blue/blacks have come from nowhere to my favourite inks: this Colorverse blue/black and Iroshizuku shin-kai are probably my top picks, J Herbin bleu nuit is a winner too - think you may well have introduced me to all of these!:); hope everything’s ok:)
I'm a big fan of piston fillers in terms of the filling action and mess free refilling. London to a brick Doug will change out that nib for a penbbs calligraphy nib.
It took me a while to appreciate these pens. But now after several months, I have one of each in each of the colorways and nib sizes with two of them in medium. both the medium and fine nibs I spent some time making them wetter and smoother but out of admittedly too many pens, these have made my daily rotation of writing first story drafts. They lay beautifully in my hand, write extremely smoothly and pleasantly, and look great. And $21 delivered is a great price. I'm hoping to get years of use out of them. Boringly enough, I am enjoying using Noodlers' American Eel Black in them. It's good to find the perfect place for a Noodlers ink after not using any for a while.
The problem is many pens are now secretly made and packaged in China--all types of pens in all price ranges. The Rolex from China at about $2000 is said to be superior to the Swiss Rolex now in every part but one that Rolex made difficult to copy. The proof is enormous numbers of returns which pen stores do not reveal from Japanese pens, the most meticulously made pens in the world when from Japan, not China. If your Japanese pen does not shut tight, hard starts, or has a tiny scratch, you can bet it was probably made in China. China also copies highly collectible and valuable sneakers that expert dealers can only discover through a meticulous examination of the box! Some tiny detail in the sneaker box reveals that the Nike sneaker is a copy, and sneakers are far more difficult for Chinese to copy exactly than a pen. So buying original Chinese pens makes sense since they may be making most of the brand names from Japan and China by now, sad to say.
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I like my T5s. A well-made metal pen. My only piston fill metal pen.
Nice pen , thanks for the review
A splendid pen, clearly. If I had not preferred the Hong Dian N7 Peacock (loved the color), I'd have wanted this one.
thanks again for your content
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blue/blacks have come from nowhere to my favourite inks: this Colorverse blue/black and Iroshizuku shin-kai are probably my top picks, J Herbin bleu nuit is a winner too - think you may well have introduced me to all of these!:); hope everything’s ok:)
I'm a big fan of piston fillers in terms of the filling action and mess free refilling. London to a brick Doug will change out that nib for a penbbs calligraphy nib.
It took me a while to appreciate these pens. But now after several months, I have one of each in each of the colorways and nib sizes with two of them in medium. both the medium and fine nibs I spent some time making them wetter and smoother but out of admittedly too many pens, these have made my daily rotation of writing first story drafts. They lay beautifully in my hand, write extremely smoothly and pleasantly, and look great. And $21 delivered is a great price. I'm hoping to get years of use out of them. Boringly enough, I am enjoying using Noodlers' American Eel Black in them. It's good to find the perfect place for a Noodlers ink after not using any for a while.
The problem is many pens are now secretly made and packaged in
China--all types of pens in all price ranges. The Rolex from China at
about $2000 is said to be superior to the Swiss Rolex now in every part
but one that Rolex made difficult to copy. The proof is enormous numbers
of returns which pen stores do not reveal from Japanese pens, the most
meticulously made pens in the world when from Japan, not China. If your
Japanese pen does not shut tight, hard starts, or has a tiny scratch,
you can bet it was probably made in China. China also copies highly
collectible and valuable sneakers that expert dealers can only discover
through a meticulous examination of the box! Some tiny detail in the
sneaker box reveals that the Nike sneaker is a copy, and sneakers are
far more difficult for Chinese to copy exactly than a pen. So buying
original Chinese pens makes sense since they may be making most of the
brand names from Japan and China by now, sad to say.