Hello and welcome back to another review. Really feel like I need to cover more pens in general and not just fountain pens so I am happy to finally write about Kuretake Karappo pens!
Now if you never heard of these, the Karappo pens were created to go with Kuretake's "Ink Cafe" which I suggest anybody lookup cause you can mix colors to create your own ink color which sounds crazy but also so much fun and I personally want to try it one day when I finally used up all the ink samples I am hoarding (as usual). So these pens are made to be filled with ink, but these are not fountain pens nor standard click pens, as these have a core that you drip in your ink of choice and let the ink get soaked up and places in the body of the pen to be used.
The overall design of these is very simple and minimal which is great considering that you fill these with whatever you want. You can see the ink-soaked core inside, the cap snaps when closed, and it is lightweight making it a nice option for travel or stationery meet-ups especially if you didn't bring a fountain pen but want to use ink.
The price point is very nice actually. I bought all of mine from Yoseka Stationery and they come in a pack of five or single. The single pens are $3 which is amazing but the five-pack is $12 making it a buy 4 get one free.
The ones I got are brush tips, the other option is felt tips. It is very easy to write with and makes nice strokes.
Filling these with ink is very satisfying to watch as the ink climbs up the core. I have been filling these with ink samples and they use about 2ml of ink. This is perfect cause now you can buy ink samples and still write with them using these making this a very cheap writing experience.
There is one major downside to these pens and it is the fact they can not take shimmer. The core does not allow the shimmer particles to travel through it so all the nice shimmer will get stuck on the end of the core you dripped in the ink. For example, these will not work with J. Herbin 1670 anniversary inks cause if you place them in the Karappo it will write as if all the shimmer was taken out. This is actually the reason why I been using these with Lennon Tool Bar inks cause none of them contain shimmer.
Overall I can't recommend these enough. They are so well priced, a great way to use fountain pen ink without a fountain pen, and really fun!
Thank you so much for reading! Let me know if you love using Kuretake Karappo pens too and until next time, stay hyped!
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