Moonman M2 Review

[thewolfgang]

Is the Loom F nib similarly awesome?

[Engelbrecht]

Were you able to fit the Faber castell feed also?

I didn’t try to swap the feeds, so I can’t say for sure, but I’d be surprised if it fitted. Anyway, it’s writing perfectly with the Moonman feed, I’m happy to say.

[Engelbrecht]

Hey what a coincidence, I tried the same swap! The body of the Loom is a bit heavy and the metal section is a bit slippery when my fingers are sweaty. Mostly, I confess that I didn't want to spend shy of 10 for the converter. But yeah, I agree with you assessment. The B nib with its feed is awesome, while in the Jinhao... it's still great but not as exciting.

My experience is the same. I dont like the grip of the Loom at all - too big and too slippery for me. Ive swapped the nib into a number of pens, including a Lingmo Lorelei but it wasnt the same. There was a lot of drying up. But in the Moonman it writes beautifully, I guess because the eye-dropper delivers more ink through the feed. So Im very happy with the combination.

Edited May 11, 2018 by Engelbrecht

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Is the Loom F nib similarly awesome?

I don't have experience with the F-C F nib. I have the M and B Faber-Castell steel nibs. I had enough F nibs so I bought these. Reviews in general give the F nib positive marks because it's fine in line, it has consistent ink flow, and although it's less smooth than M+ widths, it's still pleasant to use.

[MuddyWaters]

Yeah, I have the fine loom nib. It is extremely reliable, never dried up even after weeks unused. It writes under no pressure. But it does have feedback with friction as you write. Still a good nib though, I kind of like that. If the moonman nib isn't good, I will try the FC nib and hope it is wet enough.

[thewolfgang]

Thanks for all the feedback - just waiting for my Moonman to arrive and sorry that F-C doesn't sell its nibs separately

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Thanks for all the feedback - just waiting for my Moonman to arrive and sorry that F-C doesn't sell its nibs separately

I actually found a while ago F-C nib units on my Amazon store, the Italian one. But they cost 30€ or so, which is 10€ more expensive than the Looms, always on Amazon. So I try to keep track of used prices and cannibalize Basics and Looms for their nibs.

[Stompie]

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Thank you for the update Stompie!

[sanphoemo]

Our Moonmans, we ordered two, arrived today. I flushed them a bit with dishwasher soap, because the ink tended to stick at the walls of the back/ink reservoir and I also wrote some 8s on a nail polishing file.

Both write smoothly, no skips and I love the look! We have the 0,5 nib which still is quite fine.

[MuddyWaters]

I got the 0.38mm, big mistake, pretty scratchy nib on even very smooth paper. I will definitely have to change it. Otherwise the pen is nice.

[thewolfgang]

I got the larger nib a few days ago filled it with Noodler's Purple and it works a treat after a rough start that smoothed out and some nice feedback after a page or two and superb on Daiso's A-4 graph paper - small squares I love it would prefer the A5 graph paper hard-cover spiralbound Notebook they had but not now - now I want to get another M2 for a dark relaxing green that I can use to write my reviews and yet be visible in the barrel - and maybe for a sapphire...always with the proviso that the M2 is not the most titanically robust of pens

[thewolfgang]

Update: Refilled with Waterman Audacious Red nib became impossibly scratchy - refilled with Sailr Jentile Black - smooth (almost) as silk -

[Stompie]

I am still very happy with my Moonman.

[MuddyWaters]

I put in a kaweco M nib that I had split the times on, the fit is not perfect since the nib doesn't go in as deeply as it should, but it's secure enough and I quite like the pen now

[Arstook]

Here is a link to the review and my channel

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulQj1nKdNcg&t=296s

Love your fountain pen videos on youtube. I am a subscriber!

[cattar]

Moonman M2in EF .38 arrived today!

The M2 nib has a distinct sweet spot, but doesn't have the feedback of the Sailor Procolor nib. The nib looks like it's shaped and ground steel. If the M2 nib is tipped, the tipping is whisper thin.

I like it.

 

Filled the pen with Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite. This a drier nib/feed, the ink is a blue black. In a wetter pen, the ink is a deep blue. (Hard not to fill the pen with J Herbin Pervenche. Tho even the PE Tanzanite is pretty in the barrel, a deep blue violet slosh.)

Will have to take care setting down the stop-free cap and pen.

Had considered a clear eyedropper pen for some time. May get a second M2 for the F .5 nib or to swap in a meistered stub.