Hopefully everyone is enjoying the Holidays and are gearing up for the New Year. To celebrate, we are bringing you a review and giveaway of our most popular new pen brand of 2017, Opus 88. That’s right, we’re reviewing and giving away an Opus 88 Koloro Fountain Pen. Hailing from Taiwan, this innovative eye-dropper style fountain pen has been hard to keep on our shelves. Continue reading for a chance to win an Opus 88 Koloro Fountain Pen of your choice from what we have in stock!
Appearance
The Opus 88 Koloro Fountain Pen has transparent sections that allow you to see the ink levels inside. The Koloro also has ebonite sections that compliment the resin and give the pen a nice clean look. The Koloro comes in four different colors and is available in three nib sizes. Pictured here is the popular Blue Tan color of the Koloro. All of the Koloro’s come with chrome trim, and a matching chrome clip. Engraved on the bottom of the cap, as well as on the nib, is the brand name Opus 88.
Qualities
The Opus 88 Koloro Fountain Pen is an eye-dropper only fountain pen. It has a large ink capacity of 2 ml. Each pen comes with a free, high-quality eyedropper. Due to the notoriety of leaking for eye-dropper fountain pens, there are a few features worth mentioning on the Koloro. First, there are two o-rings in the pen. There is one that resides behind the nib unit, and the other is just below the threads of the grip sections. These two o-rings help prevent possible leaks. Second, the Koloro also has a piston in the back connected to a rod inside the ink chamber. This piston can be unscrewed to allow air flow into the pen, to help prevent burping due to the transfer of heat from your hand. As well, the rod doubles as both an agitator and primer for the ink. This eye dropper design is found among high end pens and is one of the features that make the Opus 88 Koloro an excellent eye dropper pen.
Performance
With all of that said and done, the true test is still to be spoken of. For this review, we used a Blue Blue Opus 88 Koloro Fountain Pen with a Broad nib that one of our employees received for Christmas. We had him ink it up with Nagasawa Kobe Nada Brown Ink. During use, there were no issues with burping or any leakage. The nib was juicy and laid down a lot of ink, although, your experience may vary based on the nib size that you select. All in all, the Koloro gave a wonderful writing experience and was a joy to use.
Conclusion
If you’re new to fountain pens, or have been a user for too many years to mention, the Opus 88 Koloro Fountain Pen needs to be a part of your collection. Not only does it have an ingenious design, it’s also very affordable! Don’t forget to subscribe to our blog so that you don’t miss out on any new releases or giveaways! Comment below about what you think we should review next!
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Cool pen and thanks for the giveaway
I love that ink you’re using for the writing sample. The shading is lovely, and I always enjoy a good dark brown.
My favorite ink is Pilot Iroshizuku AsaGao
OMG! I AM IN LOVE ITS SO BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL!!!
Wow!!! This looks like an amazing pen and your thorough and informative review just makes it better. The design, with the ebonite sections and the different colours is genius and I would love to add one of these to my small collection. Thank you so much for the opportunity.
That is one sharp looking pen. I’ve already read several reports on this incredible pen and would certainly like to own and write with one. Thank you so much for the opportunity.
As to what to review, I think it would be nice to review Waterman pens.
Diamine Oxford Blue, if you haven’t already..
Beautiful pen and I love the eye dropper only filling that’s rare now a days.
That pen looks nice (and I love the ink sample!)
Thanks for reviewing this pen, was really interested in a detailed look! Maybe the new TWSBi eco-T next.
Would love a comparative ranking of dry-to-wet inks.
Thanks for the opportunity. I think you should review the Franklin-Christoph Model 31 Omnis. I received one for the holidays and I absolutely love it.
My favorite ink is a kind of troublesome ink at times but I use it anyway because I love the color and permanence of the ink, it’s Noodler’s 54th. It creeps all over my nibs, it widens every nib I use it with, yet, I continue to fill my pens with it.
What a neat pen. I would love to add one to my collection
This pen looks *so* interesting. I don’t understand why, but a real eye dropper filled pen is so cool to me.
I would like to see more ink reviews and comparisons of similar colors.
This sounds like a very interesting pen, one that I will definitely check out in the future
Oh my goodness, what a gorgeous pen!
This is a great looking pen, and an awesome giveaway!
What a great looking pen!
Nice review. I always worry about burping.
I love pens. There is always space for one more.
Wow the design is amazing!
My current favorite ink is the J. Herbin 1601 Emerald of Chivor, but I’m also loving Monteverde Brown Sugar–so cozy for winter!!
That is one sweet looking pen
It’s tough to pick just one, but right now, my favorite ink is Organics Studio Nitrogen Royal Blue. Thanks for the giveaway, and happy new year!
I do have a few Eyedropper (ED) pens. And none of them have a piston arrangement at all. To agitate the ink, simply shake the whole pen. It has always worked nicely. So can you please shed some light on the need of piston/rod in an ED pen?
The ED that I have are few Platinum Preppy, Pilot ED Tank, ASA Nauka.
Hi There! The rod doubles as an agitator and a primer! With most c/c pens, you can squeeze the cartridge, or twist the converter, to push out a little ink through the feed to prime the pen. With eyedropper pens, gravity does all the work, and you have no way to prime the pen. The Koloro, however, uses the rod (with the vacuum that is created in the ink chamber, to be able to push a little ink out and prime the pen. Thus, it solves one disadvantage to using an ED pen.
-Braden from PenChalet
Thanks for the explanation.
Looks like an interesting pen. It would be great if there would be more eyedropper pens out there.
I love how it looks. I’ve never owned a pen from Taiwan. I’ll be hopeful. Thank you Penchalet. Happy New Year!
Hope I win this one, really.
I’m dying to know about the flex on the new Auroras!
What’s better than an Opus to end this year
Noodler’s Safety Oen if you will be carrying it.
This pen looks awesome.
I love the colors and intrigued by the design.
beautiful pen…i am a sucker for ed pens
this would be lovely to win, thank you!
I love this pen. Could you please review Pilot 823?
Thanks for the review and giveaway.
That is a gorgeous pen.
Gorgeous pen. Love the color combination.
It’s such a unique color scheme—vey beachy! Looks great.
Love the blue and sand colors! Such great colors on these pens.
Well this is what I wanted you to review next, so…. I’m currently loving my j.herbin Gris Nuage ink, which I didn’t expect!
When you are testing a pen/ink what do you like to put down on a sheet, looks like lines in different directions, ink splot, and some writing?
Review of any new inks is always welcome! My 3 favorite inks are Iroshizuku Asa Gao, Waterman Serenity and Aurora Blue. I like Blue!
This is a very sleek pen. It looks innovative with clean lines. It is a great giveaway. The colors are fantastic and being an eye dropper is such a bonus.
It is a good looking pen and it will be great to have an ED pen in my collection.
You should do an article on Frankenpens. I have a couple of 1970s Parker Big Red ballpoints that I’ve converted to fountain pens!
Fascinating little pen!
Something blue other than Navy or Royal Blue, something light purple.
Very nice pen, love the color hue