Fantastic pen. I bought three of them for my 7 year old son when we were in Japan last month and he loves them. He said that we are now a "fountain pen family". I should have replied with the immortal words of Brian Goulet -- "Write on".

I ordered this for my first fountain pen after a lot of research AND realising that in my currency most “cheap” beginner pens are not that affordable. Got my converter and I’m happy to inform that today I performed a flushing successfully, there was some ink stuck close to the nib, and before messing up and regretting my life chooses, I looked up if the nib could be taken off and replaced, this is the video that showed me the answer and how to do it so… yay. Thank you.

The CON-70 DO fit the kakuno. I have one in my kakuno right now and it's really great!

Thank you for comparing size between fine and medium nib. It helps me

I love this pen so much! it's affordable and writes so smoothly!

I have been using this as a daily pen, Awesomeness!

One of my favourite pens!

I got a Pilot Kakuno pen recently and I adore it.

I bought my first Kakuno a few months ago, and love it! It writes well, feels great, and is incredibly light. Plus, it's so stinking cute! My students love when I use it in class. They all want one.

its a rly great pen and writes veey smooth

I love the kakuno pens. They are my current favorite :D

Best demonstration for NOT "eyedroppable" ever at 2:32! hahaha ;D

Excellent, just what I was looking for especially how it performs in M and F nibs, Thanks....

I love my Kakuno pens. They are such fun pens to write with, especially boring work assignments. The smile on the nib always makes me smile.

These are great inexpensive pens. Now there are more colors, too. I have an all clear and a white/yellow cap. The separately available Kaweco clips fit them and also the biggest size Pilot con-70 converter. Those 2 extras double the price to about $25.

I have all three of the white body pens and I love them. They're adorable and write very well. 😊

I eyedropper converted 2 of mine, works wonderful. Just get some hardcore glue on a stick and place it in the holes (I used araldite, super glue doesn't work BTW). I do wish they had an adult version in the similar shape just a little larger.

Love this pen! It was my first fountain pen and I always gravitate toward it when choosing a pen to take along!

Thanks for telling me that they aren't eyedropper convertible and why! I was wondering if I was able to do it with this one. Either way, even though I have ordered a cheaper alternative from this pen, I would still like to order this particular one as the triangular facets, size, weight and general aesthetic seems like something I could try for myself. Thanks for the review!

My son would love one of those!

Looove the Pilot Kaküno. I bought one on a trip to asia and regret NOT getting two. These are great sturdy pens. And the pilot nibs do no disappoint in terms of flow and smoothness. This video is tempting me to get a second...

Yaaaaay! So glad you guys have these now! My first fountain pen was a Kakuno and it's still my favourite even though I've ventured into much much more expensive pens these days... I have Kakunos in every colour and they are my preciouses! Best pens ever!

I just bought one for work for everyday so my good fountain pens won't be stolen or ruined.

FYI: the "not an eyedropper" footage was hilarious.

Heads up re cartridges and converters. In some European countries (confirmed for Poland) Kakuno accepts only international cartridges and international converters. I had to actually buy a Pelikan international converter.

I know this is super old, but, I'm old too, so, took me a bit to get here 😊 I have several Jinhao x750's that i bought from you guy's a few years ago... best customer service ever by the way😊... but they obviously only had the medium nibs and i felt like i had to write much fatter in my handwriting, if that makes any sense. And not so great for sketching. I have next to no money, in fact if i buy another pen its only due to a gift card😊 otherwise it would go to hopefully not losing our home after a radical health issues when my surgeon decided to forget how to do the surgery so instead paralyzed half of my diaphragm which collapsed my lung, plus massive nerve amd muscle damage across half my chest and i had to fully relearn to use my arm.... then my husband was just let go a couple weeks ago making our already desperate situation, well, made ut overthinking to be honest. Sorry... babbling😢 so, using up the last bit of a gift card for a fountain pen that i don't have to fix or mess with and will write smoothly because RA is eating me alive and is why i began trying fountain pens to begin with, because i couldn't hold a regular, like a Bic pen so straight up nor can i grip it tightly to be able to use enough pressure to work. Fountain pens, even not great ones, have let me go from writing maybe a sentence or 2 before very painfully cramping and swelling, to being able to write out a whole card or letter, and as I'm stuck at home mostly, art, also a more recent endevor😳🤦🏻‍♀️, and drawing & writing cards to family and friends helps me try to lose my mind as our world has been flipped over, permanently, and I'm useless to help my own family. But, i can't spend much. So, in all this babble🤦🏻‍♀️😳😬 I'm just wanting to check to see if I'm correct in what I've read, that Pilot nibs are thinner then say my Jinhao nibs. If i could, I'd order several of these pens in ef, f & medium to be able to maybe write letters with the medium as I've read it's the smoothest, but the thinner ones for drawing in a waterproof black and dark brown or sepia ink❤. But, that's not my world now, but a girl ... alright, old lady😬😆🤣... can dream😊 So if i can afford one, it's just one. I'd really love the con70 converter so i don't have to fill as often, but, i cannot afford a converter too and the only ones i own are a universal one and those that come in the Jinhao, which i assume do not fit. So, that'll have to wait. Its probably dumb to buy any of it, as i also don't have the needle thing. Oh well. Sorry for the long comment😳🤦🏻‍♀️ i get anxious that ill make a mistake which only males my overthinking & over-explaining worse then normal 😬 I just wanted to make sure this pen is as great as I've heard and about the thickness of the nibs. Thanks so much for putting up with me! I appreciate any advice on this.😊 Thanks for all your help!!

I'm not sure why the Con-70 wasn't working for you but I have a Pilot Kakuno that I use a Con-70 in and it fits perfectly.

I love this pen. I bought one on a lark during my first trip to Taiwan two summers ago and I was shocked at how well it wrote despite the low price. I swapped out one of the nibs from another Kakuno onto my gray houndstooth Metropolitan because I wanted a finer point and it writes even better. I guess I have the older version as the fine point I swapped didn't have the winking eye these new ones have.

Thank you for the video! I have a question about kakuno fine nib size. On Nib hook, Kakuno fine seems quite fine, and almost as fine as pilot decimo extra-fine. I have both these pens, but my Kakuno seems to be quite broader than the decimo extra-fine. Is that to be expected?

Thank you, Brian. But those are not your hands.

Full disclosure, I actually enjoy writing with my Kakuno more than with my Pilot Custom 823. Not a knock on the 823 as it’s a gorgeous high quality pen, but the Kakuno is just such a no-nonsense straight forward pen and so smooth to write with and the colors are so vibrant and fun, I can’t help but love it! Also, the price makes it so that I don’t mind carrying it around everywhere I go. I won’t cry if it gets lost, stolen or broken. I would with any of my pens over $200. That’s another plus going for it. But don’t be fooled by its cheap price, it writes better than a lot of $50 pens out there.

Are you guys ever going to get the orange and charcoal color in stock? Favorite color so far.

The eyedropper demo was appreciated.

If i am currently using a 0.38 and 0.5 pen to take notes , should I get a fine or medium nib ?

Lol at the eyedropper part

Pilot Kakuno was my first fountain pen! I got the fine nib to use for notes at school and it works so well. It's made a great workhorse pen aside from some nib issues my newbieness might have caused.

What size nib is the best for this pen??

Thank you for this video. Does the ink in your Kakuno dry up or leak out ever? IDK what's happening but I fill the CON-40 and then over the next several days the ink in the cartridge is less and less even if I'm not using the pen. So frustrating (and expensive)! This happens in my Kakuno whether it's the Pilot disposable cartridge ink, Noodlers ink, or even D'Atrametis. It also happens with my Pilot Metro pens. It does *not* happen with TWSBI pens, but I really love the Kakuno EF. Any advice? Thanks!

Nice Pen!\m/\m/

Thanks for this! I'm just about to get one and would've gotten the con-70 to go with it, bc some reviewers say it _does_ fit; maybe you're all right somehow but I'll get a smaller con to be on the safe side... On the off-chance you (or other expert) see this, how does a Japanese medium nib compare to medium nibs from other countries? Plz + thx

My sister ordered me these from Goulet as a Christmas gift and I got them today. The medium nib is very fine (about the line width of a pilot g-2) and is really smooth. Love them!

How does this compare to a metropolitan? I find the fine tip metropolitan to be dry. But i've been writing with a platinum 3776 soft fine. Mr. Goulet, what do you reccomend as an upgrade for the 3776 soft fine? I'm interested in a fine tip pen. Thanks and btw I subbed !!

What is the pen @1:21? The one below the green kaweco, with matte black finish?

Hi and thanks for the video. They look like they'd be great sketching pens, but I have a quick question- wouldn't the holes in the cap lead to the nib drying out?

yep definitely not his hands.. maybe he was holding the camera.. lol.. great video Brian!

how does the writing of the fine nib on this compare to Lamy F? Is it thicker or thinner?Thanks.

I want to ask if fountain pens bleed through the back of the paper easily or catch onto the paper easily as well?

Can the Con-70 converter fit in here? I read elsewhere that they will fit in Kakuno. thanks!!!

were can i get the kakuno ink refiller pump? i couldnt find it on the webbside

I just got a pilot kaküno, my first fountain pen and I am so exited to use it. Wish me luck😊🖋

Will you get the other color options in the future?

I have both con-40 and con-70 and neither seems to "click" inside the pen. There's a big plastic bit that can take cartridges well but seems to stop the converters so that they just "sit" on top of it and move around inside the pen. I can put some ink and use the pen, but it is messy and doesn't feel right. Any tips? I'm really disappointed. Everyone seems to use this pen just fine and I don't know what's wrong :(

2:30 LOL, did you have to waste all that ink to demonstrate holes in the pens' body? Was water not available? ;-)

Does the cap have a hole in the end as well? How's the retention on the cap compared to a Safari?

If you really wanted to make this eyedropper convertible, you can probably use a hot glue gun to really fill those holes (ideally coating the entire inside top part near the holes. Kinda considering buying one of these as just something I can grab and write with at various locations in my house without pulling out the pen wrap, or going to my main desk to grab a pen.

I have three of these, 2 medium and a fine and they all have the winky face nib. They're all white body pens. What do I have to order to get a smiley face nib? The black body? Thanks!

Is the nib interchangeable with the Penmanship? I've seen some people say so, but can anyone confirm it for sure?

Finally a nib that's swappable with my dropped-on-it's-nib metropolitan!

The Pilot fine nib on the Kakuno writes scratchier than the Pilot fine nib on the Metropolitan, or is it just me?

Hmm. Both of mine fit the con 70

It's strange. I have three of them and they all accept the CON-70.

Just purchased 3 or this.. LOL

Another YT video shows that the black kakuno cannot fit the con-70 while the white one does --> kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNmAa8lm3rzYeo0.html Can you confim this findings?

kakuno is better or metropolitain

I don't like the smile. How do I get rid of the smile?

long nails?