is made: As you can see, the process of making a Nakaya Urushi fountain pen is messy and expertly performed. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@pivic/creatingafountainpenthemaindifferencebetweennakayaandmontblanc-s5ytvle513</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@pivic/creatingafountainpenthemaindifferencebetweennakayaandmontblanc-s5ytvle513</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pivic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:44:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKxXoYtQJXwEp8kn4UBFBDcMBSV1yqVD3Lr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[new pen day! this is a Cross ATX and it’s just lovely!]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/appics/@camuel/appics-v1-appics-im-83142</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/appics/@camuel/appics-v1-appics-im-83142</guid><category><![CDATA[appics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[camuel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:38:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWNnTyuNyi9HXetezAgmM2NN4jTtLVdkfXUvRhjxcv6JUyP8rktHJvdWPHrf542eYvazaV39K5H7bG1fDFFeGg6BaGmDLyqVVcoCQpoZxKmR?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wancher: Dream Pen repaired and another writing option appears! + Seven Treasures Kickstarter]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of Wancher's artisans applying lacquer to a Dream Pen. My Wancher Dream Pen went on a little repair excursion to Japan recently, after I found out that writing with the Wancher Dream Pen Zogan felt]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dreampen/@pivic/wancherdreampenrepairedandanotherwritingoptionappearsseventreasureskickstarter-mwl5oto04k</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dreampen/@pivic/wancherdreampenrepairedandanotherwritingoptionappearsseventreasureskickstarter-mwl5oto04k</guid><category><![CDATA[dreampen]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pivic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:49:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdmjE5YTEgm6qHtEYQPismrYLD4bVojbDBkzkfXwwkGBCzETLZ2Nm6rAWWNtri?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Wancher Limited Edition Zogan Dream Pen]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently received my Wancher Limited Edition Zogan Dream Pen, which I've written about when it was first announced. It's the real dream pen. When I received my Wancher True Urushi Dream Pen that sports]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beautiful/@pivic/reviewwancherlimitededitionzogandreampen-y13rsb02vq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beautiful/@pivic/reviewwancherlimitededitionzogandreampen-y13rsb02vq</guid><category><![CDATA[beautiful]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pivic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 13:27:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBr9aaSucC38BF5Bw7pZjhjx37WTGT7Sgj8K6q8sBy9ra2i9PCjDNDjNFmeLZXHYzWNo5XHY2BNovg2jGPG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[라미 만년필 컨버터 교체시 주의할 점]]></title><description><![CDATA[요즘 디지털 기기에서 잠시라도 벗어나려 만년필을 많이들 쓰시죠. 독일 제품으로 가성비가 좋은 만년필 중에 라미가 있는데, 컨버터 교체시 주의할 점 하나를 알려드립니다. 라미에 대해 올라 온 내용들이 꽤 많은데, 이 점은 잘 모르는 분들이 꽤 있으신 듯해서요 듯합니다. 컨버터를 세척하고 잉크를 넣는 과정은 대부분 잘 아시는 듯하니 생략합니다. 라미 전용 컨버터를]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lamy/@takkyon/2upbqx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lamy/@takkyon/2upbqx</guid><category><![CDATA[lamy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[takkyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:32:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPPu55yBg3oVw6Y5gdW4bD6u1yxJZjPXd8QvCcRGJM3Pz7hbfXvymuMwSuLBjqw3WDYfSpBfZWe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wancher Dream Pen Zogan (special edition)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Edit: my review of this pen is found here. Wancher has recently announced the release of a new fountain pen in their Dream Pen series, this one named Zogan. Limited to only 30 copies, it looks to be a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dreampen/@pivic/wancherdreampenzoganspecialedition-tta9swnppu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dreampen/@pivic/wancherdreampenzoganspecialedition-tta9swnppu</guid><category><![CDATA[dreampen]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pivic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:57:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCyefewg6G8xaE7uW72K1i9dMPQE2bhNtph2tbsXxwZkkqMyuTnZisDZcTNXEKeX2864AHyuGz9PP6BwZJwPKdwDAwVCsg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fountain pen.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fountain pen is a part and parcel of our student life. It is divided into two parts. One part is the main body and the other is the cap. It has an ink holder, a mouth, a nip filler and a nip in the main]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pen/@mdsiddhatt123/a-fountain-pen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pen/@mdsiddhatt123/a-fountain-pen</guid><category><![CDATA[pen]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdsiddhatt123]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 15:37:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3ejZQFLqXedKXKhURftPy84eomd8RrXz7cdRVqibg7x2dzxCwYKXSMjrR5F9QRxdJar3F2Vz6hifu5egE2bcwvFtX9L9QGkFdjeHBhJdneRvXu8LmNsmBoVrBv63JnbY6Wr6Kx3Z3TDCFyiSrS71eyT9Efn9SAsvPFWjs8pM6yauzEDB9TAk2mTzex7j4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rider]]></title><description><![CDATA[The gift has been given and now I can share! The owner approached me about a vision he’d had and asked me to put it on paper for him. As soon as I began the inking process, God started hiding stuff in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heatherthebard/the-rider</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@heatherthebard/the-rider</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:09:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ1o2BKaDCTgtMXSGFhrx7s2TdaCRtyGdQi8aVr8aaAhjhC9T4TmPHsuJxhm5dqseYmum24x5KA9yqZHPbTN9JYuowtz8XGnXgk7P2L5vAmyKNJn7bE4hYz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>