Watching my Edison Pearl being born

[MegWesley]

That is a goregous pen. This is making me want to save up some money and work with the maker to make me a pen as a graduation gift from Grad School. (That will take a few years so I will have time to save.)

[woodworker]

What a really great pen you have there!

[ArchiMark]

Very nice pen!!!

 

Would be great to hear what you think about pen since you've had it for awhile now....

 

[Bill]

Very nice pen!!!

 

Would be great to hear what you think about pen since you've had it for awhile now....

 

 

The long term (well, more like 30 week) report, eh? Up until last week the pen has stayed in the regular rotation and had been used with several inks: Sailor Blue-Black, Noodler's Red-Black, Noodler's Walnut. But I had too many pens inked and was paying attention to a couple of new ones so the Pearl, along with a handful of others, got ignored. It probably went unused for about two weeks. When it did not want to write a wet line immediately, I did what I should have done a couple of refills earlier...I flushed it out well. I have low tolerance for slow starters and sometimes expect too much from my pens. Beauty queens are okay, but I want my pens to perform on demand. After a couple of days carrying it around empty and trying to decide what ink to use next, I tried Noodler's Bad Belted Kingfisher. But it got grumpy with BBK so I flushed the pen again and loaded it with Diamine Rustic Brown. Brian originally adjusted the nib to my taste, but after 7 months of use I realized it is not quite as wet a writer as I usually prefer. Still it puts down a clean line and handles well.

 

The Pearl's design and fit suited me from the start and it only seems to get better. It's large, yet light. Because it gets handled and clipped into pockets, the finish does not seem to be quite as shiny as it once was. I would call it more of a sheen, much like that of celluloid instead of resin. A few minutes ago I took a cloth and polished part of the barrel and the shine came right back up so I could probably do a concours shine if I wanted. But I want to use it, not look at it in a case. Unlike a solid color, it does not show fingerprints. The pearlesence and depth of the colors is as brilliant as ever. I still wiggle it around in the light to see the colors dance.

 

The highlight fill on the barrel lettering remains intact, although I usually avoid touching that area.

 

Mechanically, the pen is fine. The clip has not loosened. The cap still seats on the barrel well and screws on with ease. Although I have not abused the pen, I believe it could hold up under some fairly adverse conditions.

 

And yes, it is often the pen in my pocket while other reliable favorites (Paragon, Milord, M800, 149, Viscontis, among others) languish in the briefcase or bag.

 

Bill

 

[edited for typo]

Edited January 6, 2010 by Bill

[Soulmaker1]

Hi All,

 

Brian also recently made me 2 x oversized Edison Pearls in both green/black mottled ebonite and red/black swirl ebonite,

 

it really is a strange experience to see a rod of dull ebonite being skillfully turned into 2 shiny monster pens and in our mass-produced times bespoke customisation is rarer than chicken's teeth!

 

although I did keep waiting for him to drop them ....

 

<img src="https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/headsmack.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="headsmack.gif" />

Can you post pictures of these please? They sound

 

Adrian

[ArchiMark]

Very nice pen!!!

 

Would be great to hear what you think about pen since you've had it for awhile now....

 

 

The long term (well, more like 30 week) report, eh? Up until last week the pen has stayed in the regular rotation and had been used with several inks: Sailor Blue-Black, Noodler's Red-Black, Noodler's Walnut. But I had too many pens inked and was paying attention to a couple of new ones so the Pearl, along with a handful of others, got ignored. It probably went unused for about two weeks. When it did not want to write a wet line immediately, I did what I should have done a couple of refills earlier...I flushed it out well. I have low tolerance for slow starters and sometimes expect too much from my pens. Beauty queens are okay, but I want my pens to perform on demand. After a couple of days carrying it around empty and trying to decide what ink to use next, I tried Noodler's Bad Belted Kingfisher. But it got grumpy with BBK so I flushed the pen again and loaded it with Diamine Rustic Brown. Brian originally adjusted the nib to my taste, but after 7 months of use I realized it is not quite as wet a writer as I usually prefer. Still it puts down a clean line and handles well.

 

The Pearl's design and fit suited me from the start and it only seems to get better. It's large, yet light. Because it gets handled and clipped into pockets, the finish does not seem to be quite as shiny as it once was. I would call it more of a sheen, much like that of celluloid instead of resin. A few minutes ago I took a cloth and polished part of the barrel and the shine came right back up so I could probably do a concours shine if I wanted. But I want to use it, not look at it in a case. Unlike a solid color, it does not show fingerprints. The pearlesence and depth of the colors is as brilliant as ever. I still wiggle it around in the light to see the colors dance.

 

The highlight fill on the barrel lettering remains intact, although I usually avoid touching that area.

 

Mechanically, the pen is fine. The clip has not loosened. The cap still seats on the barrel well and screws on with ease. Although I have not abused the pen, I believe it could hold up under some fairly adverse conditions.

 

And yes, it is often the pen in my pocket while other reliable favorites (Paragon, Milord, M800, 149, Viscontis, among others) languish in the briefcase or bag.

 

Bill

 

[edited for typo]

 

 

Thanks for your detailed feedback, Bill, sounds good I think.....

[Bleep]

Hi All,

 

Brian also recently made me 2 x oversized Edison Pearls in both green/black mottled ebonite and red/black swirl ebonite,

 

it really is a strange experience to see a rod of dull ebonite being skillfully turned into 2 shiny monster pens and in our mass-produced times bespoke customisation is rarer than chicken's teeth!

 

although I did keep waiting for him to drop them ....

 

<img src="https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/headsmack.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="headsmack.gif" />

Can you post pictures of these please? They sound

 

Adrian

 

+1 for pics please. sorry to OP for hijack thread