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Uniball is king of common pens. Signo 207s and Jetstream RTs are pretty much the only non-fountain pens that I use. Jetstreams & Field Notes Expedition notebooks in particular are a lovely writing combo. (If you haven't tried synthetic paper yet you're missing out.) Tul's gel pens are pretty good too, although a bit overpriced for what they are imo.
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Ugh if I had that ink in my life I would write All The Things. I hope I can snag a bottle when Goulet restocks, insha'allah. Mikl posted:I actually forgot to post in this thread. I ended up ordering a Pilot Prera F, a converter and some ink off the Amazon Marketplace. The converter and the ink have arrived, the pen not yet but it should be a matter of days. Prera is a solid pen. I have one with a 1.1 stub nib, filled with Iroshizuku Asa-Gao, and it writes like a dream. Ink capacity is a bit wanting but such is the life of a converter fill.
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Oct 8, 2014 22:22
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I've had an M200 (which is essentially the same as the M205 I believe, just with gold plated trim instead of silver) with a cursive italic Richard Binder nib for poo poo I think probably a decade now and it's still one of my favorite pens. I had a Lamy 2000 for a while and hated it. I have a TWSBI Mini and it's fairly comparable to the M200 in terms of performance, but I like the M200 better aesthetically.
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Oct 10, 2014 03:05
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Or hell why not get a Pilot/Namiki Falcon?
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Oct 10, 2014 03:28
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Welsper posted:Less capacity than a C74 or L2000. But semi-flex!
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Oct 10, 2014 04:20
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Oops I went and spent over $400 on pens and ink yesterday.
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Oct 13, 2014 15:48
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atholbrose posted:Now you can't say that and not tell us what you got... Oh right. Gunmetal gray/matte black Vanishing Point, F Black/rhodium Falcon, SF Couple of Konrads to dick around with Bottle of Rouge Hematite Five bottles of Iroshizuku: yama-budo, yu-yake, shin-ryoku, ina-ho and chiku-rin
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Oct 13, 2014 21:27
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I've had pretty good luck with the standard Rhodia pads, but yeah the webnotebooks with Clairefontaine paper can be too smooth for fountain pens. e: inasmuch as the drying time for anything that writes even remotely wet is too long for a notebook that you generally use for quick notes.
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Oct 13, 2014 21:50
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Always Be Purchasing
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Oct 14, 2014 14:34
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lol as if "need" is part of the vocabulary here
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Oct 14, 2014 15:05
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New massdrop deals: Pilot Falcon for $105 (as per usual, add a bottle of Iroshizuku for $20) One bottle each of Iroshizuku, Edelstein and 1670 inks for $65 (no Stormy Grey, unfortunately)
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Oct 15, 2014 05:23
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They're all soft. I'm kinda tempted to buy another one at that price, even though I haven't even gotten my first one yet from Amazon.
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Oct 15, 2014 13:14
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Edmond Dantes posted:Ah, cheers. I was afraid they came in two "softness levels" and I had missed out on the S. Never ordered from massdrop but I've never read anything about it not being legit. According to their FAQ, shipping should be 3-5 days. Gold vs rhodium plated gold is purely aesthetic preference to my knowledge. Although for some reason SEF is only available in rhodium.
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Oct 15, 2014 15:32
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Not yet. I ordered it Sunday from Amazon, hasn't even shipped out yet. Just as well, I'm out of town on business all week anyways. From what I gather from various reviews, SEF gives the most line width variation (as one would expect) but not as smooth of a writing experience. Which is fine if you mostly want the pen for decorative writing, but if you plan to use it as a regular writer then SF or larger is better.
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Oct 15, 2014 16:01
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Bah what happened to a late October restock?
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Oct 15, 2014 19:59
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Anderson had Stormy Grey in stock for all of about 30 seconds. In stock when I added it to my cart, out of stock by the time I hit Purchase.
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Oct 21, 2014 21:56
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Brightman posted:I think this said it was estimated to ship November 14th November 4th.
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Oct 23, 2014 20:57
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milpreve posted:Nope: We were talking about the Pilot Falcon.
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Oct 23, 2014 23:03
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Falcon came in the other day but I've been sick all week, finally got a chance today to play around with it a bit. Pretty decent line variation on the SF nib, will be curious how much of a difference I'll see on the SEF I ordered on Massdrop. Ink is Iroshizuku Ina-Ho (lovely lighting really undersells the subtlety of the color). Really looking forward to the day when my handwriting is better/more consistent.
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Oct 25, 2014 04:02
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See now if you were like the rest of us and had a glut of pens this wouldn't be a problem. 
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Oct 31, 2014 18:40
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Prera is a vastly underrated pen imo, mine writes incredibly smoothly as well. No hard starts, no skipping, nada.
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Oct 31, 2014 20:08
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Weird. Mine fits very snugly.
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Oct 31, 2014 21:03
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2nd edition of the Seven Seas Writer is finally available.
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Nov 6, 2014 21:20
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Edmond Dantes posted:I googled around a bit (not too in-depth, I admit) and didn't find them to buy, any of you guys have a link to them? Aqui
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Nov 7, 2014 16:22
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Massdrop posted:The vendor let us know that the extra fine nib in black/rhodium is completely unavailable at the moment and that they will not be getting stock replenished until spring next year. fuuuuuuuuuck
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Nov 18, 2014 11:25
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Ahhhhhh finally. Thought I'd never snag a bottle with how quickly everyone else has been selling out of their few and far between restocks. Only bummer is I'm out of the country until the 22nd, but at least I'll have something nice waiting for me when I get home. 
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Dec 5, 2014 01:23
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howe_sam posted:Also, Jesus the capacity of the Con-50 is tiny. I feel like I have to refill my Falcon daily. Only disappointing aspect of the pen. Been doing a lot of international travel lately and it's fully enlightened me to the limitations of the CON-50. Last trans-Atlantic flight I made I started out with a full fill and was bone dry halfway through the flight.
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Dec 5, 2014 22:57
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Yeah I've had virtually zero problems with leakage during flights. I always put my pens in a plastic baggie just in case, but so far so bueno. And for that matter, I've used several different pens during flights and also not had a problem. Didn't even matter if they were full or not before going up.
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Dec 5, 2014 23:43
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I have a bottle of kiri-same that I've been using in a CP1, looks pretty much like pencil. howe_sam posted:I just learned that you can screw a Falcon nib/section unit into a Metro body, but you can't put the cap on. Also, the soft broad falcon nib really brings out the shading in EL Lawrence. Ha, just bought a bottle of that today. Also have a second Falcon on its way that I was planning on filling with the El Lawrence.
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Dec 10, 2014 20:10
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Bah goddammit, so way back when massdrop did the Falcon drop I ordered an SEF. That ended up not being available so I said ok I'll take an SM instead. Finally shipped out last week and I came home from a business trip today to find that they'd shipped me a vanishing point. 
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Dec 23, 2014 02:44
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would be cool i suppose if they just said hey keep the VP for your trouble and we'll get that Falcon on it's way
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Dec 23, 2014 14:17
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You can always refill an empty cartridge with a syringe.
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Dec 26, 2014 04:50
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Yeah I just picked up a bottle of Verdigris a few weeks back and I love it. I've also been using Alt-Goldgrün for a few months and it's by far my favorite ink, the shading is amazing. Rohrer & Klingner is underrated as hell.
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Jan 19, 2015 06:55
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Using a fountain pen for technical drawing is kind of like trying to stick a square peg in a round hole. You're way better off with something specifically suited for the purpose - Copic, Sakura, Prismacolor, Staedtler, Marvy, Rotring, etc. all make excellent technical pens.
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Jan 28, 2015 06:25
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Titus Sardonicus posted:If you need ink, Massdrop has your choice of 3 Rohrer & Klingner 50mL bottles for $19.99 plus shipping. I'd jump on it but I think I'm well stocked-up for now. I was all excited when I saw this in my email but then I went to join and they were already out of Alt-Goldgrun 
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Aug 19, 2015 15:39
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My order isn't scheduled to be delivered until Friday. UPS Surepost is the loving worst.
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Sep 2, 2015 18:50
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It just looks like paper fibers to me.
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Sep 23, 2015 09:40
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Yeah M200 is a solid pen. I've had mine for probably at least a decade now and it's still one of my favorite pens.
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Oct 2, 2015 19:48
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Lessons in why not to be a bit of a slob: finally got around to cleaning out all the poo poo I had crammed behind the seats in my work truck, found the Vanishing Point that I thought I lost like six months ago in the breast pocket of one of my work shirts.
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I would think an art supply store would be your best bet. There's one here in Denver that has a fairly decent assortment of Noodler's and some other brands.
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