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Ordered one from Appelboom in Boston on Saturday. Looking forward to getting it sometime this week.

Thank you for the glowing review. Your review makes me somewhat impatient to get it already.

 

A grey day is really a silver one that needs Your polish!

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3 hours ago, Fermata said:

Charming review, thank you for posting.


My pleasure.

 

3 hours ago, jchch1950 said:

Thank you for the review. The pen in blue looks so nice and discrete.😉

 

I did originally order the black but Appelboom allowed me to change my order. So glad I did.

 

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

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38 minutes ago, Gloucesterman said:

Ordered one from Appelboom in Boston on Saturday. Looking forward to getting it sometime this week.

Thank you for the glowing review. Your review makes me somewhat impatient to get it already.

 


Ahh, the anticipation . . . hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Did you order a fine nib too?

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5 hours ago, Tas said:


My pleasure.

 

 

I did originally order the black but Appelboom allowed me to change my order. So glad I did.

 


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Ahh, the anticipation . . . hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Did you order a fine nib too?

Yes. I am rarely a medium nib user.

A grey day is really a silver one that needs Your polish!

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Loved the little sketches in the review, Tas!

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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12 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Loved the little sketches in the review, Tas!

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Right? :D  I think @Tas could "ramble" on about a Bic Round Stic and I would read every word and love it. :lol:

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A great, well-considered design, lovely to look at — and the pen looks great too. The pen sounds like an absolute bargain, too.

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Thank you for your kind words everyone.

I'm very aware that I'm posting much less content than I used to.
I'm buying a hell of a lot less ink and even fewer pens nowadays so I'm mostly simply browsing the site and enjoying everyone's posts and thoughts. 😇





 

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1 hour ago, Tas said:

I'm very aware that I'm posting much less content than I used to.
I'm buying a hell of a lot less ink and even fewer pens nowadays so I'm mostly simply browsing the site and enjoying everyone's posts and thoughts. 😇

:) No expectation or judgement, just joy when you do post something fun to read.

 

I've been pondering attempting to copy your style and do a pen review - it would be my first ever.  But I feel like I have to use the pen in question for a bunch longer (it's one of my newest) before I can say credible review-y things. :D   Hope you don't mind.

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I loved the mix of verbal and visual descriptions in your review.  Nice looking pen, there! Thanks.

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Great review, Tas.  I have never owned a Sheaffer and had not heard of this pen before coming across this review.  Now I want one.  After Parker 51 and 61 and a Lamy 2000, I'm ready to admit that I might have a hooded nib problem.

 

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On 11/15/2021 at 10:08 PM, Checklist said:

Great review, Tas.  I have never owned a Sheaffer and had not heard of this pen before coming across this review.  Now I want one.  After Parker 51 and 61 and a Lamy 2000, I'm ready to admit that I might have a hooded nib problem.

 

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Simple solution: Buy another hooded nib pen! :lol:

I'm not familiar with the Sheaffer, but I have liked other Sheaffer pens I've bought (mostly vintage ones).  As for hooded nibs in general?  The only one I ever had a problem with was a 51 Vac where some former owner had somehow gotten the nib at a 90° angle to the opening on the hood; got that fixed over the weekend by Kirk Speer, who was doing nib tuning and regrinds at the show.

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13 hours ago, MuddyWaters said:

Seems like this pen is girthy. Does it get heavy in hand and does the nib have a sweet spot?


Yes and no, mostly no. It looks and feels that way capped but the section is super gorgeous and tapers down nicely so as not the feel "fat".

Not at all. It's balance is such that the lightest touch will keep it moving along.
I've also just compared its sweet spot to my Lamy 2K. Similar . . . only the ICON is somehow balanced so you don't ever seem to wander away from it. I've not had to adjust my grip yet.

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