I really like the pen, but have a few questions as to what is normal.

The nib was billed as steel, fine point. It sure seems to be a nice fine. Not a sort-of-fine-but-really-medium. It lays down a really nice wet line. I loaded it with Noodlers' Glacier Blue, and the blue is more saturated on paper with this pen than with my Waterman medium.

There seems to be more "tooth" to the nib than I am used to, although the tooth is the same in all directions, as verified by drawing loops. Seems to write fine any way you push it. Should I worry about smoothing it out? It's nto objectionable, and it's still smoother than

The pen is light, but seems *very* solid. Love that inlaid nib! It came with a squeeze converter than I am currently on the fence about, but it works OK. Maybe it just takes getting used to. The diameter is just the right size, and it's very comfortable to use.

So far, it's been a good experience!

Keep going with it for a while before you modify it. Anything you're on the fence about, you should give yourself time to adapt to before you decide you want to change or fix it.

That's excellent advice.

Also: I has similar very slight toothiness with a NOS Fine Targa. I decided it was too slight to reach for the micromesh, so instead a smoothed the very slight roughness away by scribbling lots of largish circles - on A4 copier, with no unusual pressure, but quite fast because I wanted to get the job done.

It worked perfectly.

Wonderful pens!

I just got that same pen.

It's a wonderful writing instrument. My only problem is that I cannot seem to learn how to use the aerometric-type converters. I can never fill it more than halfway.

I was wondering if there was a piston- or twist-type converter available for the Targa.

To fill a pen with the squeeze time converter immerse the whole nib in ink. Squeeze and release the converter several times. The sac will not fill completely but it will fill sufficiently to keep you writing for a long time.

I have a number of Sheaffer piston style converters but I almost never use them. All my Sheaffer cartridge converter pens perform better with the old style squeeze converter never suffering from ink sticking to the converter walls or blockages from air bubbles