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Took the jump on a vanishing point. This will be my first >~$30 pen should be here tomororw, hopefully it's nice and worth it
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Is it a gold nib? Either one is great.
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Apr 28, 2018 23:35
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That blue carbonesque is calling my name
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Apr 28, 2018 23:45
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Lowness 72 posted:That blue carbonesque is calling my name I have a blue carbonesque and it’s my favorite pen. The surface is ever so slightly textured, which makes it really nice to use.
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Apr 29, 2018 00:11
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I wish Pilot would go back to making resin VPs. The regular VP is to heavy for me and the Decimo is too thin.
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Apr 29, 2018 02:24
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We finalised pricing on the pen cases, by the way. Regular one (142 mm, think Lamy 2000 and most TWSBIs) is 85 SGD, or about 65 USD. Oversize (152 mm, think Pelikan M1000 or Montblanc 149) is 100 SGD, or about 75 USD. The goon discount is still 10% off. Should be a pretty approachable price, I think.
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Apr 29, 2018 07:49
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What's wrong with the Nemosine Singularity? I really like mine, the 0.6mm stub is a good nib and the ink capacity is reasonable for the amount of writing I do at work. For a cheap pen, I can't see anything to complain about.
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Apr 29, 2018 08:19
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There was a period right after they came out that they were the new hotness in cheap demonstrators for a bit, and they're extremely prone to cracks and leaks. Like I said above, my friend had 3 of them go bust on her, and for a while the FP subreddit had a ton of threads about them cracking.
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Apr 29, 2018 08:31
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On Gouletchat, as someone only a few months into using FP's regularly, I went to this thread first, and found his videos second. Especially his later ones, they are accessible, well-presented, and useful, I think, for the complete newbie. "Goulet Nation" is a bit silly and cultish, but I see the business sense in it when Amazon is always lurking in the background. Jetpens is a site I also want to explore more of. Kessel posted:It’s partly for this reason that I intentionally don’t maintain a blog of any sort, even though I’d likely be able to provide a lot of good access to and information on Japanese pens and stationery. I want Musubi as a brand to be as divorced as possible from a single personality, and to stand on its own two feet. You can drop some links here; we won't tell.  Also, are you going to the DC pen show? My in-laws live in the DC area and I think this is the most enthused I've ever been to make that I-95 hell drive in summer.
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Apr 29, 2018 13:40
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Kessel posted:We finalised pricing on the pen cases, by the way. How much flexibility in size is there with the regular case? It's the right size for all my pens except my Pilot Custom 743, which is 149mm long. I don't really want to be putting my regular sized pens into an oversized case or buying an oversized case just for this one pen. Heath posted:There was a period right after they came out that they were the new hotness in cheap demonstrators for a bit, and they're extremely prone to cracks and leaks. Like I said above, my friend had 3 of them go bust on her, and for a while the FP subreddit had a ton of threads about them cracking. Ah fair enough. I've not had that problem with mine so I wonder if they've upped their game since release.
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Apr 29, 2018 19:50
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Does anyone have any recommendations for a pen case that would work well with Kaweco Sports? I've got a growing collection of the little things and want to store/carry them around properly, but most cases seem like they're too long. The one I have now has them all in the same pocket where they're bumping into each other and I have to fish them out from the bottom constantly. I saw Kaweco's fancy leather one and it is glorious, but if there's something out there for less than $100, that'd be much more friendly to my budget. I can still barely wrap my mind around spending three digits for a pen, let alone a case.
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Apr 29, 2018 23:49
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Parasol Prophet posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for a pen case that would work well with Kaweco Sports? I've got a growing collection of the little things and want to store/carry them around properly, but most cases seem like they're too long. The one I have now has them all in the same pocket where they're bumping into each other and I have to fish them out from the bottom constantly. You might need something custom. I can vouch for the custom work of Pentaloons on Etsy. Reasonable prices, great work. Edit: phoneposting typos effika fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Apr 30, 2018 |
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Apr 29, 2018 23:55
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I hadn't thought of looking for something custom-- Pentaloons looks like just what I need! Thanks!
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Apr 30, 2018 00:13
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This is a nice pen  Extra fine probably wasn't the best idea but for what I do being able to write small is nice. e: Yeah i also like to match inks to pens colorwise. The only thing is there is no way to tell the ink level, even after taking it apart. Plinkey fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Apr 30, 2018 |
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Apr 30, 2018 05:25
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Plinkey posted:The only thing is there is no way to tell the ink level, even after taking it apart. There should be just a sliver of the cartridge that's above the nib unit. If you hold the pen sideways, you can sorta see how much ink is left that way.
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Apr 30, 2018 06:04
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kim jong-illin posted:How much flexibility in size is there with the regular case? It's the right size for all my pens except my Pilot Custom 743, which is 149mm long. I don't really want to be putting my regular sized pens into an oversized case or buying an oversized case just for this one pen. Won't fit unless you just put the one pen in the case diagonally. Basically there are two "standard" sizes most Japanese manufacturers cleave to when making their pens: 140 mm and 150 mm. The cases are designed to fit these sizes with 2 mm clearance. Western manufacturers are less standardised, but a lot of the longer pens are 145-149 mm and that's what the oversize case is meant to accommodate. All that being said, some of our testers actually devised a simple but cute solution for carrying pens of different lengths in our cases - in testing, they simply stuffed a little cotton wool down the bottom of one side of the oversize case and used that side to carry the shorter pen. There's a blowout hole on either lateral edge of the bottom (meant for clearing out lint and grit) so the cotton wool is trivially removable if you ever just want to carry two longer pens instead.
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Apr 30, 2018 07:33
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it feels like you could trim like 80% of goulet's videos and not lose anything of value.
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May 1, 2018 03:17
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teraflame posted:it feels like you could trim like 80% of goulet's videos and not lose anything of value. If twenty out of a hundred are good then Goulet's well above par for the Internet.
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May 1, 2018 04:09
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As always, on the internet and everywhere else, Sturgeon's Law is the norm. So anything that's only 80% crap is well above average.
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May 1, 2018 04:11
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teraflame posted:it feels like you could trim like 80% of goulet's videos and not lose anything of value. Trim out the part with his face and leave the centre of the desk where the pens are.
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May 1, 2018 04:22
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Plinkey posted:This is a nice pen I love my VP - I have over 30 pens and this one is always inked up. I’m still surprised no other fountain pen makers have used this design because it is so useful. I teach for this pen when I know I will be writing on and off and don’t want to have a cap to keep screwing and unscrewing or fiddling with while writing (since I usually write unposted).
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May 1, 2018 05:15
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Platystemon posted:Trim out the part with his face and leave the centre of the desk where the pens are. his stupid dumb face with the fake ingratiating smile that I hate so much Not a huge fan of the way that man presents himself to the world I've got to say. He just seems really insincere.
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May 1, 2018 05:19
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"The Monteverde Monza totally isn't a rebranded Jinhao with 1500% mark up guys, honest!"
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May 1, 2018 05:55
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Brian Goulet is a youth pastor kind of guy.
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May 1, 2018 06:16
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Had an intense hit of nostalgia today after inking my Vista with Dark Lilac. I used a Sheaffer School Pen in school and then off and on over the years -- yay, Peacock Blue! -- but didn't really get into things until years later. Back when Private Reserve was new, I got a bottle of Tanzanite and put it in a Hero 330 I'd been using for a while. Eventually, the ink ate the sac and half the feed. To replace it, I ordered a Vista from Oscar Braun Pens, figuring a real pen would hold up better, and it did. I carried that pen for years, but eventually lost it -- to date, the only fountain pen I've ever lost. This one's the replacement, and the ink isn't the same, but still...
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May 1, 2018 22:26
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Talk to me about Oblique nibs. Are they useful if I write at an angle?
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May 2, 2018 01:09
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Lowness 72 posted:Talk to me about Oblique nibs. Are they useful if I write at an angle? If you write as such an extreme angle that it affects inkflow, yes. More useful for getting italic nibs at the proper angle on the paper.
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May 2, 2018 01:36
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grack posted:If you write as such an extreme angle that it affects inkflow, yes. More useful for getting italic nibs at the proper angle on the paper. So if I were to buy a Lamy 2000 - any reason to go for OM vs. regular medium?
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May 2, 2018 02:37
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In July I'll be heading to Brazil for a month on business, but I'll have plenty of time to explore. I heard that there is a bit of a revival going on there for fountain pens - Montblanc seems to be the most popular. Anything I should keep an eye out for when I'm there? I'll be in Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre for a few weeks each respectively.
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May 2, 2018 19:53
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Lowness 72 posted:So if I were to buy a Lamy 2000 - any reason to go for OM vs. regular medium? You'd probably be fine with either. It's not that difficult to adapt your writing for a pen.
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May 2, 2018 20:55
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Are there any capless options besides the vanishing point and dialog 3?
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May 3, 2018 08:12
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Is it the price or the pen itself that turns you off of either of those options?
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May 3, 2018 08:18
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I own a VP that has a very.. fidgety nib. I've also used a Lamy safari that gets scratchy after a week (even replaced the nib). Not sure if the dialog 3 would have the same issue. If there are other options available, I'm open to suggestions!
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May 3, 2018 08:28
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What size nibs are you using on the capless and safari?
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May 3, 2018 13:11
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MohShuvuu posted:Are there any capless options besides the vanishing point and dialog 3? Hermes Nautilus. You won’t like the price, probably, but it’s an utterly mesmerising pen
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May 3, 2018 15:52
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It's too bad the Pen Habit is shutting down, but not all that surprising given how infrequent he'd gotten with his updates. Even so, I'll miss Matt's reviews because they just looked better than most everyone else's, plus I knew him back in high school and he's a good dude.
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May 3, 2018 16:30
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I’m at the Chicago show if any of you are here.
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May 3, 2018 18:09
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Kessel posted:Hermes Nautilus. You won’t like the price, probably, but it’s an utterly mesmerising pen That's made by Pilot though, so I don't think it helps him much. Definitely mesmerizing all the same!
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May 3, 2018 18:37
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Goddamn, my Carene's feed still smells of KWZ Honey six months later, a little puff of sweetness every time I open the pen.
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I'm not actually sure if it's a broken VP or not, but the nib moves around a bit when I write with it, so it's very awkward to write with. Something like a retractable metro would be perfect.
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