Dex Pens By The Pen Shop (Uk)

[Scribble Monboddo]

 

Good job I brought the compact rather then that one then.

Excellent work Top Pen - between us, we are invincible! What do you reckon to that nib?

[The Blue Knight]

Excellent work Top Pen - between us, we are invincible! What do you reckon to that nib?

 

Not bad at the price at the price.

 

The review is still only it's early stages needs a lot of smoothing out and photos etc however it should be up on here tomorrow.

[The Blue Knight]

I uploaded my review here https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/267344-dex-compact-fountain-pen-review/

 

If any one wants to have a read.

[Scribble Monboddo]

I uploaded my review here https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/267344-dex-compact-fountain-pen-review/

 

If any one wants to have a read.

Very thorough job, thanks Top Pen.

[The Blue Knight]

Very thorough job, thanks Top Pen.

 

Thanks!

[The Blue Knight]

I wrestled the nib and feed off the section of mine this morning and hidden underneath was a hidden a Peter Bock nib logo. No wonder why the nib seems so good.

Edited June 25, 2014 by top pen

[alc3261]

A Bock nib........Really?? And for only £10-12!!

[Postscript]

A Dex pen has found its way home to me in Maryland thanks to my wife's stopping by the pen store on her recent trip to the UK. It is quite a value and a lovely writer.

 

Post Script

[Scribble Monboddo]

I think I may have solved the mystery as to the original manufacturer - it looks like Diplomat! Well, no wonder the nib is so smooth; that's one of their trademarks. They don't have an identical fountain pen in their catalogue, but if you search for the the Roll'it rollerball, you'll see the body is clearly of the same design as the larger Dex. I have also seen a Diplomat-branded FP on Ebay that looks very much like the smaller Dex.

 

'Not sure why the Pen Shop is being so coy about this - perhaps Diplomat asked them no to dilute their brand - but it's certainly nothing to be ashamed of! Much the same body is used in the Manuscript master, which I have also reviewed here, and the German Super5, which I haven't yet got hold of... but watch this space.

[The Blue Knight]

I think I may have solved the mystery as to the original manufacturer - it looks like Diplomat! Well, no wonder the nib is so smooth; that's one of their trademarks. They don't have an identical fountain pen in their catalogue, but if you search for the the Roll'it rollerball, you'll see the body is clearly of the same design as the larger Dex. I have also seen a Diplomat-branded FP on Ebay that looks very much like the smaller Dex.

 

'Not sure why the Pen Shop is being so coy about this - perhaps Diplomat asked them no to dilute their brand - but it's certainly nothing to be ashamed of! Much the same body is used in the Manuscript master, which I have also reviewed here, and the German Super5, which I haven't yet got hold of... but watch this space.

 

Perhaps your right.

Edited June 5, 2015 by The Blue Knight

[Scribble Monboddo]

Well, these have become pretty popular around here, I have to admit - so if anyone's interested, you can now see pics and writing samples from a purple one, and a turquoise one. What more could one ask for? Apart from a wider range of nib options, obviously...

[Scribble Monboddo]

So, a few months later these have become the subject of only the second meta-review at United Inkdom, which includes my handwriting sample with the Dex compact model - plus, and here's the hopefully useful bit to anyone whose interest has been piqued by the above discussion, The Pen Shop have kindly arranged a 10% discount code for readers who want bag one for themselves. Handy : )

[Bklyn]

I'd better post my review then, if we're going to have a race

 

Here's my handwritten report: http://scribbledemonboddo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dex-by-kingsley-2014.html

 

In summary; pretty good overall, nice smooth nib, could be better with a properly-fitted blind cap and a metal section like the similarly-bodied Manuscript Master.

 

The mystery is, in which German factory is the Dex (and the Master) made?

Wow. If I had handwriting like that, I would sing and dance and ply the clarinet. (Well, I actually do play the clarinet but I do not sing and dance.)

[Scribble Monboddo]

Wow. If I had handwriting like that, I would sing and dance and ply the clarinet. (Well, I actually do play the clarinet but I do not sing and dance.)

Why thank you kindly! 'Always nice to know someone's impressed It might be a bit tricky to write while dancing, though...

[Postscript]

Why thank you kindly! 'Always nice to know someone's impressed It might be a bit tricky to write while dancing, though...

But even trickier while playing the clarinet.