Namiki Falcon

[declanh]

Had the Namiki Falcon for a number of months now - bought from a fellow fpner.

Its not like my other pens, the nib is so much more flexible that the writing experince is very different.

I feel the urge to write with it from time to time, but its not smooth enough for me to use for a long block of time.

 

I love the line variation possibilites even tho I don't really have a clue what I'm doing.

 

Overall I think i rate this pen although its a lot lighter in the hand than i was expecting.

I used this for writing Christmas cards and it did make the process of writing the cards less

of a chore than usual - although finding cards that the ink does not feather can be a bit of a challenge.

 

Build Quality : Good if a little light

Ink Capacity : With converter ok - but not up to a piston filler capacity

 

For whatever reason the scan here makes the feathering look more pronounced than it actually is - dont know why.

 

For some stock images of the pen see here

http://www.nibs.com/NamikiFalconPage.htm

 

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv131/declankh/falcon_review.jpg

 

 

[blackranger63]

Another pen that I will probably add eventually. Still want to practice more with some of my vintage semi flexible nibs.

 

Nice review.

 

Regards,

 

Tony