Ebonite vs. Acrylic Resin in Santini pens

[Chimera01]

On 4/20/2021 at 1:30 AM, Mysterious Mose said:

                The ebonite Santini Libra Cumberland Gold fountain pen arrived in record time.  It was shipped to me on Friday, April 16 and delivered on Monday, April 19, three days later.  That was one business day.  I ordered the pen on April 5, so it took 9 business days to completely manufacture the pen.

                There was a hitch in ordering the pen.  I wanted to charge it on my credit card.  Instead, it was initially paid for partially with my PayPal balance and the rest with the credit card.  Katrina said that could only be rectified by cancelling the order and submitting a new order.  I cancelled the order on April 5 but could not make payment for several days because it took that long for the refund to be processed.  Katrina told me that Santini would start making the pen on April 5 even though they did not yet have my payment.  That was very generous of them.

                The packaging was very pleasant.  It was like a Russian doll.  Each box had within it another box wrapped in black tissue paper.  The outermost box was tied in a ribbon.

                Note that Santini manually tested the pen by writing with it.  They provided the results of that writing.

                I haven’t had the pen long enough to write a complete review, but can give my initial impressions.

                The pen is gorgeous and doesn’t look anything like my other 10 fountain pens.  It is oversized, which I like.  It is actually wider and longer than my Pelikan M805 pen.

                It has a flex nib, and feels soft.  I expect that this nib will take getting used to.  Writing with no pressure feels good and produces a fine line.  Writing with more pressure produces a thicker line.  It does railroad while drawing a fifth line of about 5 ½” each.

                I look forward to using this pen more.

                 

Thanks for the review, that's very helpful. I've been looking at ebonite as well as flex nibs. Might have to go for Santini now, what an attractive combination. Let us know how you get on.