Hello FPN'ers, what fountain pen in current production, holds the most ink?
What fountain pen ever holds the most ink?
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Of the pens that many FPNers are likely to own, a Danitrio ED is probably the winner by a large margin. Second - maybe a Level? Although that's recent production NOS rather than current. Less esoteric pens than the Dani's would be Pels and Lamy 2K's. But these are down at about 2.5cc to the Danis', what, 8cc? The Pilot 823 is another pen that is supposed to have high capacity, but exactly how high I don't know.
Sealing against evaporation can be as important in deciding the real world stamina of a pen as capacity. (The Dani's have a cut-off valve.)
Sealing against evaporation can be as important in deciding the real world stamina of a pen as capacity. (The Dani's have a cut-off valve.)
VP
Ever? I once owned, but sold a fountain pen that was 2 feet long, and it held an ink bottle full of ink (though I never used it, bought it at a flea market for 5 bucks, and sold it) The nib was like 3 inches long, exposed. But one of the most practical holders of ink would be the Waterman 20, Parker Black giant, and The "Ultra" Giant, with the tiny 1 inch pen at the back.
The other question is: which pen holds more ink vs which pen writes longer. I believe Frank Dubiel did a test and found a Sheaffer Snorkel wrote the most, due to the fine nib etc.
What about the Pelikan L5 seems to me to hold quite a bit more ink than some of my other Pelikans, or any of my other pens come to that.
Not familiar with the Danitrio ED so can't comment.
Not familiar with the Danitrio ED so can't comment.
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| Sheaffer Snorkel wrote the most, due to the fine nib etc. |
The Snorkel wrote the most but it was not due to a fine nib. According to the results that Frank published in DaBook, he made sure to use the same nib for all his test pens, so that the nib size would not be a factor.
The Snorkel had a higher word count then many pens that held more ink because it's design results in less evaporative ink loss. If Franks test is accurate (and to my knowledge no one has reproduced it) than the Snorkel is probably the most efficient pen known.
John
| QUOTE (PaulLeMay @ Apr 3 2007, 10:10 PM) |
| The other question is: which pen holds more ink vs which pen writes longer. I believe Frank Dubiel did a test and found a Sheaffer Snorkel wrote the most, due to the fine nib etc. |
Almost, but not quite. Of the pens Dubiel tested the Snorkel came second to a 51 Aero... The reason cited in each case (in Da Book) is a tightly sealed filling system. But they're both lightweights compared to a Danitrio Densho ED. The Dani carries maybe 6 times as much ink a 51 and locks utterly against evaporation using a cut-off valve when not in use.
The Level should do well here, too - doesn't it keep its main ink reservoir behind a valve to make the pen flight safe?
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