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  1. bfg

    Stipula Splash

    I am a little pressed for time so I can't do a full scale review but i wanted to issue a caution to those who might, as i did, fall victim to the promise of a flex nib on an inexpensive Italian pen. The Splash is inexpensive for a good reason. it feels rather cheaply made and the feed simply cannot keep up with actually flexing. It is a small pen; right around 5 inches. It is extremely light and the resin feels thin. I find that it resembles inexpensive fps of the 30s and 40s - functional but not refined. I could live with that it is functioned well. It is a true piston filler and it does hold a lot of ink, I have to give it that. It's main sales point though, is the promise of flex. I found the nib scratchy, but that isn't unusual in modern flex pens. The main problem is that for a true flex nib to work it needs a really juicy feed. Otherwise you get what I found with the Splash, a lot of railroading and going dry. It writes reasonably acceptably without pressure except for the scratchiness, but you really can't do flex writing with it. It is interesting to me that another modern flex pen, the Marlen Aleph, got an online review that found similar problems with the nib. Perhaps the making of a true flex nib and feed is a lost art or too expensive for modern makers. The Splash can be had at around $70 but there are lots of better pens in that price range and below. So, as I one who fell for the promise of flex and now has a bit of buyer's remorse, I feel I should offer this warning: if you want a true flex pen the Stipula Splash is not the one.





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