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I miss my Insignia so much. It's off getting a new cap from Parker at the moment. While at my local pen store here in Houston (Dromgooles), I saw this Sonnet. It had a broad italic 18kt duo tone gold nib. It skips a bit, so I'm going to have it checked out Saturday. This and my Insignia both have an issue with the adhesive that holds the inner and outer sections together has given out and spins freely. Not too much of an issue, but sort of annoying when you need to refill the pen.

 

I love these pens for some reason. I think it's the spring that the nibs have. My Insignia has a BB steel nib that I ground to a cursive italic. Both pens have amazing line variation. With a bit of pressure, the ink flows beautifully! Great for signing my name.

 

Enough of the non-sense, on to the pictures:

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Writing sample (I realized how small this was. I'll post up a larger one shortly):

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Nice! I really wish I had a better experience with my Sonnet. I love the way they look and wouldn't hesitate to buy more in different colors and nib sizes, but even after getting mine sent off to repairs from a nibmeister, I'm still not satisfied with the flow of the pen. Maybe I got a fluke, but I don't know. Maybe I'll try getting a replacement nib for my Sonnet and see if that does me any good. Nice pics and writing sample!

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Mine was writing pretty dry too. I took the nib off, pressed the wings back a little and it's much wetter now.

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Nice! I really wish I had a better experience with my Sonnet. I love the way they look and wouldn't hesitate to buy more in different colors and nib sizes, but even after getting mine sent off to repairs from a nibmeister, I'm still not satisfied with the flow of the pen. Maybe I got a fluke, but I don't know. Maybe I'll try getting a replacement nib for my Sonnet and see if that does me any good. Nice pics and writing sample!

 

Sadly, this mirrors my experience as well. Sonnets tend to be beautiful pens, such as the subject of this review, and seem well made. But after several attempts I have found only one that flows reasonably well, and that is maybe a 5/10 flow (I prefer a 6.5/10). Their feeds are just not that well designed, I think. Wish it weren't so.

 

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That's really odd because my insignia has a sonnet nib and feed and ir flows great. This one had its problems, but it actually got too wet. Have yall had the feed channel opened up?

 

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Talking with my local pen repairman, this is super common with these pens. The fix is deepening the channel to allow for better flow. We got it up and writing much better today!

 

Nice! I really wish I had a better experience with my Sonnet. I love the way they look and wouldn't hesitate to buy more in different colors and nib sizes, but even after getting mine sent off to repairs from a nibmeister, I'm still not satisfied with the flow of the pen. Maybe I got a fluke, but I don't know. Maybe I'll try getting a replacement nib for my Sonnet and see if that does me any good. Nice pics and writing sample!

 

Sadly, this mirrors my experience as well. Sonnets tend to be beautiful pens, such as the subject of this review, and seem well made. But after several attempts I have found only one that flows reasonably well, and that is maybe a 5/10 flow (I prefer a 6.5/10). Their feeds are just not that well designed, I think. Wish it weren't so.

 

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