Your video appeared in my feed. Nice work, thank you. I have several Pelikans, both early models and modern m200 series pens, older low-price pens and the modern Twist. I bought the Admok 800 from a seller on Ebay. Their photos showed a gold nib, but the pens have steel nibs. On contacting the seller I got the most convoluted, dishonest runaround ever, and neither the advertised gold nibs nor a refund. Apparently this has happened to buyers on other platforms and in other countries, as well. I'm in the US, and a Canadian pen blogger who bought this pen from another seller also got steel rather than gold nibs. My negative review will stand until and unless the seller does something to make it right. Had it not been for the false advertisements and the contradictory excuses offered, this pen might be a new favorite, low price notwithstanding. So pleased that you like the Bay State Blue, one of my favorite inks: reliable, bright, smooth, good flow, and I keep my edc loaded with it. Never had any problems with it whatsoever.
Thanks for the feedback. Sorry to hear about the gold nib debacle. I don't own any gold Bock nibs, and Schmidt don't make any. Don't think I would pay the $$$ for a Bock gold nib. The Wingsung / Junlai gold nibs are great. The 14K nib in my Wingsung 629 fits in the Admok M800 if you want a cheap gold nib to swap out!
@@WondersUnlocked Not the gold so much as the outright dishonesty of the seller. Other than older pens, I am not buying any pens with gold nibs lately, partly for the price and partly because the craftsmanship on modern nibs just fails to match the quality of earlier nibs. Thanks for your thoughtful and informative response.
When a left-hander writes with a stub (italic) point, the easiest way to get the correct angle so that the thicks and thins of the letters are where they should be is to orient the sheet of paper horizontally in from of the writer with the top edge of the page at the right, the bottom edge at the left, the left side of the page at the top, and the right side of the page at the bottom. The left-hander then holds the pen using the same grip as a right-hander, but the left-hander writes the text (from the writer's point of view) vertically down the page, whereas the right-hander writes horizontally. But for both writers, the pen is at a comfortable angle in the hand, and the thicks and thins of the letters are the same. I introduced italic handwriting at an elementary school using this approach for left-handers, and the students quickly learned and could write at speed (and more comfortably than when using the hand contortions common to left-handers). Another benefit of this method is that the left-hander''s writing hand rests on the uninked portion of the page, like a right-hander's.
@@WondersUnlocked You're welcome. The idea is to use the *regular* italic (or stub) point, where the angle across the end of the nib is straight, not slanted.
Your video appeared in my feed. Nice work, thank you. I have several Pelikans, both early models and modern m200 series pens, older low-price pens and the modern Twist. I bought the Admok 800 from a seller on Ebay. Their photos showed a gold nib, but the pens have steel nibs. On contacting the seller I got the most convoluted, dishonest runaround ever, and neither the advertised gold nibs nor a refund. Apparently this has happened to buyers on other platforms and in other countries, as well. I'm in the US, and a Canadian pen blogger who bought this pen from another seller also got steel rather than gold nibs. My negative review will stand until and unless the seller does something to make it right. Had it not been for the false advertisements and the contradictory excuses offered, this pen might be a new favorite, low price notwithstanding. So pleased that you like the Bay State Blue, one of my favorite inks: reliable, bright, smooth, good flow, and I keep my edc loaded with it. Never had any problems with it whatsoever.
Thanks for the feedback. Sorry to hear about the gold nib debacle. I don't own any gold Bock nibs, and Schmidt don't make any. Don't think I would pay the $$$ for a Bock gold nib. The Wingsung / Junlai gold nibs are great. The 14K nib in my Wingsung 629 fits in the Admok M800 if you want a cheap gold nib to swap out!
@@WondersUnlocked Not the gold so much as the outright dishonesty of the seller. Other than older pens, I am not buying any pens with gold nibs lately, partly for the price and partly because the craftsmanship on modern nibs just fails to match the quality of earlier nibs. Thanks for your thoughtful and informative response.
When a left-hander writes with a stub (italic) point, the easiest way to get the correct angle so that the thicks and thins of the letters are where they should be is to orient the sheet of paper horizontally in from of the writer with the top edge of the page at the right, the bottom edge at the left, the left side of the page at the top, and the right side of the page at the bottom. The left-hander then holds the pen using the same grip as a right-hander, but the left-hander writes the text (from the writer's point of view) vertically down the page, whereas the right-hander writes horizontally. But for both writers, the pen is at a comfortable angle in the hand, and the thicks and thins of the letters are the same. I introduced italic handwriting at an elementary school using this approach for left-handers, and the students quickly learned and could write at speed (and more comfortably than when using the hand contortions common to left-handers). Another benefit of this method is that the left-hander''s writing hand rests on the uninked portion of the page, like a right-hander's.
Interesting thanks.... I will experiment!
@@WondersUnlocked You're welcome. The idea is to use the *regular* italic (or stub) point, where the angle across the end of the nib is straight, not slanted.
Great video by the way.
Glad you liked it - thanks 👍