How about a pelikan Streismann 805 rollerball.
Penworld.eu have these at a great price.
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I bought my Father a Lamy 2000 rollerball for Christmas. It cost £55 from Cult Pens. I don't think you could get a better rollerball than it.
I agree with the suggestions to try them first and foremost. I'm left handed, but can't get on with those weird southpaw nibs. I tried lots of different pens over a period of time - Lamy and Parker I found to be OK. Try as I might cannot write with Montblanc, all scratchy and just horrible. My favourite of all time is my Pelikan M620, a brand I'd never have thought of, until trying it. Smooth, great ink flow and a pleasure to use.
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Actually, a bit worse than that though.I've just been informed by UPS my Namiki Nippon Art Mt Fuji arrives arrives tomorrow.!!
Very excited, looming forward to it!
What is worse I've told them I take both! The Shu Nurappanashi AND the Nakaya Portable writer Are Tamenuri
The initial idea wast cancel the Shu Nuprppnashi and order the Akae Tamaenuri. The reason was I thought I'll be getting the Vermillion with the No 20 nib at some point. Looking at both of them I realised I liked both so deposit sent today! Last email one of them might arrive as soon as by February! Very chuffed (till I thought about explaining to SWMBO)
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Lucky lucky people...
My Namiki Nippon art Mt Fuji arrived today.
What a pretty looking (if excessive) box! The pen as a whole oozes quality. The palpable "painting" the smooth finish is really nice.
It is also very shiny more than my Montblanc! It's got a CON 70 converter. Can I use any pilot cartridge? I don't like using converters!
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Beautiful...enjoy.
Do give bottled ink and the converter a whirl, the palette of colours is so much wider than cartridges.
I like Iroshizuku inks but they're a bit on the pricey side, so my go to is Diamine and I have avout 30 different shades.
Thanks! Absolutely love the look of the pen. "Noisy" to write with, if that makes sense. I guess will settle with time
My plan is to use a few Pilot/Namiki cartridges first, clean them out and then try the other inks Yes! I'm skint, hey I've GOT to tighten my belt to pay for my Nakaya! At work use of colours other than black brings out the NHS jobsworths out of the woodwork. So using other colours is not an option. Have a bottle of Iroshizuku black and 2 small 30 ml bottles of Diamine -jet black and onyx black. I personally feel Diamine is "wetter" than Iroshizuku. My using F or EF nib may have something to do with it, I don't know.
Okay as this is an introduction to Fountain pens, I want to ask a dumb question.
Partly due to this thread, I have bought myself a marvellous pilot vanishing point fine. The pen is everything I'd hoped for. It perfectly replicates the feeling of writing with the V5 extra fine pilot fibre tip.
I bought a pilot Con 40 converter to go with the vanishing point. When I fill the converter, do I take the nib unit off and just fill the converter on its own, or do I keep the nib on and then fill the convertor through the nib unit.
I tried the latter and it didn't work well at all. I tried the former and though it worked it was extremely messy. Any thoughts on this would be very welcome!
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Leaking seems to be an issue with the VP as per this video at 03:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BDBYXuQ0LA
Take the nib unit off stick the converter in the ink bottle and fill, wipe the extra ink dry and insert gently but securely.
Denizens chip in please!
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I've been writing more since buying a fountain pen six months ago. My pen is the dead cheap Jinhao 599 and I am using Parker Quink ink. I don't feel the need of upgrading to a fancy pen yet.
I think Lamy Safaris are pretty rad. If you want sophistication vintage pens are the best!
I've been following this thread even though I no longer own any fountain pens. Mind you, I am thinking about a Parker 51 as a one and only fountain pen. I think someone previously mentioned Penamie and so I checked out the website. I spotted a rather nice looking Yard-O-Led ballpoint pen in the under £50 section and so I placed the order on Monday morning. It has just arrived and I have to say I am very pleased with it. It satisfies my preference for vintage over modern and is something I'll be able to use at work each day.
I should also say that the site owner (Brian Toynton) posted it out on the promise that my cheque was in the post, even though it's my first purchase from him. I'm certain that I'll acquire a few more pens from him in due course.
after being enabled on TSR, i have recently ordered a Noodlers Ahab, with a flex nib, and a bottle of Monkey Hanger blue ink. hope it arrives soon. apart from that i have a few others, 2x cult pens pocket FP, Sailor Sapporo, 2x lamy safari with about 4 different nibs, cross century 2, twbsi 530 demonstrator and a loclen tiny in brass.i also have a rotring 2mm pencil and a waterman biro. i can't remember the last time i used the biro.
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First day at work with my Namiki. I have been using it at home as mentioned before. Great looking pen, not that anyone noticed!
Smooth writer but scratchy - not much resistance while writing but I can hear it moving on the paper. I am hoping it will settle down with time. To compare, my Pilot VP took about a day to settle in and is one of the smoothest pen in my collection. Most surprised by the fact it didn't bleed on NHS paper. Don't know if it is because of the fine nib or the ink. Definitely not the paper!
As a long time fountain pen user I can confirm that some of the Japanese nibs are noisier than European or US nibs. This is normally classed as a feature and people move on. Any "scratchiness" however is probably due to a misalignment of the nib tines, simple enough to cure with care and a magnifying glass so you can see what you're doing - don't progress to using abrasives until you know what you are doing!
THIS is a useful guide from probably the best-known nibmaster >>> http://www.richardspens.com/pdf/workshop_notes.pdf
For clean pen filling, even using removable piston fillers (aka "converters"), I would recommend getting a plastic syringe and blunt hypodermic needles which make the process clean and enjoyable. At the same time, look on Amazon for a rubber ear-syringe - extremely useful for flushing out the pen and when you want to change ink colour.
Just ordered another Jinhao and had a look locally to see if l can find an entry lever fp for about 50 euros. I've been to 3 bookshops and they only had Parkers. I will visit a couple more shops that I have in mind but l am not too optimistic about finding what I am looking for. I think Cyprus is a very small market for pens so l will be also looking online. This place is full of enablers :)
Noisy was what I meant rather than scratchy. I would have thought Namiki will inspect their nibs before installing them. Had a look under a 30 X loupe couldn't see any misalignment!
Thanks for the link, downloaded and saved! I will NEVER have the guts to fool around with a nib, no sir! If anything goes wrong off to a professional it goes.
Have glass syringes and blunt 16G needles to fill the pens up. If the nib is user removable then it gets removed and cleaned before changing ink, if not then I pressure wash it with a 50 ml syringe attached to a 16G needle a few times and let it rest nib down in a narrow container lined with blotting paper ( kitchen towel) for a few hours and repeat the process till it runs clean. Yes I have too much time on my hands!
PSA: WHSmith have the Lamy 2000 back in stock here:
https://www.whsmith.co.uk/pws/Produc...uctID=35315971
However, I would recommend spending a little more and buying it from smaller retailer who is willing to test the nib before sending it. I bought mine earlier this month from here:
http://www.thewritingdesk.co.uk
A fantastic personal service and entirely worry free (no affiliation).
I've just read through this from the beginning and I now NEED a Pilot Capless / VP to go with my other pens.
Question is... what version ?
http://www.cultpens.com/c/q/brands/p...-fountain-pens
Anyone know of a 2017 LE version yet ?
IMO There are quite few pens in the 130 - 169 range, I chose the Red with rhodium trim (£149) because I didn't have a red pen!
I quite like the Raden but can't buy it right now (SWMBO will kill me)! 378 -149=229 you can buy a nice Sailor 1911L for the same money and have 2 nice pens!! Save a bit more and get this https://www.iguanasell.co.uk/collect...hst=collection
I didn't know there was a 2017 LE. I personally am not too keen on limited editions to be honest, most seem to be marketing gimmicks.
I love my Stormtrooper Vanishing Point/Capless.
Leaving the lack of nib choice aside, is there much of a risk of getting one with a less than perfect nib? While http://www.thewritingdesk.co.uk is indeed excellent (and I believe the owner is a member here), £100 vs £150 does tempt me as I’d like to have one of these (again).
The Raden is gorgeous, but I might lose it if I put it on the kitchen worktop.
The yellow is nice - I am sure there will be a 2017 LE announced 5 minutes after I've received my non-LE version.
YESSS - black and white looks amazing.
£100 is a no brainer on a Lamy 2000. It's my favourite pen and I have many that are much more expensive. It's just the way it feels in the hand, it's wonderful
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