Fountain pen - recommendations
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Absolutely, and it's a wonderfully-tactile material. It's just a bit unstable compared to other plastics of the same era.
Athos
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The MB arrived today. I like it much more than I thought I would. And it has a really nice, very soft nib.
I also got an Italix 'Parson's Essential', which is a very good pen for the price - about £40. Good looking (mirror-like finish with pretty gold details), weighty (it's brass), with a very smooth stub nib.
I also got an Italix 'Parson's Essential', which is a very good pen for the price - about £40. Good looking (mirror-like finish with pretty gold details), weighty (it's brass), with a very smooth stub nib.
Cid
Proper break this time
Think I might have a bit of a pen-buying spree tomorrow (impending 3 hour law exam). Anyone tried a Lamy accent? Want something with a softish grip that I can change the nib on easily... Although that would probably mean using Lamy inks; even if I can take a bottle in I'm not refilling mid-exam.
Also Cult pens have their own mini pen developed with Kaweco, looks interesting.
Also Cult pens have their own mini pen developed with Kaweco, looks interesting.
FridgeMagnet
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Athos
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Do you use a converter or cartridges with your Namiki Falcon? I've got through about five cartridges, now, but it's always the same - just as I get to the end of one, there's a big splurge from the nib. The only bad thing about this pen.
Cid
Proper break this time
Yeah I know, just a fair chance of getting through more than one cartridge I think.
Cid
Proper break this time
Oh, while browsing... The Graf von Faber Castell range is perhaps somewhat overpriced at the best of times but the perfect pencil takes the piss.
£200. Granted it involves platinum, but even 'refills' (it's a fucking pencil) cost £40. For five to be fair, but still! Doesn't even give hardness option.
£200. Granted it involves platinum, but even 'refills' (it's a fucking pencil) cost £40. For five to be fair, but still! Doesn't even give hardness option.
Callum91
Let them eat cock
That is a beautiful writing instrument right there. The nib looks glorious. Dare I ask how much?The MB arrived today. I like it much more than I thought I would. And it has a really nice, very soft nib.
I also got an Italix 'Parson's Essential', which is a very good pen for the price - about £40. Good looking (mirror-like finish with pretty gold details), weighty (it's brass), with a very smooth stub nib.
Athos
Well-Known Member
For £32.50 (+VAT and p&p) you can have one of these bad boys, with engraving and gift wrapping!
Callum91
Let them eat cock
You're shitting me? Have you got a link please?
Callum91
Let them eat cock
Thanks
I'll have a wee gander. Been looking for an excuse to buy myself a new pen.
Athos
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Would be interested to hear whether, if you did let it rn out, you get the splurge at the end, with a converter (as I do with the cartridges).
FridgeMagnet
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I've been using fountain pens less and less recently, due to the foolish move of starting a Moleskine as my journal. The only ink that it will take is Noodlers Black (specially designed to write on crap paper) and even then it has to be in fine nibs, and even then it still looks quite bad.
I'm therefore torn between "must use up the whole journal" and "aaaaaaaaaaaa can't take it any more". Moleskines have a lot of pages too. I think I'm going to go back to my Traveler's Journal and that nice Midori paper though, I've had enough.
On the plus side I've improved my knowledge of ballpoints no end.
I'm therefore torn between "must use up the whole journal" and "aaaaaaaaaaaa can't take it any more". Moleskines have a lot of pages too. I think I'm going to go back to my Traveler's Journal and that nice Midori paper though, I've had enough.
On the plus side I've improved my knowledge of ballpoints no end.
Athos
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That's a nice excuse to buy more pens. As far as ballpoints go, I carry a Fisher Space Pen in my pocket, and I like the Caran d'Ache fluorescent ones - they write beautifully, and are very hard to lose. Also, after buying the MB Noblesse gold-finish fountian pen, I liked it so much, I bought the matching ballpoint for the Mrs. She loves it, too.
FridgeMagnet
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The Space Pens are nice but seem to be carefully designed to slip out of pockets - I think I've lost four bullet pens by now. My pocket carry at the moment is a Tombow Airpress, which gets the same or better performance as a space pen simply by pressurising the refill every time you click it. It's also got a nice rubberised grip, the pen costs £6 odd and the refills cost pennies.
As a full sized normal ballpoint the best one I know of is the Uni Jetstream, which won in a survey of pen bloggers recently. It has all the best things from gel pens and the best things from ballpoints and it's three quid in Rymans. The Schneider Slider Memo biros are also really nice writers, comfy to hold and come in lots of colours.
Classiest one is the OHTO Promecha which makes me feel like a Swiss architect every time I take it out. Also very fine point if you like that sort of thing. http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/OHTO-Promecha-Ballpoint-Pen-NBP-507R.html
FridgeMagnet
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Oh, and Lamy do a really nice retractable mini ballpoint, the Pico, but it has the same falling-out-of-pocket issues as the bullet pen. It does however extend to a usable size when you click it, as well as the nib coming out, it's quite cunning and well designed like that. Hmm. I wouldn't mind another one actually.
Athos
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Ahhhh! Why do you tell me these things. Now I've got to buy some more pens!
FridgeMagnet
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On the other hand if I'm going to get a pocket pen I should get a TWSBI Mini really.
