Jump to content

Edison Pearl Demonstrator


brianw06

Recommended Posts

It was a long wait but I finally got my pearl from Edison. Brian and I had conversed in emails toward the beginning of May about doing a Pearl in a translucent color. He sent me some images of his translucent stock and the Clear swirled stock caught my eye. I ordered the pen on around 5/12. Because of the Chicago Pen Show and the release of his new pen the Brockton. I was forewarned it would take till middle June to get my pens Brian communicated well and I was able to watch the pen being Born on his web cam. What a thrill

 

 

Shipping - 9/10 – The pen arrived wrapped in a blue cloth encased in a plastic tube. Well cushioned and protected. Unfortunately I had requested a small amount of silicone grease so I could used as a C/C or eyedropper and that was mistakenly overlooked. No big deal, divers shop here I come tomorrow. Packing of the box was exemplary. As I unwrapped the pen I was a bit taken aback. Even after seeing pictures of the stock, the web cam, and pictures sent by Brian after completion the beauty of the demonstrator was stunning. It gave the impression it would melt if held in your hand

 

post-15626-1245380287_thumb.jpg

 

 

post-15626-1245380272_thumb.jpg

 

 

Fit/Finish – 10/10 –The fit and finish of this pen is superb. Pictures do not depict the way this pen is put together or feel in the hand. The cap really does not post well, but I am not a cap poster

 

Nib Performance- 10/10 – I ordered the upgraded steel nib, two tone, ground to a CI 6.0. After the pen was made Brian suggested the single toned nib and it was a good suggestion, Looks great. The nib is smooth and gives a slight feed back. The performance of this nib is on par with my gold nibs in other pens ground the same way.

 

post-15626-1245380235_thumb.jpg

 

Overall Impressions of this pen -29/30 – I have heard a lot of comments on the pearl. The weight of the pen is a little heavier then a Pel 200 but the diameter is twice as large. Great for my large mitts. This pen surpassed my expectations in all respects. This is the second Edison pen I have purchased and I am greatly impressed with the workmanship and the one on one service that you receive from Mr. Gray.

 

A side note I also ordered a #76 which arrived as well. Since I am very limited on picture space I will post a review next week on the 76

 

Edit : a few more pictures filled with Herbin Larmes de Cassis

 

post-15626-1245433806_thumb.jpg

 

 

post-15626-1245433820_thumb.jpg

 

Edited by brianw06

Please do not listen to me. My opinions do not count

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 6
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • brianw06

    2

  • MYU

    1

  • Shelley

    1

  • GeeTee

    1

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

Thanks for the review on this unusual pen, Brian. Can you resize your images? They are huge (one almost 2Mb, 2592px × 1936px). It is best to resize where one dimension is no more than 800px, and file image size is around 300Kb or less. Since you included them as attachments, reducing them will save you considerable space (accounts are limited to 4Mb total). Thanks.

[MYU's Pen Review Corner] | "The Common Ground" -- Jeffrey Small

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Very interesting pen, what does it write like?

Lamy 2000-Lamy Vista-Visconti Van Gogh Maxi Tortoise Demonstrator-Pilot Vanishing Point Black Carbonesque-1947 Parker 51 Vacumatic Cedar Blue Double Jewel-Aurora Optima Black Chrome Cursive Italic-Waterman Hemisphere Metallic Blue-Sheaffer Targa-Conway Stewart CS475

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Very interesting pen, what does it write like?

 

 

A dream, Smooth with a hint of feed back, will post a sample tomorrow

Please do not listen to me. My opinions do not count

Link to comment
Share on other sites

That is a very cool-looking pen! I have a black-and-red ebonite Pearl and have been thinking about getting a Black pearl with a silver clip and a rhodium Edison nib (where "thinking about" = pretty much it's just a matter of when).

_________________

etherX in To Miasto

Fleekair <--French accent.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Brian,

 

VERY Cool pen.

 

I got my Glenmont today.

 

Once I get the chance to write with it a bit I will also post a review.....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33495
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26627
    5. jar
      jar
      26101
  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o
  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More
  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...