Battle of the dropper filled fountain pens!
- Traditional dropper filled fountain pen
- unscrew the section
- comes off clean since you only handle the outside of the gripping section
- BUT then you have to set down the section, which will likely roll around, and some have feeds that extend past the section internally, leaving inky parts exposed.
- Middle joint pens
- the joint internally is still at the nib end.
- the external joint has been moved to keep it away from gripping fingers.
- clean to remove and set down while filling
- Rear end joint fountain pen
- Eagle correspondent pen
- Parker Jointless
- pull out the entire nib and feed in a retaining collar.
- J.G. Rider
- only the feed pulls out
- now you have to set down an inky feed
- replace the inky feed after filling the pen
- Swan plug feed
- the plug stays attached
- less risk on inky fingers – pull on the clean bulb with a fingernail
- bulb is still clean after filling the pen
- Hick Sackett
- the long feed hold the nib and feed extended while you fill the barrel
- but you still have to pull out the inky nib and feed
- and you have to push the inky nib and feed back into place.
AND THE WINNER IS…… The Swan plug feed!!!!!! Honorable mention to the Eagle Correspondent pen.