Twsbi Diamond 540 From Pendleton Brown

[czanguine]

After a long respite from the FPN forums, I've thought, what better way to orchestrate a return than by posting a review of my latest plaything/treasure?

 

I swear I would've posted a more detailed, more technical review, had I only the time. However, it is hell week for me at university, and I hope you'll forgive me right now!

 

This is a pen I won in the Inspiration competition hold on the forums a few months back. It was given by Pendleton Brown and it is the first TWSBI I have ever laid my hands on. I can say he did a great job with the nib, turning a simple bold into a sexy flexy stub I still need time to get to used to it though, as I am more of a fine nib user and have zero experience with stubs!

 

Thank you Pendleton for this beautiful gift. I doubt the pictures were able to do justice to this. Just know that I have received it, it is lovely, and I am most certainly enjoying using it to adorn the covers of projects which would otherwise contain mere tables (however I, being the artistic rebel, refuse to fall into the trap of drab simplicity).

 

The pen arrived in the following package via US Priority Mail (notwithstanding the word "Priority," however, it took ages to arrive in my country):

 

 

Inside the package:

 

 

The pen came in the original packaging from TWSBI: an outer box made out of cardboard padded nicely with foam cut to fit the contents precisely, and an inner box of classy crystal similar to the transparent plastic case in which iPods are encased.

 

There was also a manual for the pen, which was originally contained within the crystal box, yet I removed it to ease removal of the pen from the case onto which it was brilliantly attached. (TWSBI comes up with rather interesting packaging ideas)

 

Pendleton's sweet note:

 

 

The pen in its case (the quality of my photos could have been better, however I had only been using my phone's camera):

 

 

Writing the review:

 

 

Finally, the review:

 

 

I know this photo is long overdue as I had received this pen as early as January this year, however so are many things I'd intended to do. Only recently have I thought about returning to fountain pens as I realized they gave me happiness I could not find anywhere else.

 

(Note: This is a discontinued pen. It has been replaced by the TWSBI 580. It's a decent pen all in all, however, one major problem I found in it is that it doesn't post!)

Edited March 4, 2013 by czanguine