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Great review, I have been thinking of getting one and now will do it.

 

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I have the Viceroy Pocket in barleycorn motif and it's fantastic, there's something about the way silver warms in your hand over use and I did find mini aerometric converters for mine so I didn't have to rely upon a cartridge. I don't think it runs as long as a cartridge but I would miss certain ink colours too much if I couldn't fill from the bottle. They're fabulous writers.

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I have the Viceroy Pocket in barleycorn motif and it's fantastic, there's something about the way silver warms in your hand over use and I did find mini aerometric converters for mine so I didn't have to rely upon a cartridge. I don't think it runs as long as a cartridge but I would miss certain ink colours too much if I couldn't fill from the bottle. They're fabulous writers.

 

Remember, you can always refill cartridges.

 

 

 

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Remember, you can always refill cartridges.

 

I refilled the same cartridge 32 times in doing my sepia ink comparison, using a syringe with a blunt needle. I had been worried the cartridge would not clean (it did, very well) or would crack or fall apart (it didn't). First time I've done that extensively and it worked better than I had imagined. Sorry, Jar, to hijack your thread (you are the one, you know, who inspired me to start looking into sterling silver pens - now I have several!), I just thought I'd throw in two cents about the cartridge option.

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Remember, you can always refill cartridges.

 

I refilled the same cartridge 32 times in doing my sepia ink comparison, using a syringe with a blunt needle. I had been worried the cartridge would not clean (it did, very well) or would crack or fall apart (it didn't). First time I've done that extensively and it worked better than I had imagined. Sorry, Jar, to hijack your thread (you are the one, you know, who inspired me to start looking into sterling silver pens - now I have several!), I just thought I'd throw in two cents about the cartridge option.

 

No problem and always glad to enable.

 

There are lots of misconceptions about cartridges and one biggie is that there is not much of a selection of colors out there.

 

J. Herbin has 30 different colors in cartridges.

Private Reserve has over 30 colors in cartridges.

Diamine has over 18 different color cartridges.

Montblanc has 7 regular inks as well as their specialty inks in cartridges.

Waterman has 9 colors.

Pelikan has at least 8 colors.

 

 

And that is just some of the ones that are International Standard small sized.

 

 

 

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Yep, and I have 150 bottles of ink, a syringe, and some empty cartridges, so that opens the world up even more.

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This pen will remain as my one that got away,

had serious inquiry in on one with Pam Braun, when she closed shop.

Hope I'll have the opportunity to testdrive one someday.

Does it only take the wobbly small cartridges? That might make me feel a tad better.

 

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This pen will remain as my one that got away,

had serious inquiry in on one with Pam Braun, when she closed shop.

Hope I'll have the opportunity to testdrive one someday.

Does it only take the wobbly small cartridges? That might make me feel a tad better.

 

Pretty much just one cartridge but no wobble at all. Some folk say they also can take the small Monteverde converter but I haven't tried that yet.

 

 

 

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I have one of these and was surprised upon opening the box how wonderful it is. As said before: it seems to have no flaws.

 

A wonderful, and highly recommended, pen.

Too many pens; too little writing.

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A great review, what nib sizes do they come in, and what nib size did you purchase, and what is the price?

 

I believe they come in fine, medium and broad nibs, and I have a medium nib on the Viceroy Pocket Victorian. I believe the Pocket Viceroy generally sells for about $350.00 for the Barleycorn finish and $450-500.00 for the Victorian finish.

 

 

 

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Thank you for the review - I've been drooling over this pen since I tested it in a London pen shop last year. Seeing the comparison with the other models (and knowing that my current favorite is my TWSBI pocket sealed the deal).

Hubby just got it me as an early birthday present, I'll now be stalking the postman, lol.

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The issue I find with the mini converters is that they hold far less ink than a small International Standard cartridge.

 

 

 

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The issue I find with the mini converters is that they hold far less ink than a small International Standard cartridge.

Agreed. I just reconcile myself to not being able to use Japanese inks, and enjoy the otherwise huge selection...

Too many pens; too little writing.

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