Pen Chalet recently introduced a new series of How to Videos on IGTV starting with how to fill a fountain pen with ink. For those who prefer to access their fountain pen how to info directly on the website, we’ll also be adding the information here on the blog for easy access no matter which direction you’re coming from.

1st Video in the Fountain Pen Basics “How To” Video Series:

For the very first video in the fountain pen basics “How To” series, we decided to start at the very beginning with how to fill your fountain pen with ink. Check out the brief video below about how to ink your fountain pen.

Whether you are a recent convert to fountain pens or a fountain pen addict that is ready to try a different inking method, you’ll find this Pen Chalet How To video featuring a number of different methods right up your alley! Watch as @vanessa_langton (aka @pen_gangsta ) walks you through different methods of filling your fountain pen with ink.

Learn How to Ink Different Types of Fountain Pens:

1. How to fill your fountain pen using a cartridge

2. Filling your fountain pen using an eye dropper

3. How to fill a fountain pen using a mini converter

4. How to fill your fountain pen using a standard converter

5. And filling a crescent filler.fountain pen (like the Conklin Mark Twain) with ink

So, you think fountain pens may be right up your alley and you just bought one (we hope you also bought fountain pen ink to go along with it or a cartridge, etc. depending on the type of filling system the fountain pen design uses). Or maybe you just have a new fountain pen and it uses a different type of filling system – one you haven’t personally used before. We hope this quick and easy video will help you feel more at ease filling your pen with ink for the first time.

Watch for more helpful fountain pen How To’s coming your way soon from Pen Chalet.