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I love my Charlston. It has become my workhorse pen. It writes smooth and flows nicely. I have never had any problem with this pen... now my phileas... don't even get me started on that one... I can't get that pen to work for anything... skips, scratchy, wouldn't buy another one of those again.

What nib size do you have on your Charleston?

John in NC

 

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I used my Dad's Ivory medium nib Charleston and it is a nice pen. I find that it is a bit on the dry side and has some tooth to it. The main complaint is the size of the nib or the lack of size. I find that the nib is just too small for the size of the pen. I find this to be the case with the Aurora Ipsilon Deluxe and the Cross Apogee. Kind of a shame but if I find one Used in a broad at a good price, I WILL buy it. I like the yellow and ivory colors. It is a classy looking pen but I do wish it had a larger nib, that is my only complaint!!

 

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Regarding the Aurora Ipsilon Deluxe, what nib were you using? I have one with an EF, and I really like the way it writes and feels, less toothy than the Charleson, but I think it writes too much like a fine to medium. I'm trying to see if that is how they write, or whether I have a nib problem.

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Hi pvdiamon,

 

That sounds like a nib or ink flow problem to me. My wife's Auroras are all Fs, and they write like Fs. The same is true for all the Auroras I ever tried out.

 

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I too have a Charleston in Yellow with a Medium nib.

Great writing pen.

The nib "looks" narrow.

But then I think the Phileas nib looks way too wide! It's like "LOOK AT ME! I'M A FOUNTAIN PEN! I HAVE A NIB!"

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I love my Charlston. It has become my workhorse pen. It writes smooth and flows nicely. I have never had any problem with this pen... now my phileas... don't even get me started on that one... I can't get that pen to work for anything... skips, scratchy, wouldn't buy another one of those again.

What nib size do you have on your Charleston?

I have a medium nib on it, I absolutely love this pen

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This post is for newer readers since you have bought your pen...I have written with fountain pens for many many years and own a Parker 75,several various Watermans,a Conway Stewart 58,and an Aurora Ipsilon Deluxe.The Charleston is one of my most used pens.It feels really nice to hold,has a nice weight,classic to look at and writes like a dream.It is a fine and most often is filled with Noodlers black but has used Aurora , Montblanc,Pelikan , and Quink.All worked perfectly.I feel that for the money,the fit and finish,and the performance,this is a very under rated and seldom mentioned pen.

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Never thought I'd see this thread revived. :P

 

Yes, the Charleston is a very underrated pen. To give you an update, the first one I bought turned out to be a finicky writer the more I used it. Finicky when it came to inks. About the only inked that behaved well in it was Parker Quink Black. The worst was Montblanc Royal Blue. There was some problem with the feed that I could never figure out. Anyway, I got rid if it and got another (also in Ivory GT) and it has been trouble free ever since. That Charleston is still one of my personal favourites.

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Hi Apollo

 

I got hold of a Charleston Ivory White with a medium nib just like u. Its a great pen. I just started using the pen. I filled in Pelikan Brilliant Black ink. The pen glided on the paper. the flow was ok. it has the look of old pens and i liked it.

 

 

 

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I too have a Charleston in Yellow with a Medium nib.

Great writing pen.

The nib "looks" narrow.

But then I think the Phileas nib looks way too wide! It's like "LOOK AT ME! I'M A FOUNTAIN PEN! I HAVE A NIB!"

 

Anybody knows how the Charleston EF nib feels like?

 

How wide is the line? How does it compare to, for example a Japanese Pilot Fine? That's the sort of thickness I would like.

 

Another question to users who have had it for a long time: If well kept, is it a durable pen? Do the metal details etc. tarnish?

 

Thanks.

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Anybody knows how the Charleston EF nib feels like?

 

How wide is the line? How does it compare to, for example a Japanese Pilot Fine? That's the sort of thickness I would like.

 

Another question to users who have had it for a long time: If well kept, is it a durable pen? Do the metal details etc. tarnish?

 

Thanks.

My EF is between the line of my Pilot 78G M and F nibs. It is just a bit thinner than most Pelikan EF nibs, and is exceptionally smooth, with medium wetness.

 

I've had my blue Charleston for about two years with no scratches or tarnishing. But I don't post the cap.

 

I like it well enough that I recently bought another Charleston, this time in black and silver. That one has an F nib: about the same as a Pilot78G M or a Pelikan F.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Mike B

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I like my Charleston so much that I was thinking of getting another, and in researching what they're going for these days happened on this thread.

 

Look, any pen can have issues; and they often do.

 

But my first FP was a Phileas and after getting some additional pens, I gave it away. Yet, I know many who think the Phileas is a wonderful pen.

 

My Charleston is black with gold trim and is an F nib. It is an excellent writer, and not too heavy; the line is "just right" for me. I've used it with 6 or 8 different inks--Noodler's, Waterman, Herbin--they all work perfectly in the pen.

 

I'd recommend it to anyone.

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