Vintage Sheaffer With Added Flex!

[Mango]

I received my pen from Greg a few days ago, and while I haven't snapped any shots of it, I have been writing plenty with it! The experience with Greg was great--I told him what I wanted, my experience (er, lack thereof), exactly what I was looking for in a nib, and my price range and he delivered on all fronts. I wanted a pen for a beginner, something that flexes easily but had a responsive nib, that I also could write quickly with while flexing and not have the tines catch/be scratchy or toothy. I thought I had demanded too much, but really, I got exactly what I wanted. When my skill and state of wallet (I just got three of nine cavities filled today...) improves, I will definitely go back and ask Greg for something with a bit more flex.

 

I'm not joking when I say I can write quickly with this pen flexed; it's nearly the same speed as unflexed writing, but I do write larger letters/taller letters when I flex, so it's marginally slower, but not inconveniently so. The entire review was written rather quickly, so my apologies if it's quite illegible.

 

 

http://pandography.net/shf1.jpg

 

 

http://pandography.net/shf2.jpg

 

 

Doh, I wrote too quickly--I meant replacement CAP, not NIB. The only thing left for me is to find another golden brown striated cap that is 2 1/4" long and 1/2" in diameter....

Edited November 12, 2011 by Mango

[watch_art]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

[georges zaslavsky]

superb nib congrats