This is a follow-up to my previous post, with special emphasis for Americans. I ordered a pen in the amber finish because I was impressed by Dave's photography. My order was followed up quickly by an email acknowledgement, and later by a more formal invoice type of statement in my account page at the website. All very impressive. The pen arrived ten days later, and is every bit as nice .as I had hoped. My hand is slightly larger than Dave's and I appreciate that I can post this when writing. I have had some-what faster delivery from the UK, but not when the seller was using the mails, so I was satisfied in that respect. I have also had far slower service from the UK, especially on watches. The only matter to watch out for is an apparent inability of British and American computer systems to coordinate shipping status information, so I was glad the pen arrived on a Saturday, when I was home anyway, because a signature was required. I will have no hesitation to order other products from WriteHere in future.
Glad it arrived Joel and you now have it in your hands! One good thing to know is if you have a UK Royal Mail tracking number, you can put that into USPS as Royal Mail and USPS hand over to each other, so once it hits US shores, you can track it fully on the USPS website, although you can track it soon after it's shipped from the UK. A lot of the time USPS have more detailed tracking than Royal Mail does. That's of course if you have a Royal Mail tracking number, not all retailers will provide a tracking number.
Thank you, Dave, because I had not realized that . I suspect that John's people had probably given me such a number and I did not recognize it for what it was.
Dave, You have done it again! A thoroughly professional presentation of a product which my personal biases would incline me to reject without ever examining, has me writing a note to contact WriteNow in the morning . It's 3:45 AM local time for me, and I hate eyedropper pens, and I'm likely to buy. Hats off to you.
Thanks Joel, that's really great to hear! I'm glad you liked the review! It really is a well made pen and a stunning mix of cracked ice and clear demonstrator barrel, everything just seems to click with this pen. Thanks again for the great comments!
Great, comprehensive review of the Omar. I had been wanting a Opus 88 pen but couldn't decide which. The first review of the Omar convinced me that this was the one. I got the gray model with a 1.5 nib. I love it! The pen feels great in hand, and the nib is smooth and shows off inks wonderfully.
Definitely an interesting pen. So far I have avoided Opus 88, do like the look & design but have decided that I can't have every pen. With that much ink, will write for a while. The Omar is a great addition to their expanding line.
I completely agree with you about not being able to have every pen. I do like having larger ink capacities for longer writing sessions but it can make switching out inks a lot more difficult unless you only partially fill them.
I think I see one of these in my future. The Koloro is a very nice writer and one of my favourite purchases last year, so this gives me a good reason to add a nice Opus 88 broad to my collection. :)
With the nib pointing straight up, if you flick a finger nail a few times, against where the barrel meets the Section, ink will drain back into barrel, and if you then close the valve you will have trapped less ink in the secondary reservoir, there will be less in in the feed.
I've flown with eyedroppers without shutoff valves and I never had a problem. But I've been careful to keep them nib up during the flight. So I wouldn't get the pen for that feature, but "only" for the looks. ;)
They definitely have a unique style to them. My understanding is that for flying you want the pen completely full or empty. The reason for this is air expands and contracts just like in your tires on your car from heat and cooling. Water which is primarily what ink is cannot be compressed, ie more air even when not flying = more burping. Great review, thanks Dave ☕.
Absolutely. I've flown with a brimmed Pilot Custom 823 no problem at all with the ink flow shut off. I've not tried with an eye drop filler though. In this case I might be tempted to take the pen empty and use a travelling ink pot similar to the one Visconti produce.
You definitely don't want to fill those eyedroppers to the brim with the stopper pulled all the way out. Opus 88 finally came out with a stub nib, but unfortunately it's a 1.5mm, way to big for me. I wish the Japanese pen makers would get a clue and start making larger pens also, as I like their nibs but the pens are too petite.
Yeah the 1.5mm stubs I have on other pens are slightly too wide for me too. I find the same thing with many Sailor's that they are just too small for me, this size of pen I find I prefer more of.
This is a follow-up to my previous post, with special emphasis for Americans. I ordered a pen in the amber finish because I was impressed by Dave's photography. My order was followed up quickly by an email acknowledgement, and later by a more formal invoice type of statement in my account page at the website. All very impressive. The pen arrived ten days later, and is every bit as nice .as I had hoped. My hand is slightly larger than Dave's and I appreciate that I can post this when writing. I have had some-what faster delivery from the UK, but not when the seller was using the mails, so I was satisfied in that respect. I have also had far slower service from the UK, especially on watches. The only matter to watch out for is an apparent inability of British and American computer systems to coordinate shipping status information, so I was glad the pen arrived on a Saturday, when I was home anyway, because a signature was required. I will have no hesitation to order other products from WriteHere in future.
Glad it arrived Joel and you now have it in your hands! One good thing to know is if you have a UK Royal Mail tracking number, you can put that into USPS as Royal Mail and USPS hand over to each other, so once it hits US shores, you can track it fully on the USPS website, although you can track it soon after it's shipped from the UK. A lot of the time USPS have more detailed tracking than Royal Mail does. That's of course if you have a Royal Mail tracking number, not all retailers will provide a tracking number.
Thank you, Dave, because I had not realized that . I suspect that John's people had probably given me such a number and I did not recognize it for what it was.
Dave, You have done it again! A thoroughly professional presentation of a product which my personal biases would incline me to reject without ever examining, has me writing a note to contact WriteNow in the morning . It's 3:45 AM local time for me, and I hate eyedropper pens, and I'm likely to buy. Hats off to you.
Thanks Joel, that's really great to hear! I'm glad you liked the review! It really is a well made pen and a stunning mix of cracked ice and clear demonstrator barrel, everything just seems to click with this pen. Thanks again for the great comments!
I fly regularly with my Opus 88 Koloro and have had 0 problems with it. The shut off valve works great and locks the ink in.
Great, comprehensive review of the Omar. I had been wanting a Opus 88 pen but couldn't decide which. The first review of the Omar convinced me that this was the one. I got the gray model with a 1.5 nib. I love it! The pen feels great in hand, and the nib is smooth and shows off inks wonderfully.
Thanks Michael, glad you're loving your Omar too!
Definitely an interesting pen. So far I have avoided Opus 88, do like the look & design but have decided that I can't have every pen. With that much ink, will write for a while. The Omar is a great addition to their expanding line.
I completely agree with you about not being able to have every pen. I do like having larger ink capacities for longer writing sessions but it can make switching out inks a lot more difficult unless you only partially fill them.
I think I see one of these in my future. The Koloro is a very nice writer and one of my favourite purchases last year, so this gives me a good reason to add a nice Opus 88 broad to my collection. :)
With the nib pointing straight up, if you flick a finger nail a few times, against where the barrel meets the Section, ink will drain back into barrel, and if you then close the valve you will have trapped less ink in the secondary reservoir, there will be less in in the feed.
Excellent video Dave, with lots of detail...well done
Thanks Michael, I'm glad you liked it!
Lovely video Dave. Thanks a lot
Loved the ink
I've flown with eyedroppers without shutoff valves and I never had a problem. But I've been careful to keep them nib up during the flight. So I wouldn't get the pen for that feature, but "only" for the looks. ;)
They definitely have a unique style to them. My understanding is that for flying you want the pen completely full or empty.
The reason for this is air expands and contracts just like in your tires on your car from heat and cooling.
Water which is primarily what ink is cannot be compressed, ie more air even when not flying = more burping.
Great review, thanks Dave ☕.
Absolutely. I've flown with a brimmed Pilot Custom 823 no problem at all with the ink flow shut off. I've not tried with an eye drop filler though. In this case I might be tempted to take the pen empty and use a travelling ink pot similar to the one Visconti produce.
You have to close the valve with the nib up so it won't be super wet...
You definitely don't want to fill those eyedroppers to the brim with the stopper pulled all the way out. Opus 88 finally came out with a stub nib, but unfortunately it's a 1.5mm, way to big for me. I wish the Japanese pen makers would get a clue and start making larger pens also, as I like their nibs but the pens are too petite.
Yeah the 1.5mm stubs I have on other pens are slightly too wide for me too. I find the same thing with many Sailor's that they are just too small for me, this size of pen I find I prefer more of.
No such thing as Taiwanese, they speak Chinese in Taiwan and fyi still use the Pre Mao characters .