My Two Ahabs Have A Weirder Smell Than Reported...

[lurcho]

That is to say - none.

 

I'm honestly disappointed.

 

They're both clear demonstrators, and I want to ask members in the know whether that is the reason. Is the clear plastic made of different stuff?

 

I'm severely anosmic - I can't taste food because I can't smell anything, and I would think it was that. But my wife can't smell anything from the pens either.

 

Truly - I am disappointed.; Because I like the idea of that promised stench.

 

And by the way: this second Ahab arrived only today, and it performed as well as the first. Not with the supplied nib, which is a poor object in my opinion, and resistant to profitable work, but with a tuned JoWo again. I scrubbed the beautiful ebonite feed with a soapy toothbrush, as Tardif recommends, and that was all that was needed.

 

I'll be flogging my Pilot Custom 74, bought late last year, soon on this board, because I'm so disappointed in it, and so happy with these steel nibs. Let me know if you're interested, though I'll be putting up an ad in the appropriate place tomorrow or the day after.

Edited February 11, 2016 by lurcho

[Icywolfe]

It's supposed to be made from vegetable resin I think. Something of that.

 

How are you disappointed with the C74?

[lurcho]

It's supposed to be made from vegetable resin I think. Something of that.

 

How are you disappointed with the C74?

 

I can't put my finger on it exactly, but it wasn't nearly wet enough, and it wasn't smooth enough. I know that Pilots, like most Japanese pens, are supposed to give feedback, and I do get that. I've done a little work - tine-gapping and Micro-Meshing - on this pen, and the other one whose barrel was destroyed by my (wife's) dog. But I'm not happy. Lovely-looking pen - quite possibly my favourite ever, looks-wise - and the balance is wonderful. But I'm much happier with steel nibs right now. As I mentioned, I'll be selling my 74s. One whole one, one section without a barrel. If anyone's interested look out for an ad.

[Sasha Royale]

It is a "funky, organic, plastic" smell. I dislike it, but it is not a disqualifier. I don't invest much time in pen-smelling.

[lurcho]

Yes, but I was looking forward to its funkiness!

[Piper 987]

For some reason, a number of FPN people have negative things to say about Ahabs. This is the first time I've read the complaint that they didn't smell bad.

[johniem]

I have two Ahabs and a Konrad. None of them have ever had any smell to them.

[pepsiplease69]

I have two clear demonstrator Ahabs and I've got the smell.

 

I strangely like the funky.

 

I also recently picked up several nib creapers black and clear demonstrators. All have the smell.

 

@OP I guess you just got lucky (or unlucky depending on how you look at it)