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Strange my clear 355 piston operates smoothly and locks and unlocks fine without excessive force needed. Guess I got lucky getting the clear one with the M nib,

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it was just the first unsnapping from the base that was uncomfortably tight. After the first one, it now pops on and off smoothly.

Selling a boatload of restored, fairly rare, vintage Japanese gold nib pens, click here to see (more added as I finish restoring them)

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The Galaxy on my 355 is quite pretty ... but not as breathtaking as people seem to imply. It's my only Galaxy, so I've asked if anybody has it in the 355 and anything else, to see if it's the straight sides to the Galaxy that make it so uninspiring.

 

My original M nib had baby's bottom, and a soft foot at a very, very steep angle. It had hard starts and a profoundly broad and wet stroke when written with at about a 60 degree angle. I got a second one in a nib charm last night. I haven't had a chance to put it on a pen and test it, but under a loupe it seems to have the same characteristics.

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It seems like on the whole, the new nib models penbbs has chosen are just not up to snuff. I'm bummed by that, but that's why god invented FPnibs.com (ordered a custom #6 steel PO nib in XXF today for $35)

Selling a boatload of restored, fairly rare, vintage Japanese gold nib pens, click here to see (more added as I finish restoring them)

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