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The Carousel Fountain Pen - Tattler's Teal - Ferris Wheel Press

The Carousel Fountain Pen - Tattler's Teal

$15.00 USD
$11.95 USD
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Description

The Carousel is a joyous writing instrument that combines tactility and nostalgia in a lightweight body to create a charming experience with every single detail. The all new custom-ground steel nib is playful and agile, able to produce beautifully nuanced lines with its subtle flexibility. Available in both fine and medium weights, the new nib is stamped with a galloping horse that dances to your every word.

Each Carousel fountain pen comes equipped with its own ink converter, ready to be filled and refilled all over again with your favourite Ferris Wheel Press Ink.

Features
  • Capping Mechanism: Air-sealed click locking cap
  • Capped length: 128mm
  • Posted Length: 128mm
  • Body: Acrylic blend with gloss finish
  • Fountain Pen Nib: Custom ground steel nib; 0.7mm fine, 1.0mm medium widths
  • Converter: Unfilled standard international size converter
Once Upon a Design

Forging ahead on our mission to help the world Fall in Love with Writing Again, we've created two brand new writing instruments that capture your most magical memories of the midway. The design of the Carousel and Roundabout pens draw inspiration from this nostalgic carnival ride, where the dreams of going round and round and round, like our creativity, never ends.

Sharing the same body and silhouette, The Carousel fountain pen and Roundabout rollerball pen are launching in 6 gorgeous colours. Each pen comes equipped with its own ink converter, ready to be filled and refilled all over again with your favourite Ferris Wheel Press Ink.

Notable design motifs:

  • Unique 12-sided bollard cap inspired by memories of the merry-go-round and complete with lovely debossed typography

  • Hexagonal grip section drawing from the nuts and bolts of Ferris Wheel Press' history in printmaking

  • All new galloping horse nib design, which parallels the playful writing qualities of this pen.

  • Circular wordmark debossed into the scalloped base of the body

Customer Reviews

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Amanda
Solid Everyday Writer

I was so excited to receive my Carousel pen. I think it's really important for brands that focus on fountain pens and inks to have a variety of price points for their products. Sure, a high-end pen is great, but we all need something that is grab-and-go that doesn't require delicate handling and writes like a champ. That is this pen. As with all FWP items, the packaging is lovely. I ordered Tattler's Teal, and the color is sublime. The cap is printed in silver with the pen's model name and the brand, which is handy because sometimes it's easy to forget a model. The pen's grip is hexagonal, ensuring the fingers have secure resting places for use. The silver, fine tip nib has the image of a traditional carousel horse, which is a lovely detail. The writing quality is where this pen really shines. Even loaded with sparkle ink, the flow is smooth and consistent. I see very little bleeding on a variety of paper stocks. I have two small critiques for this pen. The first is that the universal converter doesn't seat as snuggly as I would like. I have not experienced any leaks or overflow; I am concerned that if tossed into a bag or jostled a lot that the converter could disconnect, which would be very messy. More testing is required. The other critique is about the general quality feel. Given the price point, it's not necessarily a quibble. Other pens in a similar price range (Kaweco Perkeo, I'm looking at you...) feel a bit more substantial. It could be the smooth barrel or the slight roughness of the end of the barrel. Without the cap secured to the top (which is my preference for I always fear losing a cap that cannot be placed onto the pen), it's too light and disproportionately weighted for my comfort. Overall, this is a nice pen. It will work well as an everyday writer and it would be a great option to introduce someone to the fun of fountain pens at a reasonable cost.

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R A

You get what you pay for it's okay 👍

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Trent Atkinson

Sadly a bit disappointed with this pen. Feels quite light and not super well constructed. There is a crack in the barrel from just screwing the pieces together gently. On top of that the nib does feel a bit scratchy and the ink - I used bookkeepers brass from the same company - blocked up quickly.

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