Kuretake Karappo Pen, 1mm Oblique tip 5pcs set, Empty refillable ink pen, for lettering, calligraphy, illustration, drawing, Made in Japan

I have been experimenting with alcohol ink products to create my particular palette of colors. If you draw with commercial art markers, they may be cheap, but they don't last long. And so often, the color is just not what you expected. This product allows you to make your own. Kits of many colors of alcohol ink are reasonably priced and can offer an infinite array of hand mixed colors. The product is inspirational ; and affordable . They are easy to make, but I advise trying the Kuretake ink mixing kit to learn and hone technique. I have been experimenting with the copic marker refills, to produce a color formula of my own with precise recipes so I never run out. I was pleasantly surprised that alcohol ink could work so well. You can buy the pens with your choice of tips. I find the "oblique" metal tip versatile enough to meet my needs. I have not had these for more than a month , but so far they outlast any commercial marker I have used.

I bought two packs of these. They were exactly what I've been looking for. I filled them with fountain pen ink in different colors. They absorbed the ink quickly and write perfectly. They're felt tip, fine, pens. I haven't had any problem with any of them. Very easy to fill with ink and work well. I'm glad I got them.

They are easy to fill and I like that the barrel is transparent, no guessing about the color.

I bought these empty pens to use with the ink Cafe kit and I fell right in love. The brush is small but I like it more than the .4mm brushes included with the kit. I love using these, filling them was easy and didn't require intense pressure to put the end on after putting the cartridge inside. There is a plastic coating around the cartridge that keeps your fingers from touching the ink (still managed to get it on me the first time though haha, because I kept messing with it). They've held up to quite a few hours of drawing so far and I couldn't be happier. I will be buying more soon because I have a lot more ink!

I love to sketch with fountain pens but these markers give me the option of diluting fountain pen ink in water for a wider range of values. For the price, I can carry around as many colors as I want. So far, no leaks. Filling them with ink is a much tidier process than I would have expected.

These are nice pens, work great with the intended ink kit.I just really wish these were “refillable”.Refilling CAN be done, but is not recommended.It’s a hack which means they aren’t in perfect shape the second time and you need to source the cores elsewhere. Kind of a bummer, environmentally wasteful and not cost effective.

Great for beginners

The tips are not brush tips as said in the description. They’re very hard tips. So I will not be using them.I don’t know if this is a mistake in the description, or if these hard tips are truly considered brush tips. It’s one solid tip and very hard. Not useful for what I intended.I use brush tips to paint-draw with. Brush tips offer variation of line widths.If it’s a matter of language or lingo, I think the description should be clearer.

ミューテッド５色で試しましたが、やはりかなり色味は薄くなりますね。0.25ではちょっと細すぎて、微妙。濃い色を望むのであれば、カートリッジ式のものを選択すべきかもしれません。

このシリーズが好きで余った万年筆のインクを入れて使用しています。ただ5回ほど使用したあたりからペン先が潰れはじめてしまいました。マーカーと使用していただけに使い始めよりかなり線が太くなってしまいました。からっぽペンが好きなだけに改善されることを祈ります🙏