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Just ordered your Pen of the Day, the Serwex 162 Flex Nib pen (in red), for 7 bucks. $2 flat-rate shipping? You guys are amazing! :clap1:

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Ordered the Chelpark Brigadier Flex yesterday.

This will be my first flex nib so I am looking

forward to it.

 

Thanks to Fpr for making flex nibs available at

such reasonable prices!

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Eagerly awaiting my Serwex 162 flex nib - if this works out to my taste I might have to get one fitted to something a little nicer. Perhaps I'll see about getting a nib shipped to M. S. Pandurangan over there - I'm very pleased with the ebonite FP/MP set he made for me this spring, and one with a nice flex nib would be a treasure.

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I am also waiting for the Serwex MB with flex nib too. It makes me wonder if the original feeds are up to the greater demands; I understand that Indian feeds tend not to perform as well, and there are plenty of reports on the improvements brought about by installing feeds from the Sheaffer No-Nonsense.

No, I am not going to list my pens here.

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My flex-nib Serwex 162 got here today - I'm impressed! I don't have too much experience with flex, but it compares well to the 'soft standard' nib on my Pelikan 140 - good line variation and not too much pressure needed to flex. It's no wet noodle, but at the same time doesn't carve up the paper like a ballpoint with the pressure needed to flex it. The feed seems to handle general writing and careful flexed writing well, though I did manage to get some intermittent railroading by deliberately pushing it. It may be an artefact of the paper used, though, or residual oils from my hand - it only happened at the bottom of the page, and doing the same thing twice didn't produce railroading both times. All in all I'm very satisfied, especially for the price.

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Grrrrr...

 

I love mine and the flex is awesome BUT !!!

 

I jammed it into the cap without pay attention. Well this is what I get for it...

 

I just ordered 2 more nibs though :roflmho:

 

 

I hate that this is so easy to do on this pen. Sorry about that! I just sent a replacement nib to Earthdawn. Others who have had the same trouble let me know and I'll do the same.

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Grrrrr...

 

I love mine and the flex is awesome BUT !!!

 

I jammed it into the cap without pay attention. Well this is what I get for it...

 

I just ordered 2 more nibs though :roflmho:

 

 

I hate that this is so easy to do on this pen. Sorry about that! I just sent a replacement nib to Earthdawn. Others who have had the same trouble let me know and I'll do the same.

 

Thank you kevin ... very very nice and was not at all necessary but very much appreciated. :notworthy1:

 

It was my fault for not paying attention ... Its like every pen out there... you have to show a little care and attention when using. If you overturn the piston on another pen you can break it. Nibs are delicate and you have to show them a little bit of respect.

~FPD Blog~


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A replacement is on the way!

 

 

Thanks Kevin, I will be making another order again soon enough, you sure deserve all our support in return :thumbup:

 

P.S. I mentioned you at another forum some weeks ago and a member bought a yellow Guider from you, so that's a referral on my part :ltcapd:

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Mine arrived the same way ... Didn't know I could order the nibs ... Thanks

 

 

Grrrrr...

 

I love mine and the flex is awesome BUT !!!

 

I jammed it into the cap without pay attention. Well this is what I get for it...

 

I just ordered 2 more nibs though :roflmho:

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