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Here are some pictures: THE RESIDUE FRONT NIB BACK OF THE NIB WHOLE BODY BODY UNCAPPED SOME VISIBLE INJECTION LINES

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In my case, I request that all purchases, not just pen transactions, be packaged with crushed newspaper or other used paper, regardless of the seller's stated intention to reduce its environmental impact. Most sellers comply with my request. P.S. Not strictly true, I don't do that when I'm not shopping for myself, such as gifts... 😅 It would be nice if it becomes more common to use recycled materials for gift wrapping and packaging.

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Congratulation, a good looking one! @Paul-in-SF

Pelikan M250 and Lamy Safari in red. I had a little ink incident this morning. 🤣

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I must confess to a different experience entirely. I have two Extra 1930s: a silver/white one with a M two-tone nib, and a Bamboo black with a silver tone F nib. The M nib performs very well indeed with different inks, including Montegrappa ink- enviable. The F nib does run out very early with GvFC olive green ink (a dry ink), but does quite well with a Sailor Jentle inks and Nagasawa Kobe inks (made by Sailor I believe). The Bamboo black has a noisy piston- it can be heard and the movement sensed when filling or flushing; not so the silver black one. In fact my experience with Extra 1930s, the only Montegrappa's I own, has been a positive and happy one. I plan to buy one more Extra 1930 I am somewhat less than happy other Italian pens that I have: an oversize Visconti Divinia (nib running dry- the dealer fixed it and it performs well now, a Delta (nib would run dry- not fixed even after repair), and a Stipula (leaking oodles of ink during week one- did not bother with getting it fixed). I would not be venturing again with these 3 brands

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Oh, I forgot about Great Wall of China. I have it and love it! I also have Green Umber but it hasn't spoken to me yet ...

Hi. I have bought Pilot Custom 823 (F, Smoke) last month, and started to think about its authenticity after reading a post somewhere in Reddit. First is the packaging, it comes within a gray plastic box. What's weird is that the manual included is for Cartridge/Converter pen and there is a cartridge included. Is this normal for a Pilot pen? From a pen this caliber, I expect a better packaging. Although I noticed that retailers can change the box of the pen, for example, my Lamy Al Star came with a "better" darker thick box rather than the "usual" card board one, does the same thing happens with Pilot? Another thing is the nib color. I loaded the pen with Noodler's Brevity Blue and noticed that the nib was not as "gold" as others in the pic, seems more like Rhodium plated. Also, from what I recall, the pen also has quite a lot of silicon grease inside the barrel and the piston is quite stiff at first? Are these normal? TL;DR: Comes within a gray plastic box. The manual included is for Cartridge/Converter pen and there is a cartridge included. Is this normal for a Pilot pen? Nib color: not as "gold" as others in the pic, seems more like Rhodium plated. The pen has some residue/silicon grease inside the barrel and the piston is quite stiff at first. This is my first gold-nibbed fountain pen, so I have no idea. But for the smoothiness of the pen. Good lord, it feels like a butter in a hot pan.

Pelikan, Waterman, Sheaffer. Rumpole

Very cool!

That’s a really nice looking pen. Good call!

I've got Salamander, Green Umber, Great Wall of China (all Diamine), Robert Oster Devon Green, R&K Alt Goldgrun and Platinum Forest Black in rotation. Devon Green and Great Wall have wonderful shading. All of them look great on the page and don't shout when reading. I really like that. That said, I really enjoy using Diamine Meadow for it's brightness. There's a green for every occasion for sure.

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@AmandaW Nice! I have black with EF nib, which writes VERY fine, really too fine for my normal handwriting but great for particular tiny-writing uses. Fabulous pen! I would like a F nib, but sadly nib units don't seem to be available, and whole new pen not cheap.

Degussa nib. Amazing line variation.

Which greens? I really like Salamander. Classic Green, Safari, and maybe Evergreen look intriguing. I didn't warm up to Wagner.

Pineider pen filler is £35 Syringe is free. But the biggest issue is my vac systems all seem to be troublesome.

.. altough the date code chart on ParkerPens.net lists IC as being 2nd Q 1984.

Black Snorkel Crest #0574 There is a black Snorkel Crest with barrel #0574 on eBay. The post is at: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/267161347150. The barrel number isn't clear in the photos but I have confirmed it with the seller.