Fountain Pen for Carbon Copies

[Bill J.]

I would suggest you look at some snorkels with the "porpoise" or triumph nib or a Sheaffer Imperial with the inlaid nib.

Both very solid nibs. Though very stiff, the Imperial is one of my favorite daily writers and I picked it up used, obviously, for $15 a few years ago from one of the pen forums. You should be able to find user grade snorkels for $25-40.

 

Bill

[OiRogers]

Just to toss in my 2 cents:

 

One of my 1st posts here asked this same question and I've sourced and used pretty much every pen mentioned in this thread thus far.

 

My thoughts on a few:

 

Hero 360: Pass. Hunk of junk. It does write, i'd rather use a bp.

Estie w/ manifold nib: works wonderfully, just purchased one recently.

Parker Duofold Sr / Jr: not quite stiff enough, but serviceable.

Parker '51: my current daily user "manifolding" pen... a demi-vac but all my '51s work.

Various Hero '51 clones (329, 100 etc...): work but not as smooth as the Parkers

Wahl-Eversharp w/ Manifold nib: works great, one of my favorites, but I'd rather risk a '51 at my job so they stay home.

Sheaffers: never really clicked for me... they work fine, just not to my taste. Perhaps just a touch tooo much flex.

Sailor Trident: Don't own one (yet), but it works as advertised when I used one.

Omas 361: worked as advertised, actively seeking one for my own collection now

Various low-end Lamy: weren't quite stiff enough for my paperwork, but good pens

 

 

I've tried several others, but the above are the ones that jump to mind quickly. I don't yet own an Omas 361 or Sailor Trident, I will someday though.

 

My picks of the above, doing triplicate carbonless paperwork daily at work would be as follows:

1. Parker '51. Good enough for all writing, works fine for manifold work

2. Hero '51 clones: same as above, just not as smooth overall

3. A tie between Estie w/ 9460 and Wahl w/ marked Manifold.... wonderful writers that simply work. But perhaps too nice to be used in a potentially "sacrificial work pen" setting.

 

My 2 (maybe 3) cents. Try em all, luckly most of the suggested pens are fairly modest in price.

[adam11]

I have Pelikan 100N with CN (Chrome Nickel) DF (druchschrebein Fein) nib. This is, let say, vintage manifold nib. It was tuned by Richard Binder and I love it...