Caran d'Ache Ecridor Retro or Dunas model pen?

[RashidD]

I am pretty new to fountain pens and would like to know which one of these to go for.

 

Has anyone used them?

Is the price difference justified in terms of usability, or is it just for the look?

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

[Robert Hughes]

Greetings, RashidD! Since you have some idea of your preferences, your best bet would be to go to a "brick and mortar" (B&M) store and try them out, to see which one fits your writing style.

 

Until you hold a pen in your hand, it's all theoretical.

 

[RashidD]

Greetings, RashidD! Since you have some idea of your preferences, your best bet would be to go to a "brick and mortar" (B&M) store and try them out, to see which one fits your writing style.

 

Until you hold a pen in your hand, it's all theoretical.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome Robert! Hope i can contribute in a more beneficial way as time passes on...

 

I can only hold the dunas one, as our agents here don't have the retro in stock unfortunately. I can try to ask my friend to bring one down from abroad though...

 

Can you recommend anything else on the writing performance of both of these?

 

[RashidD]

Also, although i am interested in a fountain pen, our agents do have an Ecridor Eclat in stock which looks beautiful. What can you recommend regarding these... Are they a collector's edition or limited amount of pieces?

[aderoy]

The nibs are the same between the two. The Dunas is a 'plastic' body pen whereas the Ecridor is a 'metal' brass body. The Ecridor being metal is is heavier while being smaller in diameter - approx the same as a #2 pencil.

 

I have a couple of both (different colours or patterns) and find them to be reliable writers.

 

Not sure who does the nibs (or if inhouse for that matter), but never had a bad one yet. Seems the nibs are the same for most of the Caran d'Ache line Dunas, Ecridor, Varius. Excellent workmanship.

[QM2]

The Caran d'Ache Ecridor was one of my first "nice" pens. I received it as a gift 2 years ago and wrote a review of it before really knowing much about fountain pens:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=30054

 

Two years later, I still love this pen and use it all the time. Scroll to the end of the review thread to see some newer, updated comments.

 

My only caution about this pen, is that it is very thin and at the same time somewhat heavy -- which is a problem for some people.

 

Good luck!

QM2

[adam11]

Hello RashidD,

 

Once I had Dumas, but really can't say anything good about the pen. The nib was skipping and the pen in the whole wasn't to ergonomic.

It's a low end pen, and, it seems to me, not a very good one.

 

regards,

adam

 

 

[Chippy1199]

I have an ecridor type 55 which is very nice to write with. I have had it for about 6mths, and it is very smooth. I find it to be quite light, and maybe even a little too small now, but i have big hands, and only recently discovered large sized pens. Below is a comparison image of my type 55, with a YOL victorian viceroy grande, and a pelikan m215

 

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq98/chippy119900/3pens4.jpg