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KingColliwog posted:I've been doing the same for the past month... I really need to get a normal "cheap" sport so I can see if I like the nib and everything enough to justify a brass one. So sexy
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stealie72 posted:Brass seems like it would be really heavy. But on the metal bodied kaweco front, I've got a Lilliput and it is pretty great for a pen I can carry in my watch pocket. I used a brass Kaweco Sport for a good while, and I liked the heft. It's a short pen so the weight doesn't change its balance in your hand, it just makes it feel more solid. Only thing I will say is that at a distance sitting on a desk it can look like a large caliber bullet. My boss had a good startle when he first saw it. It also comes in steel if you want the heft and a different color.
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I've got the Sport in the iridescent pearl and really enjoy it - I like how it's small enough that I can stick it in my pocket and also it looks really pretty. Re: brown inks, the only browns I've tried are Iroshizuku Ina-ho which I think is discontinued, Dominant Industry November Leaves (similar to Ina-ho but a bit paler, or at least in my Gf's TWSBI Eco) and Ferris Wheel Press' Writing Desk, which is a fairly nice brown that seems to have a greenish sheen on fancy paper. I don't notice it on regular printer paper or loose-leaf, but I definitely saw it on some Clairfontaine. Very cool effect.
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Apr 12, 2023 17:38
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I like my basic Sports enough that I got a Sport clutch pencil. I do have small hands, so I don't even bother posting it most of the time - if you have catcher's mitts, you may have a different experience.
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Apr 12, 2023 18:39
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+1 for FWP Writer’s Desk, it feels so fancy and refined.
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Speaking of the Kaweco Sport in Iridescent Pearl, I found a good ink match! Sailor Manyo Haha. Here it is on Tomoe River 52gsm ivory paper: The ink itself is very pale but shades well. As it shades, some green and purple tones come out. (Compare the pale section vs the scribbled over section.) I've only got an EF nib for it, which has left my writing not so legible due to the unsaturated tones, but I've ordered a broad to play with it more.
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So I just ordered a Kaweco Sport in Toyama Teal with a Broad nib and since I wanted a new fun blue to go with it I also ordered Tokyo Blue Denim from Robert Oster because it looks like it's going to be the nicest blue ever. If I hate it, I will blame you guys. If I like it and end up buying the brass sport, then I will also blame you guys.
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Apr 13, 2023 02:03
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Oh god I’m close to buying a brass one help
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Kilometers Davis posted:Oh god I’m close to buying a brass one help Do it  And also tell me how you like it because I also want one. e: I finally filled up my TWSBI Diamond 580 with Diamine Majestic Blue and I love both the ink and this pen, it's so smooth yet has a satisfying kinda slice against paper that I can't really describe. Definitely beats the ever-loving poo poo out of a ballpoint, that's for sure. I can feel my Pen Guy era beginning as we post. Doctor Hospital fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Apr 13, 2023 |
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Doctor Hospital posted:Do it my twsbi diamond 580 is one of the smoothest writers I have, I love it it's pretty wet though, probably the biggest nib I have at M.
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Apr 13, 2023 04:50
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Yeah, I love my stub 1.1 580 but I don't get to use it a lot because it puts down way too much ink for a lot of use cases at work.
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RichterIX posted:Yeah, I love my stub 1.1 580 but I don't get to use it a lot because it puts down way too much ink for a lot of use cases at work. I'm so happy I'm a teacher because I get to use all the funky inks and fun nibs everyday. Currently writing the grades on student copies with that 1.1 stub and a black shimmering ink. Commenting on the copies with a broad nib and california teal. Copies are full of colors, shimmer and sheen!
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Pure curiosity: is it known what the binders are in FP-friendly pigment inks like Sailor Kiwa-Guro or Platinum Carbon?
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Got one of the new Majohn A2s, which is a basically a modern resin, faceted Pilot Vanishing Point Stupid issue: I can't get a proper picture because neither my camera nor my phone can get the colours right.
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grack posted:Got one of the new Majohn A2s, which is a basically a modern resin, faceted Pilot Vanishing Point Mine's on the way from China, I've never held a VP or VP clone. Let's go!!
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Last day to preorder any of the Yoseka limited edition Sailors! I don't have anything particularly nice to say about the Refresh and Home pens, but the Origin is a pen I tracked down for months until I finally bought a used one, and I considered worth the effort It really might be one of like, 2 or 3 rare Sailor colorways that seem actually worth the added expense. They have never done a green like it
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SixteenShells posted:Pure curiosity: is it known what the binders are in FP-friendly pigment inks like Sailor Kiwa-Guro or Platinum Carbon? I guess known to a very small group of people who's job it is to know that stuff?
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 New pen day! Got a TWSBI Go, a Faber-Castell Hexo, and a Kaweco Perkeo. The Hexo is in EF, and the Go and Perkeo are in M. Doctor Hospital fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Apr 17, 2023 |
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Doctor Hospital posted:
my twsbi go is a bit scratchy (probably because it's an EF) but easy to use and indestructible I love it
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sb hermit posted:my twsbi go is a bit scratchy (probably because it's an EF) but easy to use and indestructible The M nib on the Go is very smooth and it stays inked up and ready to go at a moment's notice, so I can definitely see it becoming my out-and-about pen. I haven't been in this hobby for long but I'm already smitten with TWSBI's utilitarian designs.
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Nice pens!!!Doctor Hospital posted:Do it I’m holding off while I exhaust every other possible option because I’m addicted to learning about fountain pens and have been since last year  Pen Guy era is the most powerful era, of course I just got back into watches after growing up a Watch Kid too lol
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Doctor Hospital posted:The M nib on the Go is very smooth and it stays inked up and ready to go at a moment's notice, so I can definitely see it becoming my out-and-about pen. I haven't been in this hobby for long but I'm already smitten with TWSBI's utilitarian designs. My hot take: for the average user, TWSBI is what Lamy wishes it were.
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Muir posted:My hot take: for the average user, TWSBI is what Lamy wishes it were. Yeah. I wish I had TWSBI around when I was starting out instead of Lamy! Though my early Lamy pens did serve me well, they were sources of frustration too. Kaweco chat: I finally got the bold nib in for my Iridescent Pearl! Sailor Manyo Haha shows up a lot better this way. The fun multicolored shading also finally stands out! (Had to find the right light for my phone camera to pick this up. I made sure the ink looked right.)  And my Iridescent Pearl: 
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effika posted:Yeah. I wish I had TWSBI around when I was starting out instead of Lamy! Though my early Lamy pens did serve me well, they were sources of frustration too. drat, that's a nice color shift. Maybe I'll have to get a bold nib when I eventually pull the trigger on a Sport. I did a quick write with my Perkeo after seeing your much better handwriting. I did this on Maruman's Mnemosyne paper.  My handwriting has improved somewhat since I started using fountain pens, but I still have a lot of work to do.
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Doctor Hospital posted:drat, that's a nice color shift. Maybe I'll have to get a bold nib when I eventually pull the trigger on a Sport. You’re asking the right questions.
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effika posted:Kaweco chat: I also just got my kaweco sport in broad. The pen looks nice and the fit and finish is fair for the price. The nib is generally smooth (but it's a broad so that's to be expected I guess), but it certainly has some angles it prefers. If I write fast I tend to tilt the pen a bit and it gets slightly scratchy. I'll probably get at least a second kaweco sport in medium because of all the colors available and to test the medium nib, but I probably won't get a brass one since I don't think the pen as a whole isn't good enough to justify to price of the brass version. It's a cheap pen and does the cheap pen thing very well, but I'd need more than a cool body to pay 100$ more. Robert Oster Tokyo Blue Denim is relly nice though. The name describes the color pretty well and it shades a lot which I really like. It's going to be my main blue for a while until I go back to Kon Peki and the bright pop of brightness it brings.
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Me, maybe I should finally get around to getting a sailor 1911 Large in Tangerine dream. Looking online, poo poo, they’ve been taken off the market and only can find them new with extra fine nibs. )I prefer medium nibs.
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LionArcher posted:Me, maybe I should finally get around to getting a sailor 1911 Large in Tangerine dream. Looking online, poo poo, they’ve been taken off the market and only can find them new with extra fine nibs. )I prefer medium nibs. Well, looks like you'll have to buy a regular 1911 Large as well and swap the nibs.
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grack posted:Well, looks like you'll have to buy a regular 1911 Large as well and swap the nibs. I looked into that and didn't realize you could. Ugh. I guess my grail pen just got more expensive.
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Majohn/Moonman A2 first impressions. I’ve never used a Vanishing Point. Neat looking pen. Kinda involved to ink it up, but only a few more minutes than a “normal” fountain pen. I used the included twist converter. It comes with two empty cartridges as well as a plastic eyedropper. It’s possible to ink the converter in the usual dip-the-nib method if you don’t like eye dropping an empty cartridge. Writing: the fine nib is smooth - very little scratch when compared to, say, my Pilot Metropolitan Fine. Flow is medium - not wet, not dry. I notice that my particular pen’s nib assembly isn’t “rotated” off-center from the hole the way I understand VPs and their clones are, to create a better angle on paper despite the clip-grip you hold it in. I haven’t tried to rectify this yet, but I can definitely tell it’s not quite sitting where it should. Oh, and the click! The clickety click is nice. It’s very satisfying to finish writing something with a satisfying thumb click instead of a lid snap. Fresh, different, much wow. Haven’t had it long enough to see how long the pen can sit without drying out. Overall I’d give it three frogs out of four.
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Platinum is releasing a new pigmented black ink called 'Chou Kuro' that is supposed to be 46% more black than their Carbon Black. It's got me super curious as to what it'll look like as Carbon Black is already one of the darkest black inks you can get.
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Chip McFuck posted:Platinum is releasing a new pigmented black ink called 'Chou Kuro' that is supposed to be 46% more black than their Carbon Black. It's got me super curious as to what it'll look like as Carbon Black is already one of the darkest black inks you can get. Carbon Black has a sheen problem, if you care about that kind of thing. It could be darkened easily by removing that sheen.
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Chip McFuck posted:Platinum is releasing a new pigmented black ink called 'Chou Kuro' that is supposed to be 46% more black than their Carbon Black. It's got me super curious as to what it'll look like as Carbon Black is already one of the darkest black inks you can get. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHy6_vQueLI
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LionArcher posted:I looked into that and didn't realize you could. Ugh. I guess my grail pen just got more expensive. Sailor jobs are friction fit and not that difficult to pull usually.
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Some sellers will even swap the nib you want in from another pen they have in stock without making you buy both. I know Nibsmith.com does that for Sailor and Taccia pens.
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Muir posted:Some sellers will even swap the nib you want in from another pen they have in stock without making you buy both. I know Nibsmith.com does that for Sailor and Taccia pens. This is what the friendly lady at PW Akkerman in Amsterdam did for me.
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I was having some issues with my TWSBI Go's ink flow, so I popped it open and gave it a thorough cleaning. Lost about a half ml of Kaweco Pearl Black, but now that I've gone in and tinkered with it, I re-inked it with Shin-kai and it's writing smooth as silk with no extra pressure. That said, I think for any TWSBI's I get going forward, I'm probably going with at least a B. I'll have to swap my Diamond 580's nib for the broad one I got as a spare after I run out the Majestic Blue in it. It was actually really cool to take it entirely apart and give it a full cleaning, and it was neat that I could use the wrench that came with my 580 to open the ring around the piston, but drat, I wish the nib in the Go wasn't friction fit because I felt like I was going to break it the entire time.
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I have tinkered so much with my TWSBI GO's EF nib over the past two years and I can never get a consistent writing experience. I'll attempt to get it to write better once every 6 months, but always fail at it. It's the most frustrating pen experience I've had.
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Abyss posted:I have tinkered so much with my TWSBI GO's EF nib over the past two years and I can never get a consistent writing experience. I'll attempt to get it to write better once every 6 months, but always fail at it. It's the most frustrating pen experience I've had. At that price point, I imagine a lot of brands may be a crapshoot. Same thing happened to me with a Diplomat Magnum. Any suggestions on how to tune out hard starts?
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