Fountain pen - recommendations
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Interesting! Couple of the reviews sound a bit hit-and-miss. But most of the grumbles seem to be about shoddy plating / patterning on the nib rather than owt substantive.
Must say, the isellpens.com website doesn't do them any favours - puts the Kaigelu next to a Parker Duofold and captions it 'will the real Parker duofold please stand up?'
And - unfortunately - IMO the difference in appearance (large and small details) is bloody obvious, and all in favour of the Parker
High Voltage
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Hmmm!! I've got a problem with a recently discovered fountain pen and here seems to be as good as anywhere to post about it
The pen in question is, I'm guessing, a ladies Sheaffer fountain pen and I can't for the life of me see how to fill the damn thing
The pen is either stuck OR doesn't unscrew at the usual place - now this has started bells ringing and I don't want to force anything
Likewise the end of the barrel doesn't unscrew easily so, again, I don't want to force anything
Any suggestions as to how to put ink into the damn thing - pictures can follow as and when but a general pointer would be much appreciated
The pen in question is, I'm guessing, a ladies Sheaffer fountain pen and I can't for the life of me see how to fill the damn thing
The pen is either stuck OR doesn't unscrew at the usual place - now this has started bells ringing and I don't want to force anything
Likewise the end of the barrel doesn't unscrew easily so, again, I don't want to force anything
Any suggestions as to how to put ink into the damn thing - pictures can follow as and when but a general pointer would be much appreciated
High Voltage
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Panic over, never underestimate the power of brute force and ignorance (coupled with impatience) the pen is apart AND UNBROKEN!!
It is a cartridge pen and there's no cartridge inside it but there was enough residual ink to give an indication of how it's going to write and that is VERY THICK but silky smoothly
So, where's a good place to buy Sheaffer pens from then? - No reason for asking, you understand. Me? I've got all the pens that I need, so I will ABSOLUTELY NOT be looking to get a Sheaffer pen anytime soon
It is a cartridge pen and there's no cartridge inside it but there was enough residual ink to give an indication of how it's going to write and that is VERY THICK but silky smoothly
So, where's a good place to buy Sheaffer pens from then? - No reason for asking, you understand. Me? I've got all the pens that I need, so I will ABSOLUTELY NOT be looking to get a Sheaffer pen anytime soon
High Voltage
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Well, here is the pen in question:-
And bloody hell, is the nib thick - especially after the Platinum fine
And bloody hell, is the nib thick - especially after the Platinum fine
Athos
Well-Known Member
Just saw this, and thought of you:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Car...ncils_WritingEquipment_SM&hash=item1e6b6b962b
Terrible photos, and no comment on condition, but is less than a tenner.
FridgeMagnet
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http://www.hjort.it/pennor/artiklar/haro_eng.html ?
edit: actually, that is a glass-tipped lever-filler, not a dip pen
I have a rather nice J Herbin glass one that's supposedly styled along the lines of Venetian ones. The nib has spiral grooves. I use it for testing new inks - it's actually a bit useless, to be fair, but it is beautiful.
It's the J Herbin one, good enough for a couple of sentences. More than that and it'd get tiresome.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Yah. I'd write a love letter... all right, a love postcard... a short love postcard, with it. Maybe with one of the Herbin scented inks. If I wanted the love postcard to smell like sweets.
I prefer to use a glass tip when I want to be completely sure that the pen is completely cleansed at the start and end of use.
IMHO fine tipped felt tips (or biros) on post its are good enough for the type of thing to be included in a card or left under a pillow.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Only worth doing if the love postcard reads "sweets to the sweet", probably.
High Voltage
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The turn that this thread has taken regarding Glass dipping pens has been brought to my other half's attention as she has a bit of a "thing" about them and has a small collection of them, but I shall allow her to post as and when the fancy takes her
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
This is true although I can't really say I have a collection, only have a few and this is limited only by the size of my purse. I do love them to write with although they're not terribly handy for scribbling something down in Sainsburys say. They are for one's more important missives.
It's said that they can be sharpened should they grow blunt, with fine glasspaper. Has anyone attempted this ?
Cid
Proper break this time
Pens turned up today... Very early impressions:
Lamy Studio (ef): nice smooth nib, like that their extra fine isn't basically a drawing line as with the carbon. Grip is perhaps a bit smooth.
Carbon pen: Nice pen for drawing, bit scratchy for writing - like the ink.
Rotring artpen (1.1mm): I'm never quite sure about broad nibs for drawing, at least if you don't have a decent selection of them - which I'd tend to go for a dip pen... This is much smoother though of course, and you don't have to keep dipping it or risk splashes (if you're not going for the full Steadman), and also writes very well.
Diamine Oxblood: Already been covered here, and I agree - very nice (in the Lamy).
Diamine Onyx Black: After reading about the jet not being very black, I had a browse of their colour charts and went for the very black onyx - it is indeed very black. I like it (in the Rotring).
Carbon ink: From the carbon pen the line this gives is quite similar to my usual (Rotring isograph) drawing pens, less consistent, but that's probably more a function of the nib than the ink - very fine line after all, so hard to get a good look at the colour.
Lamy Studio (ef): nice smooth nib, like that their extra fine isn't basically a drawing line as with the carbon. Grip is perhaps a bit smooth.
Carbon pen: Nice pen for drawing, bit scratchy for writing - like the ink.
Rotring artpen (1.1mm): I'm never quite sure about broad nibs for drawing, at least if you don't have a decent selection of them - which I'd tend to go for a dip pen... This is much smoother though of course, and you don't have to keep dipping it or risk splashes (if you're not going for the full Steadman), and also writes very well.
Diamine Oxblood: Already been covered here, and I agree - very nice (in the Lamy).
Diamine Onyx Black: After reading about the jet not being very black, I had a browse of their colour charts and went for the very black onyx - it is indeed very black. I like it (in the Rotring).
Carbon ink: From the carbon pen the line this gives is quite similar to my usual (Rotring isograph) drawing pens, less consistent, but that's probably more a function of the nib than the ink - very fine line after all, so hard to get a good look at the colour.
smmudge
i know the smudge is true
I have a problem with my new parker pen. I can write a side and a half of A4 notes but after that the ink stops flowing. First it's just a little bit here and there where it has trouble, then after a while it will just stop altogether, even though there's plenty of ink in the cartridge. Then I leave it a day or two, and it's fine again (for a side and a half of A4). 
anyone know how to fix this?
anyone know how to fix this?How new is it?I have a problem with my new parker pen. I can write a side and a half of A4 notes but after that the ink stops flowing. First it's just a little bit here and there where it has trouble, then after a while it will just stop altogether, even though there's plenty of ink in the cartridge. Then I leave it a day or two, and it's fine again (for a side and a half of A4).
'Returnable' new?
e2a: http://www.rickconner.net/penspotters/troubleshooting.html#skipping
any help?
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
What model is it?
Athos
Well-Known Member
smmudge said:
It might need a clean to remove some of the factory oils etc. A soak in warm water with a drop of washing up oil, before a thorough rinse with cold water, and drying it well. If that doesn't work, I'd seriously think about returning it. If you can't, you could carefully 'floss' between the tines of the nib, and maybe between the nib and the feed. If that doesn't work, you may need to reposition the nib in relation to the feed, or even make some adjustments to the feed itself.
