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| Earlier this year, my 8yo was instructed that he needed a fountain pen for school. Slightly surprised, we went and invested in said implement.
Yesterday he tried to do his homework, and the flippin' thing twice sprayed ink all over the place! I tried with a new cartridge(sp?), but today it did the same again.
But why use those things at all? The ballpoint pen is 60 years old and rarely makes such a mess. They have given up on goose feathers, at least, and hammer/chisel/stone plate.
And what are those skills good for anyway? Most of what I write in hand are shopping lists, the rest on computers.
Having grown up in Denmark (started school 74), I have never used them myself. Neither has my Portuguese wife.
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He's either put too much pressure on the nib (causing it to rebound in a fine skatter,) shook/flicked it (leaves a straight line) or it's blocked (huge blob)
Know you're enemy he could be having some fun with his new toy
If you're really struggling I could show you how to use one over a beer in Basel haha!
