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N1003U: I love the draw filler. Very easy to use. I have a Pilot Custom 823 vacuum filler and numerous Sheaffer Touchdown fillers. The Edison is the easiest to use and clean

Favorite pen/ink pairings: Edison Brockton w/EF 14K gold nib and Noodler's 54th Massachusetts; Visconti Pinanfarina w/EF chromium conical nib and Noodler's El Lawrence; Sheaffer Legacy w/18k extra fine inlaid nib and Noodler's Black; Sheaffer PFM III fine w/14k inlaid nib and Noodler's Black; Lamy 2000 EF with Noodler's 54th Massachusetts; Franklin Christoph 65 Stablis w/steel Masuyama fine cursive italic and DeAtramentis Document Blue; Pilot Decimo w/18k fine nib and Pilot Blue Black; Franklin Christoph 45 w/steel Masuyama fine cursive italic and Noodler's Zhivago; Edison Brockton EF and Noodler's El Lawrence; TWSBI ECO EF with Noodler's Bad Green Gator.

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Today I’m writing with my Lamy 2000 with a medium nib inked with Callifolio Olivastre and my Pilot Falcon resin / Elabo with a soft medium nib inked with KWZ Ink Azure #4.

 

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On 3/7/2021 at 6:55 AM, N1003U said:

 

 

 

It really warms my heart to see two posts in a row of Edison pens posted in this tread. Edisons are right up there with Pelikans as my favorite pens. They are impeccably manufactured, but in some ways the opposite of Pelikan (perhaps one of the reasons I like them--for their contrast). Edisons come in a huge variety of sizes, shapes, and colors/patterns, yet many Edison models also take design cues from classic pens.

 

cjr:

How do you like the draw-filler system? I talked with Brian Gray about the Draw Filler for a long time at a show in 2019 (he even demonstrated it to me, in detail), but I never bought one. I'd love to hear impressions of it. BTW, I love my Brockton: it balances well, is small in the pocket, yet large in the hand.

 

Doug C:

What do you like most about the Pearl model (clearly you like the model, based on the above picture)?

The Pearl strikes me as another Edison model that is on the short side, yet feels much bigger in the hand. 

The Pearl is basically a slimmed down version of the Nakaya Piccolo. This is (to the best of my knowledge) the first series of Urushi pens that Brian did. I think you can still get on his site and see the progress of the pens from start to finish. ( I believe there were 20 in the series). It was not so much the body but the finish I was after.  It just knocked me out. I love the pen, and it is one that has grown on me through the years.

 One thing I was impressed with is that all 3 pens are very fine stubs, and 2 of the 3 are absolutely perfect for me (the Huron is a little wetter). They are actually stubs in that I can write with them w/o babying them, but the horizontal strokes are razor thin, and the vertical are thicker but very controlled.  Some stubs I have are basically just big, wet blobs.

 The Huron is a bulb filler, and was made from the last piece of Lavender ebonite he had. At the time it was made, Edison was still new to the world, and one of his ways to make himself known was to send you a link and time when your pen was going to be made. You could then watch as the pen was created, start to finish.

It was a wonderful thing to watch. 

These 3 pens arent going anywhere. (until the will is read..)

 

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Had a little pen filling extravaganza today, so here's the line up:

 

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Kaweco AL-Sport with Diamond Claret

Parker Duofold Vacumatic with Akkerman Shocking Blue 

Lamy 2000 with Lamy Obsidian

Kanwrite Desire with Robert Oster Deep Sea

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New to me (an hour ago) Monteverde Ritma fountain with fine nib. Using the Pilot Varsity as a baseline, I would say it writes slightly smoother. Not too shabby for $40.00

 

Very heavy, but that is part of the charm. I think it would be a good gift for someone that isn't "in" to pens.

 

Furnished with a converter, but I just plugged in one of the provided cartridges to mess around at first. 

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TWSBI Eco - Yellow Green.  M. nib.  Ink:  Diamine Apple Glory - for some late nite journaling.

 

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The newest member of the family: a Franklin-Christoph Model 31 Omnis in antique glass, with a #6 medium cursive italic nib ground by Yukio Nagahara. Inked with Iroshizuku ku-jaku. Really enjoying it. 

 

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A TWSBI Eco Smoke - the one with rose gold nib and trim. It's loaded with Van Dieman's Cradle Mountain Grey which just arrived. A dark warm grey. For me it's a very pretty combination.

Will work for pens... :unsure:

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Wing Sung 601 Flighter, Lamy Al Star Pacific, 

"Respect science, respect nature, respect all people (s),"

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Lamy Safari - M. nib.  Ink:  Chesterfield Antique Mariner

Hero 359 - M. nib       Ink:  Chesterfield Fire Opal

 

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Tibaldi N60 Smarkand Blue &

Tibaldi Bononia Bora Bora

 

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Very pretty, especially the N60 :)

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