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They're #5 nibs. I *think* a Nemosine or Knox nib should fit, but don't quote me on that because Bock and Jowo #5 nibs are shaped a bit differently. If you really want a black nib, you could get a Kaweco Perkeo and try swapping the nibs.
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MJP posted:Is it at all possible to get a replacement nib alone that isn't $25ish? Seems like it's either pay $25 for a Jowo F or $30 for a Levenger F. I was hoping I'd be able to do something like get just a nib rather than the whole assembly, if it's a friction fit feed. (Meanwhile "friction fit feed" is now my new favorite tongue twister) I'd trust grack on this one, I'm still relatively new to fountain pens. FWIW though, the Levenger L-Tech "Stealth" comes standard with an all-black nib that is available in F, but it's not really that great of a nib. Mine is fine, a bit scratchy, but the general consensus on them isn't glowing.
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Mar 16, 2018 19:34
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I might just stick with the factory M nib, then. At least until I get to try it. What's the consensus on extremely low-feathering black ink to go into this Levenger M nib? I'm told Lamy black or Pelikan Glistening Black are good low-feathering inks.
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Mar 16, 2018 21:26
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MJP posted:I might just stick with the factory M nib, then. At least until I get to try it. Pilot, Lamy, Pelikan, Waterman, Pelikan... just about all the basic blacks from large pen makers are pretty well behaved.
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Mar 16, 2018 21:35
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I've had better luck with Pilot black over Lamy black, the latter dries fine and doesn't feather badly, but it also fades surprisingly quickly. Or possibly it doesn't dry as dark as Pilot to begin with.
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Mar 16, 2018 21:58
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MockingQuantum posted:I've had better luck with Pilot black over Lamy black, the latter dries fine and doesn't feather badly, but it also fades surprisingly quickly. Or possibly it doesn't dry as dark as Pilot to begin with. I hope this isn't too pedantic, but just so I can get the right one - did you mean the Pilot Iroshizoku Take-Sumi black, or Pilot Namiki black?
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Mar 17, 2018 14:25
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Namiki Black.
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Mar 17, 2018 19:27
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Yep, Namiki. Iroshizuku inks are great, but they will feather pretty badly on cheap paper.
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Mar 17, 2018 20:04
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So will Pilot Black. It's fine on most cheap paper, but sometimes you get unlucky and then it feathers like a motherfucker out of anything wetter/broader than a pilot F.Luckily I have a ton of other colors, and this is just filler paper, so it doesn't really matter either way. It's great otherwise, though. Very perfectly black, without any purplish notes or anything.
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Mar 17, 2018 20:16
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What are some inks people like to use with a Pilot F nib? Mine's a little scratchy and I would be interested in anything that might help.
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Mar 17, 2018 22:54
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umalt posted:What are some inks people like to use with a Pilot F nib? Mine's a little scratchy and I would be interested in anything that might help. I've been using Diamine Aqua Lagoon in my Metro F. It looks lovely and I've never had an issue with it. Also, I'm looking for a nice green that's closer to a vibrant kelly green than forest green for a Heritance F nib on a custom pen - the more feather-resistant for use on recycled paper, the better. I've got my choices down to R&K Verdura, Robert Oster Green Lime, Noodler's Gruene Cactus Eel, and Diamine Meadow. I'm trying to avoid sample fatigue so I'd rather not order four D: MJP fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Mar 18, 2018 |
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Mar 17, 2018 23:40
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umalt posted:What are some inks people like to use with a Pilot F nib? Mine's a little scratchy and I would be interested in anything that might help. Pilot black works nicely in mine, but my Preppy (also a F) was an absolute pain in the rear end to get working nicely until I ran some Noodler's through it. So my go-to for fiddly nibs is to run some Red-Black through it. It's bulletproof, but since it's a pretty straightforward ink (unlike some of their more exciting colors), there's no real concern about pigments gumming up or anything like that. I figure any basic noodler's will do the trick here, just stay clear of the super-saturated or otherwise fiddly colors. Besides that, people generally say J. Herbin inks are nicely lubricated, so that ought to work well, too. My only other suggestion would be to make sure you're using a fairly new bottle of ink. In my experience, no matter how tightly you've closed a bottle, after a few years some of the water's still going to have vanished. While that isn't really an issue with wetter pens, you'll certainly notice it if you're using fines or otherwise dry pens.
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Quick post. I bought a couple of Lamy Safaris from AliExpress, and I'm pretty impressed. The pics show a red one that I've had for some time, that I bought in the UK. The other two are the AliExpress versions. They weren't mad cheap - UK£7 - but they arrived in good time, and had the same brown card nodder to between the nib unit and the shaft. The lids, the shafts, are interchangeable. (Please ignore the bleeding ink on my red one.)  The Chinese ones are fine, which might be the only reason why the white one is a little scratchy. But I'm pretty pleased with them so far. The brown is frosted - I think that's a factory finish offered by Lamy. Are they genuine? Who knows? It's a mystery. 
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Mar 19, 2018 10:10
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I've never seen a brown one, and the frosted finish exists on some of the limited editions like the Petrol and Dark Lilac.
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Mar 19, 2018 11:22
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Trans-LoafWithTail posted:I've never seen a brown one, and the frosted finish exists on some of the limited editions like the Petrol and Dark Lilac. Lamy Line Friends has a brown matte finish on the bear version. Not bad for the knock offs.
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Mar 19, 2018 13:49
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Lamy Safaris are, like, the one pen that I would 100% always buy from a trusted fountain pen retailer. It has to be the most frequently counterfeited pen in the world (by sheer volume), and eBay/AliExpress/Taobao are all swimming in fakes. A few dollars' worth of retail mark-up is a small price to pay for peace of mind.
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Mar 19, 2018 13:57
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New TWSBI model: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bggn8z0HDX7
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Mar 19, 2018 19:48
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the step between section and barrel is really uncomfortable fwiw
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Mar 19, 2018 19:49
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The whole pen looks awkward and uncomfortable to me, and I love a similar pen that lots of people seem to find awkward and uncomfortable (L-Tech 3.0)
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Mar 19, 2018 20:07
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"My first kit pen" is an aesthetic I'm not really looking for in a TWSBI 
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Mar 19, 2018 20:12
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It looks like a knockoff Kaweco. (Caveat: I've never used or held a Kaweco.)
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Mar 19, 2018 20:20
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Looks like the (ugly as poo poo) love child between a TWSBI Classic and Caran D'Ache 849
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Mar 19, 2018 20:23
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I get that it may be an ugly duckling and turn out to be a fantastic pen, or it's just a matter of taste and I have none, but that thing is ugly enough that it kind of makes me not want to buy other TWSBI pens, because what the heck are they thinking?
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Mar 19, 2018 20:25
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I already grip the threads on my other TWSBIs, wish they hadn't put that step in.
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Mar 19, 2018 20:31
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I wonder if the facets are at least aligned so you don't have an edge resting on your hand? I mean, you'd think so, but…
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Zenostein posted:I wonder if the facets are at least aligned so you don't have an edge resting on your hand? I mean, you'd think so, but… ... but TWSBI couldn't figure out how to align the threads on the Vac Mini so the clip didn't rest on your hand when the cap was posted.
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Plinkey posted:Writes better than I expected, a little scratchy, but nice. Quoting from a few pages back, but my one of these just showed up. Is it cool to just fill it up like that? Should I do anything special to help seal the threads?
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Dagon posted:Quoting from a few pages back, but my one of these just showed up. You'll want to put some silicone grease on the threads and o-ring. If you don't have any you can get it at plumber's supply or hardware stores as plumber's grease. Also I bought one of these because it's a cheap, obvious knockoff of a Faber-Castell Ondoro: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/DELIKE-TIMES-hexagonal-barrel-fountain-pen-box-pens-/263556399968
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MJP posted:Also, I'm looking for a nice green that's closer to a vibrant kelly green than forest green for a Heritance F nib on a custom pen - the more feather-resistant for use on recycled paper, the better. I've got my choices down to R&K Verdura, Robert Oster Green Lime, Noodler's Gruene Cactus Eel, and Diamine Meadow. Diamine Meadow is a yellow-green that is very bright to the point of lurid but behaves alright on cheap paper. It looks closer to this: https://apenchantforpaper.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/ink-review-diamine-meadow.html than this: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/222750-diamine-meadow/ so may not be the colour you're looking for.
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You all are not going to like how much the new TWSBI costs. It’s quite the step up
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I got a TWSBI Eco after everybody talked up how great it is and was sorely disappointed by it - spewed entirely too much ink, didn't like the threaded cap, was super hard to clean out. Then I got a Wing Sung and it's basically the same pen but everything about it is better except that it lacks the nib options of the Eco. And it's considerably cheaper cost.
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Heath posted:I got a TWSBI Eco after everybody talked up how great it is and was sorely disappointed by it - spewed entirely too much ink, didn't like the threaded cap, was super hard to clean out. Then I got a Wing Sung and it's basically the same pen but everything about it is better except that it lacks the nib options of the Eco. And it's considerably cheaper cost. Is Eco plastic really that flimsy? I've never held an Eco, but I own 580 and a WS698, and the difference between the two materials can't be overstated. The former is a hefty, lovely-feeling polycarbonate, while the latter is basically made from plastic Easter egg material. Trustworthy fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Mar 20, 2018 |
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I thought the Wing Sung 698 and TWSBI 580 were made from the same type of plastic, with the Eco being the odd one out.
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Got my PenBBS Hawaii and then I bent the "leaves" on the feed while trying to change out the nib. I still didn't manage to remove the nib from it; is there some special trick? That red isn't part of the resin; it's because I filled it with Noodler's Qin Shi Huang. It still seems to write okay, and I have no idea how to fix this, so I'm gonna leave it as-is for now.
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inklesspen posted:Got my PenBBS Hawaii and then I bent the "leaves" on the feed while trying to change out the nib. I still didn't manage to remove the nib from it; is there some special trick? My secret is, grab a newspaper rubber band and double it over a bunch over the feed, then tug with steady even force on the sides (shoulders) of the nib.
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Trustworthy posted:Is Eco plastic really that flimsy? I have a vac 700r, diamond mini and brand new Eco and I love all of them. The Eco does feel a little cheaper when you hold it and inspect it but the nib (broad) has been fantastic for me. The Eco writes very well I have nothing to say for the price it is insane. I also own one of it's clones (lambitou) and the construction is comparable but nib is not. The Lambitou is scratchy and feels very cheap when writing where the eco is the same as my other Twsbies. Ordered the Eco with Noodler's Hearts of darkness (what a ink!) and Navajo turquoise (gave my other bottle to a friend). Hearts of darkness is the most amazing black I have seen but I am terrorized by it's bullet proofness (afraid I'll ruin clothes). Got a second charlie pen (first one with Nikita red) and this one is much better than the other one. No burping at all. Where are you guy's buying PenBBS's so cheap? I can only find 30+ CAN$ on ebay. Iznogood fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Mar 21, 2018 |
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Iznogood posted:Where are you guy's buying PenBBS's so cheap? I can only find 30+ CAN$ on ebay. It depends on the model and finish you want. 323s are cheap, a lot of 308 colours can be had at $22-25 and some 309s can be had for $25.  It is adorable. Pretty decent nib as well.
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I'm going to Tokyo shortly and I want to poke my head into a couple good fountain pen shops and maybe buy some nibs or some inks. (Looking for a nice #5 fine or extrafine nib to put in my wing sung 698.) Anyone have shops to recommend? I basically don't speak any Japanese, but my friend does, and also there's Google Translate.
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inklesspen posted:I'm going to Tokyo shortly and I want to poke my head into a couple good fountain pen shops and maybe buy some nibs or some inks. (Looking for a nice #5 fine or extrafine nib to put in my wing sung 698.) Anyone have shops to recommend? I basically don't speak any Japanese, but my friend does, and also there's Google Translate. Itoya in Ginza is the best one I went to. 
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inklesspen posted:I'm going to Tokyo shortly and I want to poke my head into a couple good fountain pen shops and maybe buy some nibs or some inks. (Looking for a nice #5 fine or extrafine nib to put in my wing sung 698.) Anyone have shops to recommend? I basically don't speak any Japanese, but my friend does, and also there's Google Translate. Itoya has already been mentioned. Maruzen, Kingdom Note and Bungubox will have shop exclusive inks (and perhaps some exclusive pens). For non-exclusive pens and inks, the best prices should be at Sekaido in Shinjuku - you might also find good deals at Yodobashi and/or Bic Camera. You should definitely go to Eurobox just to gawp at the vintage pens (there's a great video about them on Youtube). And then I hear that Fullhalter and Shosaikan are nice, but I've never been. I don't think you're likely to come across loose nibs for sale, however. Maybe try Eurobox? Oh and you can also try to make a booking at Ink Stand Kakimori to blend your own ink.
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