Looking for a fountain pen that will be safe to use in a pressurized cabin for flight. Thiis fountain would ride in my shirt pocket the entire trip.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Travel Pen recommendations?
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Fill it up with ink to get the air out. If it’s riding nib up, you won’t have a problem. Don’t try to write with it while climbing out. Once at cruise you are OK. Some of the newer cheaper pens that dropper fill have a shutoff that isolates the reservoir from the feed.
Kaweco Liliput fountain pen silver Pen Nib: M (medium) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006CQTVV...abc_Q0JAJ1EFS19G35F7D70W?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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The Ohto Tasche is a great pocket pen. If you're not planning on writing mid flight, ditch the cartridge before you fly, and load another at the other end. If you are planning on using it in the air, then ignore this suggestion.
All good suggestions. The Kaweco Classic Sport Demo and the Pilot Petit are transparent which provide a further measure of safety as you can see what is going on before you un cap and deploy.
Having said that-I am an odds v. stakes kind of guy such while the odds off an in the shirt accident may be low, the stakes of ruining a short may be high such that I avoid fountains pens in flight.
I much prefer a all stainless steel Parker Jotter, Zebra 701 or my new travel favorites, The Energel Alloy (click/10ish USD Max) Energel Philography (twist- 20ish USD max.)
Having said that-I am an odds v. stakes kind of guy such while the odds off an in the shirt accident may be low, the stakes of ruining a short may be high such that I avoid fountains pens in flight.
I much prefer a all stainless steel Parker Jotter, Zebra 701 or my new travel favorites, The Energel Alloy (click/10ish USD Max) Energel Philography (twist- 20ish USD max.)
I’ve had too many mishaps with rollerball and gel pens on airplanes. Cannot imagine a fountain pen. The only pen I travel with is the Uniball vision elite.
My fountain pens are always kept in my laptop bag when I fly, with full converters. I sleep all the time if possible or watch movies. Never felt the need to write while flying. After I land I check if any ink has leaked out in the cap. So far this has never happened. I never fly with a vintage safety pen though 
My fountain pens are always kept in my laptop bag when I fly, with full converters. I sleep all the time if possible or watch movies. Never felt the need to write while flying. After I land I check if any ink has leaked out in the cap. So far this has never happened. I never fly with a vintage safety pen though
So, that means you have a way to fill the pens prior to the return flight. What is your method? I prefer the Visconti traveling inkpot. I have had mine since at least the early 1990s.
I never fill the pens for my return flights. If they are very low on ink I empty them as I will fill them once at home.
I have only flown twice with filled fountain pens in an inside jacket pocket, both times were short flights, just one hour, both were pens with full, newly pierced cartridges. On each occasion, the ink leaked into the cap, every drop of ink from the cartridge was in the cap which I didn't discover until I arrived at my meeting, it was a mess.
Specialist pen forums will tell you 'no problem' to this question, my experience is 'big problem'.
If you must take a fountain pen, I would take a pen with a new cartridge, unpierced, and fit the cartridge when you land. For any return flight I would remove the cartridge and throw it away..
Frankly, I would take a mechanical pencil or a ball point pen
Specialist pen forums will tell you 'no problem' to this question, my experience is 'big problem'.
If you must take a fountain pen, I would take a pen with a new cartridge, unpierced, and fit the cartridge when you land. For any return flight I would remove the cartridge and throw it away..
Frankly, I would take a mechanical pencil or a ball point pen
One thing to consider is the length of the trip (not the flight) in that if you are going to be at your destination for a week needing that pen, a piston-filler that you can fill up before departure will keep you writing in all but the most scribbly of circumstances, so you won't have to bring a bottle of ink in your suitcase as well.
Pilot Custom Heritage 92.
The Fisher Space Pen has been my airline travel companion for over 25 years.
my go to pen for travel is the Pilot 823 C. Fill it full, shut off the ink. When cabin pressure is at maximum cover the nib for good luck and open the ink knob. I have used this pen since they were introduced, and it's never failed me.
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I heard the 823 can be a bit of a challenge to clean?
Exactly what my suggestion was going to be, except I generally bring an F nib.
No, it's not. The nib and feed on both my 823's (and it's c/c cousin, the 743) pull right out for easy cleaning.
I have carried a variety of fountain pens in my shirt pocket while on a commercial airliner. Some were only partially full. The only leak problem I ever had was with a disposable rollerball.
my best traveler has been a TWSBI 530 mini, but it's had some small hiccups into the cap. fully loaded I can write for a month. my worst flyer was a Parker 51. temperature swings between indoors and outdoors also affects them I've found.
and most of my flying was done unpressurized, below 10,000 MSL. the Parker would be an issue with even a 4k change in pressure.
I'd recommend a screw on cap vs a snap/friction fit cap while carrying, much less flying.
and coiling up some toilet paper/kleenex would get my caps and section/nib clean enough to use immediately, until I could rinse and q-tip the cap later.
and most of my flying was done unpressurized, below 10,000 MSL. the Parker would be an issue with even a 4k change in pressure.
I'd recommend a screw on cap vs a snap/friction fit cap while carrying, much less flying.
and coiling up some toilet paper/kleenex would get my caps and section/nib clean enough to use immediately, until I could rinse and q-tip the cap later.
No one likes to use a fountain pen more than I do but I would have to ask myself whether using a fountain pen at the end of the flight was so very essential.
You may want to impress others at your business meeting but, believe me, you will look less than impressive if you open your pen and produce an inky mess.
You may want to impress others at your business meeting but, believe me, you will look less than impressive if you open your pen and produce an inky mess.
Pelikan P200, the cartridge model. It has never burped on me.
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From what I understand, you can bring bottled ink in your 'Carry-On baggage'? It can be more than the allowed 3.4 ounce in your checked in baggaage, this true?
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