My New Favorite: Smoke Rose Gold 580

[Doc Dan]

 

This is a gorgeous pen. This Diamond 580 RGII has a 1.1 stub nib. It has made me forget about some more costly pens that I thought I wanted. I got this pen from The Pen Gallery, yesterday. I can't put it down. 

 

(It is hard to photograph so I borrowed a picture form Pen Gallery)

[Misfit]

That’s quite an attractive TWSBI. What ink did you choose for yours?

[Doc Dan]

It is my daily writer so I have Pilot Black in it right now. I will find some other blacks, but this is a good, basic dark black and goes well with the looks of the pen. 

[taimdala]

On 12/28/2023 at 8:58 AM, Doc Dan said:

It is my daily writer so I have Pilot Black in it right now. I will find some other blacks, but this is a good, basic dark black and goes well with the looks of the pen. 

 

I fell in love with this pen before they made this pen!

To explain:
I caught sight of the 2014's release of their D580 Black (opaque) and Rose Gold (v 1.0) online and mourned that I'd missed its release and run. 

I was still scouring the secondhand online venues for one that I could afford when TWBI announced the coming release of the Smoke/Rose Gold II. Apparently the Rose Gold v 1.0 had plating issues that had taken them a few years to iron out. 

That announcement was in roughly August that year and a Christmas/New Year's release was promised. Instead of the 580, they released the Eco in Smoke/RG first around March the following year, then a couple more models before they finally released the 580 in that color. It didn't matter. I bought the Eco and the 580 as they were released and I haven't regretted it one bit. 

My 580 is contiuously inked with either Diamine Onyx Black or Iroshizuku Take Sumi, depending on whichever is closest to hand when I need a refill. 

[Doc Dan]

10 hours ago, taimdala said:

 

I fell in love with this pen before they made this pen!

To explain:
I caught sight of the 2014's release of their D580 Black (opaque) and Rose Gold (v 1.0) online and mourned that I'd missed its release and run. 

I was still scouring the secondhand online venues for one that I could afford when TWBI announced the coming release of the Smoke/Rose Gold II. Apparently the Rose Gold v 1.0 had plating issues that had taken them a few years to iron out. 

That announcement was in roughly August that year and a Christmas/New Year's release was promised. Instead of the 580, they released the Eco in Smoke/RG first around March the following year, then a couple more models before they finally released the 580 in that color. It didn't matter. I bought the Eco and the 580 as they were released and I haven't regretted it one bit. 

My 580 is contiuously inked with either Diamine Onyx Black or Iroshizuku Take Sumi, depending on whichever is closest to hand when I need a refill. 

I have several Eco's, but not that one. I do have the rose gold Diamond 580, thought, as well as the smoke version. I love TWSBI. They write smmoootthhly and I can leave them inked for a long time and they write first time when uncapped.