Komamono Lab

Fonte Rollerball Pen (Pen Body Only)

$7.00
$7.00
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Fonte Pen was first released in February 2019 in Japan by Nippon 日本出版販売株式会社 under the brand "Hmmm!?STATIONERY", now under Komamono Lab. It comes in clear body so that the color of the ink inside can be seen; and the word "Fonte" comes from Italian word for "spring", with the image of ink gushing out from the nib just like a fountain. The pen gained popularity in Japan in 2019 as a starter fountain pen, and in 2022 Nippon released additional tip options such as brush, rollerball and glass nib for different ink users. The pen is a rebranded model of Jinhao 992 with a snap cap, and it's great for trying out different inks!
  • Note, this only comes with pen body with a simple cap for tip protection. Separate pen cap with more color options are available here.
  • Fill Mechanism: Cartridge/Converter (International)
  • Comes with one converter
  • Available in Fonte Brush Pen, Rollerball Pen, Fountain Pen and Glass Pen.

 

Customer Reviews

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Savannah Andrea Zambrano

Gave it to a friend as a thank you gift. Want to eventually introduce her to fountain pens so a refillable rollerball seemed like a good step. She likes it so far.

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Terence GF Flynn
A Good Inexpensive Rollerball Pen

I like these rollerball pens and bought them for myself and two others.

I do recommend these rollerball pens.

They are not top shelf and they are not bottom shelf, just good for the price.

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Hannah
Cool concept, poor results

I bought two of these pens, and I really wanted to like them. Unfortunately, I've found both of them to be unusable. Not sure if it's the type of ink (both of which were medium-light Sailor inks-- perhaps a darker, wetter ink would do better?) or the design or both.

Something to note: This pen is technically refillable, but you can't change the ink color. The feed that connects to the cartridge has some sort of foam core, which absorbs the ink to pass it to the rollerball. After the ink is absorbed, it can't be flushed out completely like a plastic feed can. Once you pick your color, you're stuck with it.

I can't get these pens to write longer than a few seconds without skipping. That's if they write at all! I've stored them tip-down for days with little effect. After extended tip-down storage, I get a very dark line for about 2 inches, and then the color peters out to barely-there.

I have the brush pen from this series, which I LOVE. It's such a shame the rollerballs don't work.