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Conid Bulkfiller Regular: Three-Year Review
#1
Posted 05 November 2016 - 17:31
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#2
Posted 05 November 2016 - 18:58
Comprehensive review, thank you.
#3
Posted 05 November 2016 - 19:50
#4
Posted 05 November 2016 - 19:59
I love those long term reviews.
#5
Posted 06 November 2016 - 00:45
Much appreciated as I am getting close to biting the bullet and getting a Conid myself.
#6
Posted 06 November 2016 - 02:42
#7
Posted 06 November 2016 - 11:48
My regular (acrylic body) is also one of my favorite. Reading your words i got to understand better why this is the case.
#8
Posted 06 November 2016 - 13:03
Thanks for the excellent review. It agrees with my own experiences after two years of practically daily use.
#9
Posted 06 November 2016 - 13:52
Thank you for your long term review!
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#10
Posted 06 November 2016 - 17:52
Excellent review. Really appreciate long-term reviews of any pen,and I believe this review to be the first of the famous Conid Bulkfiller.
I have had mine now - one of the first production run pens in acrylic - since July 2012 and so I can fully appreciate the considered comments of entrophydave. I particularly like what he has said about the functional design of the Bulkfiller, and the comparison with the Brompton folding cycle and iPhone, though I personally find my acrylic version to be aesthetically pleasing, a result of this excellently engineered pen being designed by a gifted engineer who simply LOVES fountain pens.
The only 'negative' element to owning a Bulkfiller that I have personally discovered, is that the pen is a little too good to warrant carrying around other pens! Indeed, for the first year I felt somewhat frustrated that the other pens I would have enjoyed carrying in my weekly rotation were effectively redundant. However, once I had appreciated being able to swap the Bock nib for one of my vintage flexible ones, my frustrations soon eased and I started to use my regular Bulkfiller as more of a specialist tool befitting the fabulous vintage nib it now carries.
My regular Bulkfiller is now joined by another specialist tool - a new Kingsize Bulkfiller carrying a vintage nib a little less flexible than before but with sufficient to make it feel similarly special.
Great review entrophydave, many thanks for sharing
Pavoni
#11
Posted 06 November 2016 - 20:29
Despite your review not having any pictures, I very much enjoyed reading the entire thing! Makes me all the more excited for my Conid Minimalistica coming in 2 weeks or so. I plan on EDC'ing the Conid, so I feel much relief that the pen is as durable as everyone on the internet says it is.
#12
Posted 08 November 2016 - 00:15
I'm thinking of small ink sample vials... Even with an inkwell, I don't know if you could use an entire sample...
Edited by CrispyBacon_87, 08 November 2016 - 00:16.
#13
Posted 08 November 2016 - 12:42
#14
Posted 09 November 2016 - 00:19
Yup. Just yup.
My first Conid (like Pavoni's) arrived in July 2012. Over four years later, it is still always inked (it is my go-to red pen - usually filled with some beautiful Sailor ink - used for editing) and has never, ever, missed a beat.
I now have a total of five bulkfillers, with a sixth on the way. I was under the impression that Conid were flying below the radar, but it has come to my attention that they have developed a large (and growing), dedicated and loyal following. It seems a new legend is being born, and at such a late stage in the fountain pen's history...
Well deserved.
Thank you for the great and detailed review.
Edited by mongrelnomad, 09 November 2016 - 00:19.
#15
Posted 09 November 2016 - 07:34
Can you fill these with a syringe?
I'm thinking of small ink sample vials... Even with an inkwell, I don't know if you could use an entire sample...
Yes, you can. To do so, you remove the nib/feed unit which is in a collar that unscrews. So it is easy to do. As I noted there is an o-ring on the interior of both ends of the section to keep ink out. So if you keep it clean, unscrewing the collar is not hard.
Then, you need to unscrew the barrel-end knob which releases the ink shut-off. For what you want to do, I would unscrew it and pull it back at least an inch. Using a long syringe, you can fill the main reservoir directly, after which I would close the ink shut off so that you can see how much ink you have in the intermediate reservoir. You could then fill the intermediate reservoir, being careful not to overfill it so that ink enters the section beyond the o-ring.
Screw the collar back in and you're done. I haven't done it myself, but I'm confident that my description of the procedure is accurate.
David.
#16
Posted 10 November 2016 - 14:59
Excellent review, I would love to see pictures of the titanium stub nib writing, with and without pressure and in normal writing.
I attach a modest writing sample. Note the four vertical lines of increasing thickness. The thickness of the last is the absolute limit before railroading.
I hope that is some help. (I did not attach photos to my review because I'm not a skilled photographer and the photos on the Conid website are better.)
David.
#17
Posted 12 November 2016 - 13:14
#18
Posted 12 November 2016 - 21:56
I attach a modest writing sample. Note the four vertical lines of increasing thickness. The thickness of the last is the absolute limit before railroading.
I hope that is some help. (I did not attach photos to my review because I'm not a skilled photographer and the photos on the Conid website are better.)
David.
Thanks a lot, it must be wonderful to have a smooth stub that flexes a bit. And to think it is housed in such an efficient pen!
#19
Posted 22 December 2016 - 06:19
The Conid regular bulkfiller is one of my favourites, especially after having replaced the steel nib with a Welty 3 tined music nib. It remains a wet writer. Love the transparent barrel, the ink chamber and the huge ink capacity. Seldom needs refilling.
Tai Kwan
#20
Posted 22 December 2016 - 06:34
You are the first review I've read to mention anything even remotely negative about it, but even you admit the negatives are petty in the grand scheme of things.
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