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Ooo, mine arrived this morning. Immediately filled it and immediately fell in love with it :wub:

A perfect EF nib size and much smaller than I'd anticipated. I know ecactly how I feel about this bargain see through gem :D :D :D

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Ooo, mine arrived this morning. Immediately filled it and immediately fell in love with it :wub:

 

A perfect EF nib size and much smaller than I'd anticipated. I know ecactly how I feel about this bargain see through gem :D :D :D

 

 

 

Im glad you love it, I'm starting to love mine even more.

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Im glad you love it, I'm starting to love mine even more.

 

Phew., I'm really pleased for you.

I couldn't really see what's not to like. Especially at $16 delivered. B)

 

I wish the company every sucess.

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I couldn't really see what's not to like. Especially at $16 delivered.

 

At the moment, that price is valid at pen-life-collection on eBay BUT ...

The eBay seller office_supplies_pen has, just today, raised it's price to $106.

I have nothing more to say about that.

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At the moment, that price is valid at pen-life-collection on eBay BUT ...

The eBay seller office_supplies_pen has, just today, raised it's price to $106.

I have nothing more to say about that.

 

:yikes: Whaaaa ?!

 

It's not that good . . . :huh:

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I understand that's done to hold a place and a listing when there’s a temporary stock outage. The high price is enough that no one should order, but once restocked the seller only needs to change the price

To hold a pen is to be at war. - Voltaire
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At the moment, that price is valid at pen-life-collection on eBay BUT ...

The eBay seller office_supplies_pen has, just today, raised it's price to $106.

I have nothing more to say about that.

 

The seller is away on holidays at the moment. Ted A's answer makes sense in that context.

 

Still available from pen-life-collection at $US14.70, but they, two, are away on holidays. Chinese New Year.

 

Just be patient.

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How's this pen on dry-out (sitting a few days/weka) and burping.

 

Also wondering about the #5 nibs. Do the Kaweco & bock nibs fit the feed better than jowo?

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How's this pen on dry-out (sitting a few days/weka) and burping.

 

Also wondering about the #5 nibs. Do the Kaweco & bock nibs fit the feed better than jowo?

 

Nearly three months, no dry starts at all, despite a week or so of inactivity at times.

 

No burps either. I have kept it topped up though.

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I don't experience any burps or hard start. My pen is half full now and sometimes I let it unused for days.

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My M2 is a 0.38 with a rather toothy/scratchy nib.

 

Not my best nib, by far. I’ve looked into my set of spare nibs and I dont have a #5.

 

Someone can corroborate the #5 nib, it will fit?

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My M2 is a 0.38 with a rather toothy/scratchy nib.

Not my best nib, by far. I’ve looked into my set of spare nibs and I dont have a #5.

Someone can corroborate the #5 nib, it will fit?

I've seen pictures of the Moonman M2 with a Kaweco Sport steel nib and another picture with a Faber-Castell steel nib.

And of course there's Chrisrap52's video review, during which he swaps the original nib for a Jinhao 1.1mm stub, which is what I plan to do.

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I’ve put a Faber-Castell M steel nib into my M2 and it writes like a dream. I had the 0.5 nib in it originally, which was OK, but nothing special. The Faber-Castell nib is great. And it was a super-easy nib swap.

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Ive put a Faber-Castell M steel nib into my M2 and it writes like a dream. I had the 0.5 nib in it originally, which was OK, but nothing special. The Faber-Castell nib is great. And it was a super-easy nib swap.

Were you able to fit the Faber castell feed also?

Link to a post about ergonomics I made: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/343593-which-indian-fountain-pen-would-you-write-a-novel-with/?p=4179072

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Were you able to fit the Faber castell feed also?

The Faber-Castell feed's nipple is irregularly lowered. It's not in the center position of the diameter of the feed (like you would expect in basically any other feed), so I would be very (pleasantly) surprised if one could swap the F-C feed too, since it has a triple ink channel on the top side which ensures a nice consistent wetness even for the Broad.

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Indeed, I liked the FC nib and feed combo in the loom. When I put the nib in a jinhao 992 with the jinhao feed, it lost a lot of its quality. Turns out the jinhao nib in the loom got a little boost on the other hand.

Link to a post about ergonomics I made: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/343593-which-indian-fountain-pen-would-you-write-a-novel-with/?p=4179072

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Indeed, I liked the FC nib and feed combo in the loom. When I put the nib in a jinhao 992 with the jinhao feed, it lost a lot of its quality.

Hey what a coincidence, I tried the same swap! The body of the Loom is a bit heavy and the metal section is a bit slippery when my fingers are sweaty. Mostly, I confess that I didn't want to spend shy of 10€ for the converter. But yeah, I agree with you assessment. The B nib with its feed is awesome, while in the Jinhao... it's still great but not as exciting.

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