Glass Pen & Ink Sets: Gold

A glass dip pen with a spiral-cut nib, 7.5 inches, boxed with a jar of Italian writing ink. The style is usually traced to the glassmakers of Murano, though the first pens anyone documented were made in Japan in 1902. It survived because it works.

The grooves running down the nib are not decoration. Capillary action holds ink in the channels, so a glass pen carries far more ink per dip than a metal nib does. You get a sentence or two rather than a few words, and the line stays even the whole way.

What You Are Getting

One gold glass dip pen, 7.5 inches, and a jar of fine Italian writing ink, gift boxed. Gold is the color of the glass. The ink in the set is black.

Glass nibs do not corrode and do not need replacing, and they rinse clean in water, which means you can change ink color mid-page without a second pen. They also break if you drop them on tile, so the box is worth keeping.

Use It For

Calligraphy, journaling, and any writing where you want to switch ink often. A glass nib is the practical choice for someone working with several colors, because cleaning it takes a glass of water and five seconds.

Pair It With

Wicca Sealing Wax, and a journal to use it in. The Feather Quill Calligraphy Set is the traditional counterpart if you want both on the desk. More in journals and pens.