Sheaffer Javelin and Prelude

[DeaconKC]

I realized today that the same Javelin I wrote about 3 1/2 years ago, has stood up to the beating that I dish out on pens in my job. Safaris have died, cheapos break, and I won't carry expensive pens on the job. the ones that are my go to pens are my Javelin and my Cross ATXs. Buy the Javelin and use the daylights out of it without fear.

Edited May 29, 2012 by DeaconKC

[plumeau]

I have 2 Javelin F and 2 Prelude M, the Javelin are scratchies and cut the paper with Shaeffer blue-black ink.

The Prelude are better, but more expensive and not so good as Lamy Safari.

 

I have bought an Agio which writes really better (smoothy) and is less expensive and heavy than Prelude, for me it's the better (except old nononsense) sheap fountainpen fom Sheaffer.

 

Javelin's manufacture is stopped and no more in the catalog (Agio nib is as good as no nonsense or as Targa or Imperial to write)(http://www.sheaffer.com/writing/index.php?catID=2).

 

I think you always have to test the fountainpen with bottle ink in stationary shop before to buy it (every nib is different from the same brand).