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Lyric

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I just died and went to heaven. Do you know if there is a fp body that looks like this, but, ahem, doesnt cost V style pricing?

 

I love the look of this body it sort of reminds me of the FPR orange Himalayan I recently received that is acetate. I really like this look. Alas, I am a neophyte fp user and not up to the hundreds of dollars for a fp ... yet.

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The Monteverde "​Mountains of the World" collection might be in the same general ballpark of design, but with one color on the pen more dominant than the Visconti design.

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If that's orange and green, look for Noodlers pens in "emeralds on the sun" acrylic. Pretty stuff. My Neponset is in that colorway, and I like it a lot!

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Do these pens have hard starts? Like you ink it, leave it untouched for a week, suddenly you feel like writing, and it doesn't write?

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A shot glass of water near by...if the water evaporates before you use the pen...sigh, it's time to go to ball points.

...Get two-three more fountain pens.....better paper, a selection of inks....so you can upgrade your 8 color crayon box. Snobbie nosed, I have a full 64 crayon box my self.......(.missing all sorts of smilies...grumble squared.)

 

If you have a few fountain pens and inks; the 'work' of writing that is buried deep in your mind from being a slave of a ball point all your life...is removed....fun time...I can scribble...anything....at any time..........even if it's just looking at the same ink on three colors of paper. The 'artistic' side has cracked sleep encrusted eyes.

 

A dip in a shot glass, gets the ink going.

 

I often have 17 pens inked so some are going to need a kick start, I have an old postal sponge in a rubber cup, that I wet every 3-4 days that does the trick.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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I have more than 17 pens inked and don't need a kick start.

 

I am asking a simple question, does this pen have hard starts or not

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If that's orange and green, look for Noodlers pens in "emeralds on the sun" acrylic. Pretty stuff. My Neponset is in that colorway, and I like it a lot!

 

 

Okay. I'll look. Thanks for responding. :-)

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The Monteverde "​Mountains of the World" collection might be in the same general ballpark of design, but with one color on the pen more dominant than the Visconti design.

Gotcha. Thanks.

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This is a visconti steel nib. it shouldn't have the hard starting problem that is endemic to their palladium nibs. I don't know why, but visconti steel nibs are highly praised.

 

That said, I'd go for an acrylic penBBS pen. Pick a style you like, they come in absolutely stunning acrylics for under $20 and are pretty universally loved nibs.

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