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I was outside and thought the ambient light in my atrium might be ideal for capturing the character of my Laban. It's hard to do under artificial light or bright sunlight.

 

so, this isn't a "beauty" shot but it's still nice. By far one of the most intriguing of my pens. And for $50. The nib is rather pretty too, i'll try to take a pic of that soon.

 

http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/founts/laban5.jpg

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I always forget you have that one, it's so purty. Reminds me of the Pelikan SF. I'd like to see a pic of the nib. :rolleyes:

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Very interesting pen, KCat.

 

I was eyeing the Laban line just before I got swallowed by the vintage bug. They seem very interesting, price-wise. What do you think of the quality ?

 

Denis.

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I always forget you have that one, it's so purty. Reminds me of the Pelikan SF. I'd like to see a pic of the nib. :rolleyes:

The Laban acrylic is not translucent. it's hard to explain. it has depth - so you feel like you are seeing "into" the material, but you can't see *through* it.

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Very interesting pen, KCat.

 

I was eyeing the Laban line just before I got swallowed by the vintage bug. They seem very interesting, price-wise. What do you think of the quality ?

 

Denis.

well, I like the nib a lot. It's a nail like so many modern nibs but it was super smooth OOTB. Writes quite wet - my medium writes more like a broad. The nib is large as is the pen (compared to my typical tastes) and the section itself is quite fat. But it still fits in one of those ink vials! :P

 

it is very lightweight, very lovely to look at and it came with a good quality converter.

 

I have only one grip and I'm not sure what if anything can be done about it - which is probably something I should post in AtE above..

 

somehow - recently - the section became scored as if there were threads there. hmm... might need to take a pic for that to make sense. The only thing I can see is that the cap band wraps around the lip to the inside of the cap and is rather sharp. but there should be plenty of room unless someone was putting the cap back on at an angle? I haven't tried to buff it out. I'll snap a pic and see if Dennis, et. al. have a suggestion for how it happened and why.

 

so.. ultimately though - IMO the resin pens are priced fairly for the quality. I've also seen the little Expression which is brass-lined and heavier but a very nice quality purse pen.

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KCat,

 

If that isn't a beauty shot, I don't know what is. I would say it is better than average. Still, I would have like to see it with the clip facing up. Just like the tortoise in your avatar. So, how is that shot of it uncapped as you promised :huh:

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