Do You Post Your Fp Cap?

[TorPelikan]

Yes.

 

Pelikan 400s are too light and small without cap posted.

[Intellidepth]

Not yet.

[Mate_VP]

I tried it but it always feels to back heavy.

I even used my Kaweco Sport without posting.

[Bo Bo Olson]

The 400's like the Estie DJ are standard sized pens....with much better balance posted.

 

I buy mostly old used pens....semi-vintage&vintage. After finger polishing with semi-chrome and buffing with a flannel rag, I wax them.

 

Less than 1/3 of my vintage pens had mars. After a gentle polish, none. Since then none in I wax them.

 

Because Large pens are so short, un-posted, I am forced into that cramped at the section death grip classic tripod grip.

Posted, they rest in the pit of my thumb, taking away the heaviness and back end weighting problem.

[Inkydinkydog]

Nearly always.

[bbycrts]

I really thought I would always post - in reality I never do. I hold the cap in my left hand as I write - makes it faster and easier to cap and uncap during class when I'm not writing constantly but taking notes. I'm also more comfortable with lighter pens, which is another thing that has surprised me, as I really thought I'd be more into heftier ones. Adding the weight of the cap as I write is just kind of annoying to me...

[wspohn]

Always, with the exceptions only of a very few large pens that are tail heavy if you do, and a sterling Waterman Exception that for some reason refuses to maintain a firm grip on its cap if you post. Must be something to do with the square shape?

 

So I guess you could say that the only exception is my Exception......

[The Good Captain]

Sorry; no I don't. No matter which pen.

[kulnet]

Visconti Homo Sapiens - no

Lamy al-star - mixed

Pilot Custom 912 - yes

Pilot Vanishing Point - N/A

Twsbi mini - yes

[fountainpenlady]

Always, even my TWSBI 580 USA. I turn my pen cap when removing it in the opposite way so I don't have to worry about ink being emitted by accident. I am hard-pressed to be comfortable not posting my cap.

[Djehuty]

Yes, if at all possible. I have large hands, and most pens are too small otherwise.

[Iscribe]

No,as I do not like to scratch the barrel of the pen. Only exception is if the end of the barrel is threaded to hold the cap.

[perrywang123]

i tend not to post my pens because i just prefer the balance without the cap

[50000cal]

Not for me. I like the bigger sized pens. The Safari looked a bit too square when it was posted, and the Pilot Metropolitan was a bit shorter posted but heavier. I currently write with a Nemosine Fission and, apart from the fact that if I screw post the cap then it would scratch the bridge between my thumb and index finger, it would also be a monster of a burden to write with it. I know some people complain about parking their cap, but at this point I can park the cap anywhere and not worry about it. To me, you only post a rollerball. But why would I ever use a rollerball if I have access to my pen?

[canibanoglu]

I normally don't but there are a couple of pens that I post. Most notable among them is my Pelikan M101N because it is a small pen and I believe it was really meant to be posted. The balance of it is absolutely perfect when it is posted. Another one that I post is my Lamy 2000. I also use that unposted from time to time.

[luvpens]

Always...

 

Except on the odd occasion where I'm making just a quick note and there is no point.

[NewPenMan]

Very rarely. Doesn't feel good. .too big wrong balance. I like to hold the pen cap in my other hand.

 

When I do post it's only bcs I cant either hold the cap or set it down.

[Parc Monceau]

Yes.

 

More comfortable, better balance.

[SleepingCat]

Always

[inkstainedruth]

Nearly always. There's a couple that don't post well (or at all) and I find that really annoying.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth