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"Aaron W. Hsu" wrote in message
... "Jimmy" writes: What do you like every day as a cheap, good fountain pen that doesn't need to be insured, or carried around in cottonwool by a team of hired guards? I carry around my MontBlanc all day long, and I don't worry too much, but I am careful with it. ;-) Although, I guess, it would depend on what you do every day. I for one use dip pens as my "daily writers" when it comes to writing letters or anything else that I actually want to take some time to do. For jotting notes, I'd say that have a decent dip pen at the ready on your desk is just fine. If you go about the country during your day, you might not want to go with a dip pen and a portable ink well. ;-) In that case, I've always found the Waterman and Shaeffer college budget pens to work really well. Shaeffer writes a little dryer if your tastes tend towards that direction, and the Watermans write really wet. I don't like either particularly well for myself, but my Wife uses a Waterman Phileas or some such quite happily. I've got a nice MontBlanc that I use at home, but since it's a discontinued model, I don't like to risk losing it. I own a couple of the Phileas. It is great value for money, with a smooth nib and generous flow. There is something "off" about the shape though; it feels less than sure-footed. Too wide? Funny balance? I haven't used dip pens since I was about ten - it sounds like a good way to try a lot of different nibs, and use cloggy pigment inks. |
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"online drifter" wrote in message
... On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:45:18 +0100, "Jimmy" wrote: snip Caran D'ache Ecridor Fine. My goto pen when slim is in, nice weight and flow for a fine is excellent. Faber Castell Emotion Wood Fine for the times I wish to write with a wide body pen. Both are reasonable in price and have never let me down. Currentl both are inked - black in the Caran, blue in the Faber. Thanks for some more leads. I have never tried either brand of pen. I have a Faber-Castell TK-Matic clutch pencil from the 80s that is built like a watch... unscrew it, and tiny gleaming components, turned brass and springs are revealed. The Ecridor looks like quite an ergonomic slim little thing. |
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"wolfy" wrote in message
... On Aug 17, 5:45 pm, "Jimmy" wrote: I have used for the last few months some dollar-store discoveries-I bought 14 of them, they were so cheap and good. No leaking. I will forgive any other minor things with them. Occasionally, I have to shake it to get ink flowing smoothly, but it holds up amazingly well with all the daily journaling I do. The contest on the package ended 12/31/97-so these were not new items. The cashier told me they were good and he bought some. I went back and told hime he was right. Wolfy Sounds like what they call "NOS" on eBay (new old stock). It's surprising what you can turn up. I got a modern Chinese pen for 5 pounds UK that writes nicely - "Fuliwen" I think it was called. |
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"Jimmy" writes:
I've got a nice MontBlanc that I use at home, but since it's a discontinued model, I don't like to risk losing it. I own a couple of the Phileas. It is great value for money, with a smooth nib and generous flow. There is something "off" about the shape though; it feels less than sure-footed. Too wide? Funny balance? Well, it felt fine to me, but definitely far worse than the MontBlanc that I use. I really didn't pay too much attention to that, though, since I didn't like the flow anyways. Aaron -- +++++++++++++++ ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) +++++++++++++++ Email: | WWW: http://www.sacrideo.us Scheme Programming is subtle; subtlety can be hard. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++ |
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On 2008-08-18, Bluesea wrote:
I'm still enjoying the Kaweco Sports I got a few months ago in the various colors. The EDs from Swisher are particularly nice because of the capacity and visual enjoyment from watching the ink. FWIW, I found fine nibs at http://www.shopwritersbloc.com/kaweco.html. These are great little pens in the ED model from swisher. I have one filled with some higgins eternal right now. It is a nice pen/ink combo for me. I also carry a platinum preppy ED with diamine registrars ink. It is a nice, but dry, pen/ink combo. Thinking of getting a new pen for this ink. The o-ring on the converted preppy's gives me the meebs and I would like something more profesional. Maybe a pelikan. I was leaning towards a lamy 2000, but I read some comments that turned me away from that model. It is all just a pipe dream now I have carried hero 329's and have had no trouble with them at all provided they were cleaned properly after inking. I haven't had a lot of luck with the pilot 78g's, the exception being a broad nibbed version. Just bought myself a new "school pen", a new capless. I would rather have a old one, but I think it will be just fine based of bluesea's comments to me about the model. matthew |
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I roll my own. Well actually make my own. frome wood. They are cheap,
unique and work very well. I make extra and give them away. But not the fountain pens. The won't get used. So I keep them for me. And they look fantastic and work good. And they are very cheap to make too!! John Jimmy wrote: Hello everyone. Anyone at home here? What do you like every day as a cheap, good fountain pen that doesn't need to be insured, or carried around in cottonwool by a team of hired guards? I was pleasantly surprised by the Sailor 1911 "Profit" 14K range. The medium one, more like a European fine, is my favourite at the moment. It just GLIDES. It has been my favourite for 6 weeks. I got a red one with black top and tail. The "Music nib" one is disappointing though, always glitching. The "B" one is nice enough, but nothing like the "M". -- A Sailor in a sea of ink. Blue of course; what did you think? |
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"Jimmy" wrote in message ... "Bluesea" wrote in message ... "Jimmy" wrote in message ... What do you like every day as a cheap, good fountain pen...... (skip my quoted text) I'm still enjoying the Kaweco Sports I got a few months ago in the various colors. The EDs from Swisher are particularly nice because of the capacity and visual enjoyment from watching the ink. FWIW, I found fine nibs at http://www.shopwritersbloc.com/kaweco.html. I had not even heard of Kaweko - thanks for the link, and I will take a look at some. BTW, the Sailors hold hardly any ink, with smallish cartridges and an even smaller converter. (Just carry two!) Yes, I have a Sailor 1911M. I like it a lot, but I don't consider it a cheap pen. The Kaweco EDs from Swisher's hold 2.5 ml. The unmodified Kawecos use only the short standard international cartridges that hold about .7 ml. So, if you like a large ink capacity, get an ED while you can because Nathan Tardif isn't modifying any more and once they're gone, they're gone: http://www.swisherpens.com/catalog/c...untain-pen.htm or, http://tinyurl.com/65vj98. Amused by your 'nym; visualising a massive inkwell. LOL. I never thought of that. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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"Jimmy" wrote in message ... I've got a nice MontBlanc that I use at home, but since it's a discontinued model, I don't like to risk losing it. I own a couple of the Phileas. It is great value for money, with a smooth nib and generous flow. There is something "off" about the shape though; it feels less than sure-footed. Too wide? Funny balance? The brass half-lining makes it disturbingly top-heavy for me. I later got the Kultur which is balanced better although it's not as attractive. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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On 2008-08-22, Bluesea wrote:
"Jimmy" wrote in message ... What do you like every day as a cheap, good fountain pen...... (skip my quoted text) I'm still enjoying the Kaweco Sports I got a few months ago in the various colors. The EDs from Swisher are particularly nice because of the capacity and visual enjoyment from watching the ink. FWIW, I found fine nibs at http://www.shopwritersbloc.com/kaweco.html. I had not even heard of Kaweko - thanks for the link, and I will take a look at some. BTW, the Sailors hold hardly any ink, with smallish cartridges and an even smaller converter. (Just carry two!) Yes, I have a Sailor 1911M. I like it a lot, but I don't consider it a cheap pen. The naming conventions confuse me so much with the profit/1911 line from sailor. Not even sure what we are talking about. matthew |
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"Jimmy" wrote in message ... Hello everyone. Anyone at home here? What do you like every day as a cheap, good fountain pen that doesn't need to be insured, or carried around in cottonwool by a team of hired guards? I have a cheapie Pelikan Go! which I like very much, however since it seems to be irreplaceable I might be better off carrying around my M1000. ;-) I was pleasantly surprised by the Sailor 1911 "Profit" 14K range. The medium one, more like a European fine, is my favourite at the moment. It just GLIDES. It has been my favourite for 6 weeks. I got a red one with black top and tail. The "Music nib" one is disappointing though, always glitching. The "B" one is nice enough, but nothing like the "M". |
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