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I'm usually good at finding models' names, but this one has stumped me. The finish is plastic, but looks like brushed steel. It's got a steel nib.

 

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http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t595/fivecatpenagerie/D2B77C33-4E7C-4B63-81E4-80E43782520D-93878-00000E7CE83034EF_zpsba2192ef.jpg

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks!

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Oh, you bought a Javelin! This was my first "serious" fountain pen, and still one of my favorites. I have it in that finish, and find it to be a very smooth writer for the price segment. It's a pen that doesn't seem to surface on FPN very often (partially because it's been discontinued). How are you liking it?

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Does yours have "Japan" engraved on the side of the clip near where it attaches to the cap? It's interesting that yours is plastic, painted to look like metal (mine is actual brushed chrome, I believe). Apparently there were two versions of the Javelin...an earlier Japanese model (not sure who built it) and a later Chinese version.

 

Dirck has a good write up about it on his site, and how it spawned into the 100 and the 300 (sorry for not linking to it--I'm not the best with that on my iPad).

 

I think it's design is a nice homage to the Imperials in its profile, and to the Targa with its clip. It pairs very nicely with the 300 and is nearly identical in size.

 

The only problem I've had is the rubber grip wearing out on my first Javelin; but that was after very heavy use and improper care (before I learned the proper way to care for pens.

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:doh: :doh: :doh:

 

(Might help if I actually looked at the thing more closely).

 

I was wrong, it is real steel (amazing the things you find out about something when you start flicking it, haha).

 

And yup, "Japan" is engraved in the side of the clip. :thumbup:

 

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Sweet!

 

Given your love of inks and stellar ink reviews, if you've got them, mine looooves Lamy Turquoise and Aurora Blue. However, mine is the fat medium, rather than your fine.

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I just bought several of these and had Art (LahLahLaw) stub the nibs. WOW what a great pen.

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Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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