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I find I write much better with a Fine or EF or even finer nib and a little feedback; pens like the Lamy 2000 are too smooth for me. I don't pay a lot of attention to the attributes of ink, mostly because I don't branch out and experiment very much. I have around 140 bottles or samples of ink, lots of different colors, but they are all dye-based, with limited shading, almost none with sheening, and no sparkly stuff. Some are wetter than others, but I'm not sure how much difference that makes to my writing. I just know that with some pens writing is a great experience, with others it's a struggle, and the majority of pens are somewhere in between.

Included a gold (not sure whether it’s real gold) CC. There were also 2 black cartridges. I plugged in one and using it , very smooth writing. Now to improve my handwriting!

Thank you for sharing this @SLinkster

I’ve tried varying the location/currency on the Montblanc website I used an online currency converter to compare the listed price for each currency/territory that I checked against the price listed for GBP/UK. None of the currencies/locations that I have tried lists a price that is as-high as the one for the UK 🙄

Thanks I'll check them out.

And the Vector I got on eBay has just arrived. Although I MAY need to have a chat with the USPS, because I had signed up for tracking the package and didn't get any intermediate notices. The only way I knew it had come was because I was just checking email for something else.... Except that it's a ballpoint.... Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I don't know anything about "italic writing". I will look it up and try it. Is there a course book/folder for it like the "Sulls" American Cursive? Do you have to use a stub nib? I write small so wouldn't that tend to blurr everything up, all the letters, each letter? Thanks for you kind help. k

Thanks for the tip. Tried it long ago. My entire arm and hand and fingers do not work well. So, oh well.

It's been a while and I'm trying to get back into using my FPs. I've been inspired to by my cardiologist who is into FPs (He has other admirable and inspiring qualities as well - I think he even frequents FPN too.) Would that I knew him outside of a professional relationship... But I digress. Anyway, I've dug out some pens and I'm trying to get back at it. Aside from reaffirming my revulsion with IPG nibs, I just realized just how differently I write with different pens, and it's not at all good. I never noticed that before. I write best with a Pelikan M200 with a "Binderized" needle point with a nicely shading homebrew I call "Biber's Bistre" (it's a corrupted Diamine Golden Brown). Much to my disappointment my handwriting turns to (bleep) with the Lamy 2000 and a Parker 51. Go figure. I'm chalking it up to the slightly wider girth of the pens, as I can get what I feel is an acceptable line, with a bit more character, by slightly rotating the nibs when I write. Maybe it's all in my head, writing better with a preferred/favored nib/ink combination. Anyone else experience this?

Many, many thanks! This also worked for me. Also in my case there was a clear click. Thanks to you I now use it with an 1.1 stub (Jowo). I still need to optimise flow, etc., but the beginning is there!

My favorite pen, the Parker 51, is a perfect fit in the hand, as a couple people have mentioned. In addition, how about a Sheaffer PFM? The PFM is a light-weight pen, since it was designed and produced when fountain pens were intended for all-day writing. Later fountain pens are heavier. If you want a heavier pen like the PFN, Sheaffer made pens like the Legacy or Heritage, metal oens with the same size and shape as the PFM and with the same sort of inlaid nib that the PFM had. Last I looked, the new Sheaffer company was still selling them. Ah. Can't find it on the new Sheaffer site, but it would look like this pen on EBay. I'm posting for a picture only, and not pushing this or any other example. https://www.ebay.com/itm/226100005452?itmmeta=01HW675SWFT4F088GMC2TBJ6KE&hash=item34a49c4a4c:g:020AAOSwAoRmIX0u&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4L2FvYxTSRGiDarQUnt4nzzRhnmEkzVrU9%2Bt0uPf3apy8vB1Otg6REWWzCC1aJUqhqsqi4QwKAeH8%2BE%2FTymxCdLX2Zc4vHuVKinCwbl6JhYaDk%2FezeZC%2BxmGDcHIHk8OlyP5s37g1tkjfsin8jn8eKlStnXEWqD%2Bo3CtQ9DE4g%2FORcJYkepSC56J5VAC27wQHOYhA6FzaQ8ixnQYIUT2wUhOvrw1y8Km%2F%2ByQ4O1uL2%2FM2YhsNNOElL8DvJJz3uHTgIaxbi7FrRBnpZ4qJmUBxUyh9W2hs97Ujr81v60SA1sE|tkp%3ABk9SR6iel8fhYw

I don't have the ink, and InkSwatch don't have it either, but you could use their color picker to find things that are close....

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@stemp73 Not in cartridges, but you might have a look at Noodler's Blue Upon the Plains of Abraham, a grey blue ink that's a Canadian exclusive (I got my bottle from Wonder Pens on a trip up to Toronto a few years ago. However, there are two caveats: (1) I don't know if they have it in stock at the moment, or other Canadian retailers who might carry it. (2) Noodler's inks tend to vary between batches quite a bit. Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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These cartridges appear available at Jetpens, Vanness and Amazon.

I've done a bit of writing now with both my Estie Oversize Journaler nib and with a Franklin-Christoph S.I.G. Fine stub in my Newton Majestic, so I feel like I might have some useful commentary. The pens themselves are about the same size and heft in the hand so I think I have a good "feel" for how the nibs write. The samples shown in the photo are not the basis for my comments. I've written about three dozen pages with the two pens over the past couple of days. Both nibs are a pleasure to write with. Estie inked with Colorverse Quasar Newton inked with Diamine Writers' Blood The S.I.G. is slightly narrower than the Journaler. The Journaler is somewhat smoother than the S.I.G.; the F-C is not as sharp as the 0.9 (or 1.0 depending on your source) <CI> nib in my Pilot MR Metropolitan. The Journaler is a wet writer compared to theS.I.G., but I wouldn't say that either one is "wet", especially when I think about the firehose that is my M800 (which is not a valid comparison since the M800 is a standard Pelikan 18kt M) Both print and my sorry excuse for cursive show plenty of line variation using both nibs. The S.I.G. does produce a crisper line. Because the S.I.G. is narrower I find it easier to "write small" with it than with the Journaler. If I rotate the Journaler a bit (hello, I may be hunting up an oblique cursive italic next) I can write NEARLY as small as with the S.I.G., but not quite. The Estie is about dry so I'll flush it, let it dry until tomorrow morning after work, and load it with something drier than the Colorverse. I imagine a drier ink will result in a somewhat narrower line, which will make small writing easier. (Yes, I know, "stub" and "small writing" don't belong in the same sentence.)

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Except of course the ink ISN'T "violet" -- it's a bright magenta pink (which is of course ironic in that it's pretty much everything that Emily Dickinson WASN'T...). Oh, and couldn't access the article because it was behind a pay wall. Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Exciting news, these Sailor TUZU FP's are now available for pre-order at my local retailer! They are priced at 66 CAD (including the LE), or 48 USD. I've seen some US retailers sell them for cheaper, at 39 USD.

I would pick Montblanc Permanent Blue. A classic, permanent, well behaved ink with a nice hue.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/22/tortured-poets-department-review-satire/ Who'd a thunk it? Someone at the WAPO is a pen freak!