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I don't have time for pix right now, but hundreds of you will be holding your own pen soon. I'm in CA so presumably the shipping time was shorter from Taiwan. I love this pen! Even the brown cardboard box ("green") fits perfectly with foam surrounding the plastic storage box. Box's design matches the pen in materials, colors, and feel. Pen is too long for me to post, which I don't usually do anyway. Light in weight, just what you'd expect from a pen made of these materials. The plated furniture (chrome?) is gorgeous! Nib, etc. have a wonderful shine that makes the pen look more expensive than it is. Barrel has subtle diamond-shaped facets which reflect light in a lovely way and, again, set this pen apart in design. YMMV but when I filled mine with Noodler's Army Green it filled the barrel about halfway. I ordered an extra-fine nib and the pen writes more of an American fine-mediumish line...but I like Japanese pens for that insanely fine line they produce, so don't go by me. Great flow -- not too wet, not too dry. Starts up right away. Cap screws on, another great touch for an inexpensive pen.

I love this pen and will be ordering more as available. Curious to read others' opinions as your pens arrive!

Lesley

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When you first filling the ink, the ink will only fill up half the way of the space, that is becouse there were air inside.

what I did is that I tip up the pen near the opening of the ink bottle turn the barrel end cap slowly (the piston will move up) then push out the air, then tip down and suck in more ink again.

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I think, in anticipation of the many coming arrivals, that we should make this thread the official MY TWSBI IS HERE! thread, so as not to clog the rest of the forum.

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Can you still order these? I notice the ebay store doesn't seem to have any.

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envious... i haven't even received my shipped email notification yet...

 

Neither have I.... I am feeling left out....

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I think, in anticipation of the many coming arrivals, that we should make this thread the official MY TWSBI IS HERE! thread, so as not to clog the rest of the forum.

 

+1.

I'm excited about the TWSBI, but I want to know about other stuff too...

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Can you still order these? I notice the ebay store doesn't seem to have any.

It sounds like it's going to be the middle to latter part of July before the eBay store is up and running. Unless my name is high enough on the wait list, it sounds like I will be waiting to buy on eBay myself.

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envious... i haven't even received my shipped email notification yet...

 

Neither have I.... I am feeling left out....

 

Ditto! I haven't received my "shipped" email notification yet either... I too am extremely envious!

 

*Edited* in order to clarify...

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I have been trying to ship these out as fast as I can, and my girlfriend is about to come over so we can take the last batch out.

 

Tonight all the shipping notices from the last 2 days will go out.

 

So if you don't get an email tonight (tomorrow morning for people back in the States), let me know (email me @ markperdomo@gmail.com). I wasn't able to match ALL paypal payments to orders, but there are only maybe 3-4 orders where this is the case

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Sailor 1911 EF - MB Blue

Twsbi Diamond 530 F-Noodler's "Taiwan Eternally Free" Black Strait

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I received my notification yesterday, and would also have received the pen yesterday, but I had had it sent to my work address, and I wasn't at work yesterday. headsmack.gif

So, today, at work, I wandered across the road to the Post Office with my little red "You weren't in" card and picked it up.

 

It looks absolutely scrumptious. Love the packaging. It took me a moment to find out that I couldn't open the plastic box because the transparent tape on the clear plastic holding it together isn't visible...

 

The only ink I have here is some Thistle Chemical Co powdered ink that is the right strength for my dip pen, but is too weak for FPs...

I will have to wait till tonight to fill it.

 

Now, the question is - which ink? Iroshizuku asa-gao, Parker Penman Sapphire, or my blend Majestic Havasu? (I should have ordered thee pens, one for each.)

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We're having a pen meet locally in Singapore as someone brought in 10 of them and we will be meeting to distribute those orders out. Sadly, we will only be meeting on Friday.....

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Received a very nice reply to my inquiry AND my "shipped" email notification this morning! This is certainly a class act in my book! Thanks so much Mahkie, your efforts are really appreciated!

I saw on Twitter that ALL of the Preorders have shipped now... that's great news for everyone! Mahkie, I hope you are able to get some rest now...

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I think mine came today. I got an email from the mailroom (at work) that a package arrived. Sadly, I'm not in the office today and will have to wait until tomorrow.

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Received a very nice reply to my inquiry AND my "shipped" email notification this morning! This is certainly a class act in my book! Thanks so much Mahkie, your efforts are really appreciated!

I saw on Twitter that ALL of the Preorders have shipped now... that's great news for everyone! Mahkie, I hope you are able to get some rest now...

Stephen P

 

 

 

No, I am doing my audit and apparently still have quite a few Paypal payments that I haven't been able to match with orders crybaby.gif

 

I'm trying to get these all sorted out, but this means there's maybe 5-15 orders that have been paid for but not shipped, because I don't know what to mail them

Follow TWSBI and the Diamond Project on Twitter!

 

Currently inked pens:

Pilot M90 F- Iroshizuku Tsuyu-Kusa

Sailor 1911 EF - MB Blue

Twsbi Diamond 530 F-Noodler's "Taiwan Eternally Free" Black Strait

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I know I've said it in a couple of emails but another huge THANK YOU to mahkie and speedy for all your efforts!

 

I was one of those who threw another wrench into the works by wanting one of the pencils as well, but once again, speedy has stepped things up another notch by custom building these. Thanks again to both of you! :notworthy1:

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I'm jealous. Found out that mine is one of the last pens to ship out. Not mahkie's fault, I gave him some info that wasn't straightforward. mahkie replied quickly and says he'll get the pen on its way.

 

But I'm lusting even more after these initial reports. Should have mine soon.

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