Inky

I have a quite a few* fountain pens knocking around the house, mostly made by Lamy. The majority of these are the low-end Safari model but I have some nicer ones, too (like the one in the background of today's photo, which is my favourite).

The pens that regularly leave the house or that live in various bags and jackets tend to have cartridges in them but the others I fill from ink bottles.

I have never, ever refilled one of these without getting ink on my fingers.

*OK, lots