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Hey fpn, I have a birthday on the 9th of june and I was looking to get a pen. I've narrowed it down to a pilot vanishing point, lamy 2000, or edison hudson. I really need a workhorse, but I want something that is kind of nice so that if I use it in a meeting or something It looks nice, but I need to use it in class as well. These are my thoughts so far...

 

Pilot VP:

+convenient nib concealment

+matches my pilot/namiki collection

-converter pen, small ink supply

 

Lamy 2000

+nice finnish

+nonflashy nib

+piston fill

-most expensive

-doesn't match collection

 

Edison Hudson

+eye dropper fill

+customer service

+italic nib

-big nib, kind of flashy

-doesn't match collection

 

I'm truely open to all possiblities, my budget is around 150 give or take.

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For my birthday this year I got a Levenger True Writer Silver Anniversary. Beautiful pen, built on a brass barrel so pretty solid, light gun metal finish

 

Link to the page: http://www.levenger.com/Pens---Refills-8/Shop-By-Brand-34/Levenger-275/True-Writer-Pens-928/True-Writer--Silver-Anniversary-Fountain-Pen-8756.aspx

 

My review of the pen: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/241028-true-writer-silver-anniversary/

 

To use your +/- method

+nib choices (can order in F,M or B)

+can change nibs fairly easily - even a stub is available

+budget friendly (I paid $99, currently on sale for $79)

-limited opportunities to try before you buy - only sold through Levenger (outside of their HQ in FL,only B&M locations are in Boston, Chicago and DC area)

-converter/cartridge pen.

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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