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The Perfect Feed Placement On An Ahab? Writing Comparison With Lamy Safari With Photos


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Hello, this is my first post.

 

Anywho, I think I might have found the perfect feed placement on an Ahab.

Out of the box, it barely wrote at all. Tons of skipping. But after adjusting the feed and putting it a little lower, it was perfect.

Here's a picture of writing before adjusting the feed and after, excuse my bad handwriting:

 

 

http://i62.tinypic.com/27y8x2a.jpg

 

 

Here's a picture of writing and playing with the flex after adjusting the feed. There's still some railroading when pushing the Ahab to its limits though:

 

 

http://i61.tinypic.com/wmgv12.jpg

 

 

Here's a writing comparison between the adjusted Ahab and a Lamy Safari with a medium nib. Both pens are using Noodler's Bulletproof Black ink. The Ahab's writing is noticeably darker and wetter:

 

 

http://i61.tinypic.com/29c6t15.jpg

 

 

 

Here's a signature comparison between the Safari and the Ahab. I like the Ahab's signature more, but that might be because the flex might have made it look a little better. But it is nicer looking and blacker than the Safari's.

 

http://i57.tinypic.com/nmi3o3.jpg

 

 

 

 

Finally, here is a picture of the feed placement on the Ahab.

 

http://i59.tinypic.com/11wdm4k.jpg

 

 

Thanks for reading.

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