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I picked up a dozen of these to give to students and had to try one. Flushed it, inked it up and holy %$@!! was I amazed. Yeah it's not a "nice" pen but the nib on it is amazing. Smooth as could be, great flow - I was/am really impressed. I hope the others write equally well. These will be a great intro to non-disposables even if they don't hold up for very long.

Thank you, amberleadavis, for recommending them.

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It does not. It is a Lamy Safari style nib.

 

So you got the 1st generation 599 with the metal body and cap. ie: the Crimped nib.

 

Those are nicer than the 2nd version with the open/traditional nib.

 

The 3rd version with the extra-fine hooded nib can be very smooth and good flowing. (and the one I had responded very well to a little bit of micro-mesh).

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So you got the 1st generation 599 with the metal body and cap. ie: the Crimped nib.

 

Those are nicer than the 2nd version with the open/traditional nib.

 

The 3rd version with the extra-fine hooded nib can be very smooth and good flowing. (and the one I had responded very well to a little bit of micro-mesh).

Oh yeah? :)

 

I've got the normal, non-Lamy looking nib and it's great. I'm hoping that the hooded one that I've got was just a dud - it started to leak just above the nib section, where the hood and grip meet. However, the extra-fine nib wrote wonderfully. :)

 

But it's all good - I was able to get a lot of them for a really good price - I just hadn't gotten around to inking more than the two yet. :P

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Oh yeah? :)

 

I've got the normal, non-Lamy looking nib and it's great. I'm hoping that the hooded one that I've got was just a dud - it started to leak just above the nib section, where the hood and grip meet. However, the extra-fine nib wrote wonderfully. :)

 

But it's all good - I was able to get a lot of them for a really good price - I just hadn't gotten around to inking more than the two yet. :P

 

Never had much good luck with the smaller open nibbed pens. The hooded one you have could be a fault of the converter if it's not correctly sealed it'll leak everywhere, I did not find the 599 converters to be all that secure without taking them apart and getting them greased up.

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Never had much good luck with the smaller open nibbed pens. The hooded one you have could be a fault of the converter if it's not correctly sealed it'll leak everywhere, I did not find the 599 converters to be all that secure without taking them apart and getting them greased up.

I actually did not like the converters that came with them and swapped it out for a cartridge instead. :(

 

It just felt kind of flimsy, so I went without it once I opened the package and checked it out. I could be very wrong about its performance if I gave it a chance - it just *felt* flimsy.

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So you got the 1st generation 599 with the metal body and cap. ie: the Crimped nib.

 

So... does that mean that the 599A is a #6 then? or no?

 

Photos online, I can tell that the metal 1st gen ones had the Lamy style nib, the 599A looks more traditional...

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So... does that mean that the 599A is a #6 then? or no?

 

Photos online, I can tell that the metal 1st gen ones had the Lamy style nib, the 599A looks more traditional...

 

They definitely won't take a #6 nib - they're closest to a #5.

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So... does that mean that the 599A is a #6 then? or no?

 

The 599 with the "normal" nib takes a #5 nib. I had a spare TWSBI 540 nib laying around and it fits perfectly. I have been using it off and on for a couple of months. The TWSBI nib is one of the original type, not the current JoWo nib. It is sorta strange to have a $20 nib on a $5, but it works for me.

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My latest is a red one, with medium nib. Excellent value : $1.17 Buy It Now, free shipping. Inked it and left it out to entrap noobies to fps.

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