Do All Silver/chrome Sections Get Slippery With Usage?

[A Smug Dill]

How do you like the alpha

The Alpha Tuscan Night was the first Aurora fountain pen I bought, and I like it well enough to have since bought half a dozen more Aurora pens (some of which I liked far less). The 14K gold EF nib on it writes barely fine enough (depending on the ink) for my tastes and requirements, and I'd considered purchasing the red Sienese Land version as well, but I'd need to see the swirls on the particular pen body first before I can commit, because I felt the Tuscan Night I got is a little more understated than what I'd expected from Aurora's marketing images. Since then my experience has been that Aurora's 18K gold EF nibs generally write finer than the 14K gold EF nibs, so it's unlikely I'll buy another Alpha, even though I don't have any problems or reservations with its interesting grip section.

[Honeybadgers]

The Alpha Tuscan Night was the first Aurora fountain pen I bought, and I like it well enough to have since bought half a dozen more Aurora pens (some of which I liked far less). The 14K gold EF nib on it writes barely fine enough (depending on the ink) for my tastes and requirements, and I'd considered purchasing the red Sienese Land version as well, but I'd need to see the swirls on the particular pen body first before I can commit, because I felt the Tuscan Night I got is a little more understated than what I'd expected from Aurora's marketing images. Since then my experience has been that Aurora's 18K gold EF nibs generally write finer than the 14K gold EF nibs, so it's unlikely I'll buy another Alpha, even though I don't have any problems or reservations with its interesting grip section.

 

The alpha is available with an OBBB and I came so close to pulling the trigger every time it came up on massdrop.

 

I'm having my optima 14k flex reground to a japanese EF right now. Pretty darn excited for that.

[SwampGas]

Tried my first chrome sectioned pen this week. It is slippery and dreadful. I don't have particularly sweaty hands, but it was so easy to notice and annoying. For anyone who is apprehensive about getting one like that, please do try one out first.

[alexwi]

Tried my first chrome sectioned pen this week. It is slippery and dreadful. I don't have particularly sweaty hands, but it was so easy to notice and annoying. For anyone who is apprehensive about getting one like that, please do try one out first.

 

Take a piece of scotch tape and cut it about 1/4 of its width, so you get a long thin strip of tape.

 

Wrap it around the grip with a few turns going at an angle, so it looks like the threads of a screw.

 

Not terribly pretty but gets the job done.

 

alex

[Microgrs]

On 12/22/2019 at 1:41 PM, alexwi said:

 

Take a piece of scotch tape and cut it about 1/4 of its width, so you get a long thin strip of tape.

 

Wrap it around the grip with a few turns going at an angle, so it looks like the threads of a screw.

 

Not terribly pretty but gets the job done.

 

alex

Thanks for the tip. If ever I find myself with a chrome section I will get out the roll of Scotch or clear celllophane and twist-wrap it.

Nathan Tardif recommends clear cellophane on a Noodler’s flex to close the nib width a slight bit. It works well. When trimmed precisely, one can’t even tell it is there.  Cheers.