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interesting looking pen. i'd like to see it in person before i decide if i like it -this makes sense in my head. i favor the ivory!

 

thx for the review!

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Great pictures! I normally delete the Goulet Communique but opened it up this time and saw these...one red and one blue, please! Those are gorgeous.

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After thoroughly inspecting the pen today at Dromgoole's since the Yafa rep was there, I think the pen will be fine as an eye dropper. I filled it with water and let it sit on a paper towel for a little bit and even with no silicone, it didn't leak. If I already owned the pen, I would've used silicone and ink. If I can figure out how to pull the nib, I may just get this pen!

 

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Sorry for resurrecting the subject but how could be Napa an eyedropper? Barrel looks like made of two pieces due circle metal strip at the end. Or is it still one piece?

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One boring blue, one boring black 1mm thickness at most....

Then there are Fountain Pens with gorgeous permanent inks..

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Monteverde has a wide range of pens and they seem to constantly be working on new ideas.

 

Although not all of them interest me it's nice to see a company out there moving beyond the traditional pens approaches.

 

When you can, please share mopre of your writing experiences about the pen.

“Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it, you can do again tomorrow!”

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I recently purchased a red with a Medium nib. So far it's pretty nice, a little scratchy and dry however. I'll see if it gets better after being cleaned out again.

 

It's a bit larger (especially fatter) than I expected. Also, the clip is super tight, even with the roller! It's still a nice pen though, I'm thinking of picking up a blue as well.

 

Interesting idea, turning it into an eyedropper. I would think that would work well. If I have a chance I'll see if I can give it a shot.

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I hate to be the only dissenter here. I love the stub nib. The pen I wanted to buy in red. When I saw it in person I felt that the plastic looked cheap. The color and design are great. For me I think its the clear sections. At any rate I'd advise anyone who wants to buy one to see it in the "flesh" first

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Ordered one, it's true with celluloid look Napa model is not very stylish to me either, but how it writes "in the flesh" matters to me.. I expect it writes like Invincia Stylus + it has an ink window and eyedropper possibility. Since both pens share same nib + feed and converter I hope I'll be content. If I were behind the look, I'd try to get say a Sailor 1911 look alike pen with ink window.

 

I hate to be the only dissenter here. I love the stub nib. The pen I wanted to buy in red. When I saw it in person I felt that the plastic looked cheap. The color and design are great. For me I think its the clear sections. At any rate I'd advise anyone who wants to buy one to see it in the "flesh" first

One boring blue, one boring black 1mm thickness at most....

Then there are Fountain Pens with gorgeous permanent inks..

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I just purchased a Napa this morning and have converted it to an eyedropper! Looks and works great. See pics...

 

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Wow, it really looks like this pen comes into its own converted that way. Thank you for sharing!

~April

 

 

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem,

see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

 

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Ok the last word, company ceased production but if you see this pen somewhere and have an urge to buy, don't!, Do not purchase this pen it has several design issues.

PS I own an ivory one, it is my most geougeous pen, I am using it after fixing 3 issues..

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One boring blue, one boring black 1mm thickness at most....

Then there are Fountain Pens with gorgeous permanent inks..

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Ok the last word, company ceased production but if you see this pen somewhere and have an urge to buy, don't!, Do not purchase this pen it has several design issues.

 

PS I own an ivory one, it is my most geougeous pen, I am using it after fixing 3 issues..

Would you be willing to explain what issues you are talking about?

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Would you be willing to explain what issues you are talking about?

 

Sure, 1-Cap is separetd in 2 pieces in no time, glued.

2-Originally Nib unit is glued to the section poorly, even though it has threads, unit doesnt come out by pulling unless you insist or when you screw the converter too much it starts coming down.

3-Nib unit and converter threads are not leveled/positioned perfectly good, you just have to guess it, you have to watch nib unit to make sure unit is not coming down when screwing the converter. You can't feel the converter by hand hitting the nib unit because it does not stop, if you screw too much, nib unit ptolongs from the section too much.

 

I've fixed it all, The good thing is it accepts buttery smooth Goulet nibs. Again this is my best pen ever with goulet nibs now.

 

Best wishes.

One boring blue, one boring black 1mm thickness at most....

Then there are Fountain Pens with gorgeous permanent inks..

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I've had the Napa for a few days now. It was a pretty dry writer until I worked on the nib a bit. The nib also needed a bit of smoothing with micro-mesh, but now it writes well. I had no problem with the cap or the converter like the ones mentioned by cbatan. In my opinion, the pen doesn't look quite as attractive as it does in photos I looked at before buying, but it's still what I would call an attractive pen.

 

I'm not sure about using the pen as an eye-dropper because I haven't been able to see whether those metal bands are purely external or whether they extend to the inside of the barrel.

 

One oddity: the little "roller" on the clip doesn't seem to roll. I first wondered if this meant I had a fake Monteverde, but close examination of other details of the pen, box, and stuff within the box leads me to believe that it is not a fake. (I bought the pen on eBay for $56, including shipping, and this is pretty far below the normal selling price of the pen.)

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