Paper And "penemies"

[FitzadociousAtrocious]

Greetings all,

 

A quick question regarding FPs and their own individual "personalities".

 

Do some FPs simply have some inveterate dislike toward certain types of paper? Even well-made paper? For instance, I have a relatively high-priced Visconti that writes like a dream on Rhodia but is scratchy and annoying on Clairefountaine (notebooks AND journals). Is this just some quirk of the pen? Is it a nib issue? Surely not, right? Thanks for any feedback or input.

 

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[PAKMAN]

Very possibly an ink issue.

[estie1948]

Very possibly an ink issue.

+1 I agree with PAKMAN. Still, I find this a strange problem. While I haven't experienced it personally, I've heard others speak of it. I can't think of anything other than, as PAKMAN, suggested, the ink. I hope you get this figured out and let the rest of us know.

 

-David.

[GatzBcn]

Yes, it happens. I have this kind of "problem" with Visconti, Montegrappa, Waterman and even Sailor.

[FitzadociousAtrocious]

Thanks Pak, Estie, and Gatz.

 

You can write me up (with a FP, of course) as an unexampled jackass. After months of cursing, changing my writing angles, swapping paper, and cursing a bit more it NEVER occurred to me to try different inks. I HAD used two different color inks - but they were BOTH de Atramentis. Only after reading your feedback did it occur to me to try the Visconti ink I (very recently) got. I emptied, flushed and cleaned the pen and filled with the Visconti black and it's been a grand change. I wrote a letter and a journal entry with no problems or annoying scratchiness.

 

So thanks again and I should have known better. I had the same problem with my Visconti Homo Sapiens (loves Noodler's ink but hates Waterman). Chau!

[estie1948]

Great! I'm glad it worked out for you. I do love a story with a happy ending. Glad that we could be of some help.

 

-David.