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That 254 is a beauty, and I'd love to get my hands on one of the earlier wing-nib pens.

 

And an update: I got myself a TWSBI with a 1.1 stub. I think I actually did say 'wow' as soon as I inked it up.

10 years on PFN! I feel old, but not as old as my pens.

 

Inked up: Wing Sung 618 - BSB / PFM III - Kiri-same / Namiki Falcon - Storia Fire / Lamy 2000 - Fuyu-gaki / Sheaffer Triumph - Eclat de Saphir

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Several pens have given me that ultra-smooth writing experience, including some OMAS pens with Extra Fine Extra Flessible nibs that I got from John Mottishaw, one of Andy Lambrou's LB5 beauties based on the Sailor KOP, a Montblanc 344, a hundred year old Swan with a terrific flexible nib, and my Pelikan M1000. I have fine and extra fine nibs for the Pelikan, and I have a double broad on order that I intend to send for the Pendleton Brown stub treatment.

Rationalizing pen and ink purchases since 1967.

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I am very new to FPs and i thought i had an ok selection already, i decided to buy the Pilot VP even though it was more expensive at the store i went to but as soon as i inked it up my Jaw droped and it was just amazingly smooth. So what when made you have rhis typw of reaction?

 

 

Pilot heritage 912, Waterman's 52V, Waterman's 513, Rosetta Explorer

 

Now, I have had the VP on target for some time. Tell us more, please!!!!!

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ddyager NOS (New Old Stock)

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It's happened a few times, but most recently and very strongly was my first experience with a Waverly nib on a Pilot pen. Smooth, but also some feedback, and a pleasant softness that's hard to describe.

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A soft-medium nib on a Pilot Custom Heritage 91 that I tried out in the local pen store when I was loafing around. Soon as that nib touched the paper I was sold. The salesman was kind enough to swap the nib onto a CH92, and it is now one of my favourite pens.

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

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This one:

 

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First, I did not use this pen for about one or two years. Because I don't collect Montblancs I decided to sell - but nobody bought it.

That's why I decided to test the pen....

 

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... since then it's inked and I probably never will try to sell again.

 

c.

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What's Up At Christof's: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/353841-whats-up-at-christofs/?p=2337615

 

 

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This one:

 

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First, I did not use this pen for about one or two years. Because I don't collect Montblancs I decided to sell - but nobody bought it.

That's why I decided to test the pen....

 

11693752566_b5051e0eed.jpg

 

... since then it's inked and I probably never will try to sell again.

 

c.

 

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous . . .

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Every new pen I purchase these days is carefully selected so they all have a bit of WOW at first use. In the past, the first real wow was the KaWeCo AL-sport for size, writing feeling and build quality. Other honorable wows are the Parkers that I have used all the way through high-school and college for their reliability, the Parson Essential that explained to me that a medium sized stub was the way to go for my handwriting, the TWSBI classic that told me that modern and classic can indeed be combined at a reasonable prizepoint and the Delta Unica that features the smoothest fine nib I have found so far. The wow to rule them all was however an accidental hour with an Onoto Magnum vintage with a custom 1 mm 14 k stub. Unfortunately the owner did not want to part and a new one is out of budget at the moment but there will be a day....

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Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous . . .

Lovely - and fine photography too.

 

Cob

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Here's one of my first Wow! pens:

 

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basterma Vintage

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Too many to narrow down to one; but the Inoxcrom Sakyo, a Wilson Super Smooth (really cheap Italian Pen) from the mid-80's, and an unknown model FengHwa and the Schneider Scribant.

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My newly acquired Graf von Faber-Castell Intuition. Follwed by a Lamy 2000 EF.

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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

 

Mark Twain

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This one:8379423763_762b1e1cdb_b.jpg

First, I did not use this pen for about one or two years. Because I don't collect Montblancs I decided to sell - but nobody bought it.

That's why I decided to test the pen....11693752566_b5051e0eed.jpg

... since then it's inked and I probably never will try to sell again.

c.

I remember well your ad for this pen. I drooled over it but my wallet refused help me. :(

Well... Back to topic:

My first "wow" pen was a Pelikan 100N with a lovely M nib.

The second was a Pelikan M200 with a binderized F nib.

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The Cross Bailey made me say WOW. The Visconti Opera Blue Typhoon also made me say WOW

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