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Fountain pens? One may want to consider the excellent German brand Lamy which offers both cheap and expensive models of fountain pens (and ballpoint pens too, but not as cheap as Bic). Their cheap ‘Lamy Safari’ pictured here was designed in the 80s/90s to help kids proper handwriting and is still, imho, one of the best cheap/beginner-friendly fountain pen one could buy here in Europe. Its also real sturdy while still being easy to fix if anythign was to happen to it ;)
Depending on where you draw the line, Lamy might no longer count as a European brand, since they were recently bought out by Mitsubishi Pencils.
That aside, you've still got Pelikan, who do make some entry level fountain pens.
Depending on where you draw the line, Lamy might no longer count as a European brand, since they were recently bought out by Mitsubishi Pencils.
Good point. The company is still in Germany, though.
That aside, you’ve still got Pelikan,
I should have mentioned them (I quite like some of their high-end fountain pens)
And the Lamy ballpoints can finally have a decent ink, now that they're making them with the Jetstream ink. Pretty sure it's a Japan exclusive for the moment, though.
Also, KaWeCo. Not quite as big, but really neat fountain pens.
FaberCastell
You have their USA site's link. Might want to change it to this one: https://www.faber-castell.com/
Thx, updated ;)
Not technically pens or paints but Essdee are great for all things prints - think lino print, block or screen print and so on. They're a UK company.
Thx, I didn't know about them. I would love to see more people re-discover anything Lino and small press related... Anything that may encourage them express themselves and maybe try fanzines or 'zines', as young people call them nowadays.
In the 80s, I was heavy into that and that was so exciting. Being much older today, I'm obviously not the target audience of most zines anymore but a majority of the ones I've had an opportunity to read felt a lot less exciting to me. Some are true works of art, no discussion about that, but they're also very often so... politically-correct and so self-conscious, so afraid to cross anyone as to not dare much if anything. But like I said, I'm now much older and not the target audience for zines anymore.
Does the US even make pens? Isn't this like a France vs Japan issue?
Paper Mate, Parker, Waterman, Sharpie, Sheaffer, Eversharp all come to mind.
Marcel Bich invented BIC pens and I think it's still French. Apple is American FYI. I feel like it's not mentioned enough.
Marcel Bich invented BIC pens and I think it’s still French
Indeed. The PDF I linked, retracing the history of the company is nicely made (detailed enough to get a nice overview edit: but not detailed enough to get too boring ;))
Apple is American FYI. I feel like it’s not mentioned enough.
Sorry, I'm not sure to see what's the link with pens?
I highly recommend Rosemary and Co brushes, most of my paintings have been with R&Co, examples in my history.
+1 to that, they have great products. Rosemary & Co.
In France, one may want to check Raphael. I would say theire offer is a bit too complex to my taste but they have some real great brushes ;)
the brand name doesn't make it obvious but Waterman is also European, fountain pens made in France and founded in 1883
To be honest I thought they were two completely independent branches
Love Caran d'Ache, some real quality ball point pens. The Goliath refill also lasts a long time.
I love my Pilot G2 pen.
Pilot is great, and not just with pens. I love their fountain pens a lot too be it their cheap lines and their much more expensive ones—my all time favorite fountain pen is their larger Falcon (the metal bodied one) with its flex nib. I also quite like my Mitsubishi uni-ball Eye Fine and Micro rollerballs (both waterproof ink, btw) but none of those are made in Europe ;)