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Bexley - Wet/dry? Thin/wide?


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I'm looking at trying a Bexley (Demeter Black Sky!!) after reading many positive things about them.

 

Curious - how would you characterize their writing experience with a fine nib? Fairly similar to a western fine? How about the wetness of the feed/nib?

 

Is the overall experience similar to an Edison fine?

 

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I have 2 Bexley FP, both with fine nibs. I would say both nibs are wet nibs resulting a fat fine writing. Also there are ink and paper factor which can influence the writing. I have a Aerometric Duofold with a fine Edison #5 nib and looks pretty similar with Bexley #6 fine nibs in writing size. Myself I happy with Bexley fine nibs.

 

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Edison and Bexley both use Jowo steel nibs so you should not observe much difference. Widths are European not Japanese in scale.

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Both, are similar. However, I find my Delaware to be a bit dryer.

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Got it! Should be on my doorstep on Friday or early next week. I really like the old skool look look - very Parker Duofold-ish:

 

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It has a nice look. Also reminds me of the Conklin pens with the red lines. Congratulations

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Got the pen and it is indeed heavily influenced by the Conklin Endura from the 1920's - very classic looking.

 

http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p799/sandygriff/Bexley%20Demeter_zps6jeu1vf8.jpg

 

The pen itself writes very well (very smooth nib) - a perfect "Western" fine line. It's certainly high quality - my one nit is that the cap threads are little rough and sometimes you need to back up the cap to catch it in the right spot to screw the cap on. Minor nit for sure. Fun pen and happy to have my first Bexley.

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