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Can anyone tell me anything about Arbutus fp's, they seem to be a company in New York. Pens have apparently quality German nibs.

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I am using one...an Arbutus Harlequin.

Its a c/c. Medium nib...writes a nice wet line, starts without any problem every time, nice heft, feels just right in my hand.

Its my daily writer for the past one week.

Very happy with it.

Good value for money. :thumbup:

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I on the other hand had a Carbon Fiber that was exactly the opposite. Heavy, clumsy, wrote poorly, scratchy, and very dry.

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That's looks like a Pelikan!

 

Arbutus also makes watches....they are quite common here in Malaysia. However, I seriously doubt they're from New York.

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PavalonTech Near Mint

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I thought most of the parts were from Shanghai??

 

I recently purchased Arbutus' Apollo FP, the only thing I dislike about it is I cannot carry a spare cartridge with the pen... nor use a long one either because of the short length of the pen.

 

I like the magnetic cap.

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I bought one of its woven-body FPs, because it looks much like the Porsche design and was WAY cheaper, and it writes extremely well. If it is a Chinese pen, it's top of the line.

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I guess it shows the inconsistency of this brand that my experience with Arbutus is not good. After seeing the "Galatea" model advertized on fleaBay for quite a while, I went ahead and got one out of curiosity. It arrived about a week ago. The pen is physically attractive, and it is a large chunky pen about Pelikan M-800 size or larger. However, it has taken me a week to get the pen to flow any ink at all, and I cannot write with it with any consistency. The ink just stops flowing after two or three words. I will have to have the ink flow adjusted.

 

I do not consider the pen brand to be a good value. The pen box and information I got has no indication where the pen was made. I am not going to make assumptions about it origins. I have had my curiosity satisfied and I will not buy another one.

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PavalonTech Near Mint

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Anybody know of a converter that works with the Arbutus pens? I tried popping in the standard parker converter but it didn't fit (loose, just falls straight out). Anybody know of a converter with a smaller opening maybe?

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Anybody know of a converter that works with the Arbutus pens? I tried popping in the standard parker converter but it didn't fit (loose, just falls straight out). Anybody know of a converter with a smaller opening maybe?

Have you considered Waterman converter? It has the same opening as the standard international cartridges, so it would be a first choice.

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Well. I'll consider it now :D

 

Off to the shop tomorrow for one, hope it's not going to cost me an arm and a leg...

 

I'll probably test it before I buy it actually :| Makes sense haha

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Just thought I'd let you know ;)

 

Waterman did indeed work JUUUST fine! Thanks for the recommendation. However, I did have to snip off a bit of the knob on the top to allow it to fit the pen because there's a length issue.

 

I think it seemed to make my pen rather smooth now... Good stuff.

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I bought an Arbutus Harlequin FP. It was fairly cheap so I couldn't really complain. Came with a nice leather pouch too.

The nib is definitely a fine or an extra fine. It was fairly scratchy too but I think that's the case with all fines. It was much finer than the Monteverde Invincia Fine FP that I'm using. The Monteverde I use is very smooth despite its fineness.

It took the same converter as my Monteverde did tho...

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Just thought I'd let you know <img src="https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

 

I think it seemed to make my pen rather smooth now... Good stuff.

Good afternoon all,

 

After reading this post because my Arbutus Steel Weave Fountain pen was not flowing ink well and I assumed I would have to buy a new nib/pen - this is the second one of these pens that I have had, the first had a defective/weak screw fitting for the lid and after 5 weeks, simply snapped - I was not heavy handed, the plastic was very brittle!!

But at this price and the way that they looked I thought nevermind, buy another one - so I did, this time the ink stopped and the nib fealt scratchy and nasty - but changing to the Waterman adapter has converted the Arbutus to a much nicer writing instrument! Love the look of these too :-)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ZvcYLoF4L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

 

 

So basically, thank you for this info. a very useful forum! :-)

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