Best Fountain Pen For Kids

[deepak23]

The Sheaffer No Nonsense is my son's preferred pen. He has one with a basketball motif and another with a football one... Writes well and is an easy conversion to Eye Dropper...

[ac12]

Be aware of the size of your kids hand. Some of the pens mentioned are a bit FAT or heavy and would be uncomfortable for some kids. However, there are kids and adults who like to use a fat/heavy pens.

 

The Baoer 388, looks like a Parker Sonnet, so looks like a $100 pen. It has a metal barrel and cap, so it is a bit heavy. I do not use mine posted for that reason, too tail heavy. I would not give this one to a young kid, a teenager maybe. As Arkanabar mentioned, the QC is poor, 4 of 5 that I had need nib adjustment to get the ink to flow decently. So unless you can adjust nibs, I would not get this one.

 

The Rosetta Explorer is a nice pen, but only available (when I got mine) in black and Medium nib.

 

Jin Hao 599. There are several versions/similar models. The 599 that I have looks similar to a Safari, but with a standard nib and feed. Mine writes just fine. It is inexpensive in quantity, so if they break it, it isn't a financial hurt. It comes with a converter, for later, when they start to use bottle ink. But it does not feel as durable as a Lamy Safari, then again not many pens feel as durable as the Safari.

 

Sheaffer School/cartridge pen. This pen is long out of production, but is the pen that I used in 5th and 6th grade. This was the pen we could buy at the corner sundry store or drug store. It is slimmer than the 'no nonsence' pen, and is cartridge only. The clear/transparent barrels make it fun to watch the ink slosh back and forth in the cartridge. You can find it on eBay. I like mine so much that I keep two of them inked.

 

Sheaffer no-nonsence. I think this pen is out of production. This pen is fatter that the school/cartridge pen. You can put a screw converter in them, at least the one that I have. I use the calligraphy version with a M/1.5 nib.

 

I would think in 2 or 3 steps, or sequence of pens. Start with pen 1 (for Christmas), graduate to pen 2, then graduate to pen 3.

They may like pen #1 or #2 and not get to pen #3. Or they may REALLY want pen #3. You can use the sequence of pens as a reward for learning to use the pen, school performance, or something else where they see the next pen up as a reward for doing something well.

 

gud luk

[Calamus plasticus]

It depends on age and character. My experience so far:

My ten year old girl begun her writing life with a Lamy ABC I gave to her a couple of years ago. She liked the oen but was not crazy about it. Then she was given a Lamy Al-Star in a bright colour: the same, good but not enthusiastic.

Recently she saw a Pelikan Twist in a papershop and felt in love with it: its a turqoise oen with turqoise ink. She uses it dayly and is extremely happy with it.

So, perhaps you should let them say something in the choosing :-)

[Sergio 46]

Pilot Kakuno or Pelikano.

Pelikan Twist is also a good choice , very ergonomic and colorful.