So, as predicted, I stopped by DAISO Japan again and picked up every brush pen I didn’t already have. This post is only about one of them though — yes, this pen is just amazing enough to get its own post.

This pen is amazing.

The packaging here is nearly identical to the “pocket brush pen” from last time, but these two pens are completely different. While the other pocket brush was very similar to the Tombow Fudenosuke or the Kuretake Fudegokochi, this “flexi-brush” is much more comparable to the fabled Pentel Pocket Brush or the Kuretake #13. Yes, really.

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It’s hard for me to resist stopping by DAISO Japan anytime I’m downtown. For those who don’t know, DAISO is a 100 yen store. They have a couple of locations in the US, including two in Seattle, and it’s basically a $1.50 store full of random Japanese stuff. (The yen has recently fallen against the dollar; if it stays that way, will it become a real dollar store??) They have a ton of items that are really useful for conventions, like price label stickers, containers, gift bags and stuff, but they also have a nice collection of stationary and office supplies.

And recently I noticed they carried some “made for DAISO” brush pens. $1.50 is damn cheap for a brush pen! They carried four or five different ones, but I grabbed two to start:

Mysterious DAISO brush pens.

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So JetPens has graciously sent me one of these beauties to review, as if I needed another reason to adore them.  The Kuretake #13 had actually been on my to-get list  for a while because I wanted to compare it with my trusty Pentel pocket brush, the only other synthetic hair brush pen I own (all the others are felt tips).

Kuretake #13 Fountain Brush Pen

The Pentel is an amazing pen and I love it, but it’s best suited for bolder, looser brush work. It’s hard to use it for precision work, so I was hoping the Kuretake would make up that difference.

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So… I bought more pens. I think this is starting to become a problem. I have more pens than I have space to put them in pencil cases, cups, and jars. No more new pens for the rest of the year, all right? Break these in first.

What I got this time:

• Kuretake Fudegokochi brush pen – regular
• Kuretake Fudegokochi brush pen – super fine
• Kuretake disposable pocket brush – fine
• Kuretake disposable pocket brush – extra fine
• Kuretake no. 33 brush pen – soft
• Kuretake no. 55 double-sided brush pen – hard & soft
• Uni-ball Signo Angelic UM-120AC 0.7 mm white gel pen
• Uni-ball Signo Broad UM-153 white gel pen

I wanted to see how the Kuretake Fudegokochi compared to my Tombow Fudenosuke, but ended up getting a bunch of other Kuretake pens because I was curious. And then to bump the order over $25 for free shipping, I threw in a few white gel pens for further experimentation. I don’t dislike my Sakura Gelly Roll,  but I’ve never tried anything else either.

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