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Despite being rather new it appears I have found my brand of choice. I find that the fit, finish, weight and writing ability of this brand to surpass that of my Visconti's, Montegrappa's, Marlin's and Stipula's. IMO my entry level Montegrappa's are the most visually beautiful pens in my collection but the craftsmanship and writing ability of the Dunhill's far surpasses any of my current pens. I imagine I would have to spend substantially more with those other brands in order to get equal quality. My newest arrival is the Dunhill Sentryman in Carbon Fiber.

 

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Juicyjones Extremely Rare

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mmm delcious carbon fiber shots.

"If we faked going to the Moon, why did we fake it nine times?" -- Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke

 

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For some reasons brands like dunhill, cartier, recife, even s.t. Dupont are a bit less popular on here. I don't know why, they are certainly stunning pens.

Help? Why am I buying so many fountain pens?

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I agree. My main hobby is watches. In that world brands such as Cartier, Baume y Mercier, Bvlgari etc. etc are not taken as serious by collectors despite having the same or similar movements and construction.

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Excellent pen photos!

I have a couple of Dupont and I agree, excellent laque and very practical writing (the best flowing F Nib in my collection).

I agree, we speak not enough about these brands.

 

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I used to own the Sentryman and agree Dunhill make excellent pens.

My main issue with Dunhill and lots of other modern pen makers is the lack of self filling mechanism (preferably piston or vacum).

I am bored very quickly by these CC fillers and they are eventually all being sold due to lack of use and this is the main advantage of pens like the Visconti's or Montblanc over pen makers like Dunhill, Pilot (except the 823), Sheaffer, Parker, Sailor (except the Realo)...etc

 

I personally found the M nib on my Sentryman to be a bit too smooth and lack of personality (feedback) but if I would have bought the pen with an F nib I'm sure I would love it.

Respect to all

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I will echo Glenn's comments. It feels great when you find a pen that is just right for you, and now you know what you like.

 

On a cynical day I sometimes feel all the pen companies got together and decided to include one flaw with each model so that we all had to keep buying many pens in an effort to find the one perfect one. :)

 

Glad you found your brand. I will have to try to find a Dunhill some time to try out.

 

What exactly are the nibs like in general? Goodguy said his was too smooth! Wow.

 

JOHN

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On a cynical day I sometimes feel all the pen companies got together and decided to include one flaw with each model so that we all had to keep buying many pens in an effort to find the one perfect one. :)

 

JOHN

 

I frequently feel EXACTLY the same.

Cogitamus non ideam sed per ideam.

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In a sense its good being new to FP's like myself, I beleive my lack of knowledge inherently makes me less critical and more focused on the overall big picture. Does it look good? does it write well? is it reliable? does it feel good in the hand? Is it well constrructed? Yes! Then i'm happy. As for the nib, they are very smooth in comparison to my other pens that all have a bit of scratchy to them. The Dunhill ink flow is also greater than my Montegrappa and others and is not nearly as tempermental. I can let a Dunhill sit for 10 days and start writing again while my other pens would need coaxing after that length of time without use.

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I too like my Dunhill pens very much; however, the nibs are sourced from different manufacturers. I have three AD2000s and a Sidecar. The AD2000 nibs are from Namiki and the Sidecar has a Bock (very similar size and feed to a MB 144). I don't know who makes the Sentryman nibs, but Dunhill seems to have tight specifications regardless of nib manufacturer. They tend to be moderate to wet writers, making them very smooth indeed.

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I agree with Glenn. Good to find a brand you like. I've been contemplating a Dunhill. Looks like I will have to buy one...soon.

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Thread ressurrection from a newbie; I'm also a big Dunhill fan and have acquired a nice set of AD pens and pencils now numbering 13. I am currently musing over a Sentryman and would appreciate any views from someone who has both?

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Having read this thread for the first time my only real contribution is to correct the suggestion in the original post that Dunhill is a "rather new" pen. There are some stunning examples from the 30's (if you can afford them), there is suggestions that the late 1940's Truepoint pens were made for Dunhill (and whether or not this is true they are great pens) and the 1970's saw some very nice (and now affordable) sterling silver models

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Well I ended up buying a Sentryman to complement my AD2000 collection; Explorer II in silver carbon fibre.

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Well I ended up buying a Sentryman to complement my AD2000 collection; Explorer II in silver carbon fibre.

I like the Dunhill pen although I don't actually own one yet. Any chance of a picture of your collection? :)

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Sorry for the delay; here's most of them.


http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/uploads/monthly_2016_08/08082016500.thumb.jpg.cc9aea42ffa125d4ec27a527f1957348.jpg


From left;


AD1800 Ball pen in blue and grid-pattern silver


AD2000 Ball pen in sparkle blue

AD2000 Pencil in sparkle blue

AD2000 Fountain pen in sparkle blue


AD2000 keyrings in sparkle blue and sparkle red


AD2000 Fountain pen in sparkle red

AD2000 Fountain pen in Carbon Fibre

AD2000 Ball pen in Carbon Fibre

AD1000 Pencil in sparkle pink (my daughters)

AD1000 Fountain pen in sparkle pink (my daughters)


AD2000 Keyring in sparkle black


AD1000 Pencil in sparkle black

AD1800 Ball pen in sparkle black

Sentryman Explorer II in silver Carbon Fibre


My wife also has a sparkle red AD2000 set of ball pen, pencil and fountain pen, as well as an AD1800 Carbon Fibre ball pen.


I'm after an AD2000 Carbon Fibre keyring if anyone has one and an AD2000 Fountain pen in sparkle black too - then I'll have finished.



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Sorry for the delay; here's most of them.

 

http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/uploads/monthly_2016_08/08082016500.thumb.jpg.cc9aea42ffa125d4ec27a527f1957348.jpg

 

From left;

 

AD1800 Ball pen in blue and grid-pattern silver

 

AD2000 Ball pen in sparkle blue

AD2000 Pencil in sparkle blue

AD2000 Fountain pen in sparkle blue

 

AD2000 keyrings in sparkle blue and sparkle red

 

AD2000 Fountain pen in sparkle red

AD2000 Fountain pen in Carbon Fibre

AD2000 Ball pen in Carbon Fibre

AD1000 Pencil in sparkle pink (my daughters)

AD1000 Fountain pen in sparkle pink (my daughters)

 

AD2000 Keyring in sparkle black

 

AD1000 Pencil in sparkle black

AD1800 Ball pen in sparkle black

Sentryman Explorer II in silver Carbon Fibre

 

My wife also has a sparkle red AD2000 set of ball pen, pencil and fountain pen, as well as an AD1800 Carbon Fibre ball pen.

 

I'm after an AD2000 Carbon Fibre keyring if anyone has one and an AD2000 Fountain pen in sparkle black too - then I'll have finished.

 

Nice collection sharkfan:thumbup:

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