Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop - Gray Houndstooth iron gall ink and combined with its waterproof

and combined with its waterproof and fade-resistant formula

This is the Clear/Transparent version of the Pilot Kakuno

The small version includes a semi-random selection of six (6) 3mL samples of my favorite Iroshizuku ink colors

a color introduced from the West during the Meiji era

combining the tradition of the past with modern writing characteristics

Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop - Gray Houndstooth iron gall ink and combined with its waterproofThis is the Gray Houndstooth colorway from Pilot Metropolitan's "Retro Pop" collection. It's a silver gray Pilot Metro fountain pen with a houndstooth pattern on the section end of the body. This colorway always makes me think of a "Dark Academia" setting: a rainy, misty day, where you're inside a warm old university library or by the roaring fire of an Irish country pub. The Pilot Metropolitan is both a great entrypoint into fountain pens, or a