Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us!

[akustyk]

Yes folks that's a TWSBI 540. The Jumbo is shorter but much fatter. It is comfortable to hold but it does have to be gripped differently than a standard FP. This has the ink shut off rod attached to the blind cap, at first this leaked I seem to have solved the problem with lots of silicon grease. The Jumbo Pen hold 12 (twelve) ml of ink. Yes XXII, zwolf, 1100, etc. I'll be writing with this for a while, I hope the cap seals well. I have a traveling chopsticks set that's smaller. As you can see the nib is a broad now, there is tipping left but it is worn down to a flat broad surface. The sweet spot (tectonic plate) is at a really good angle for me and is pleasant to write with, the edges are slightly sharp but I can fix that. The cross strokes are slightly thinner than the down strokes but the stubbishness is limited. The flow is slightly dryer than my TWSBI vac 700 but still in the normal range.

 

This pen is putting a goofy smile on my face.

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[Darksair]

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[SJH]

 

 

 

Greetings Uncle Red,

It's Diamine Orange, the orangest non-shading orange I've yet found. It is very well behaved and I love using it.

 

In my soon-to-be-ordered 1.9mm nibbled FP I think I will make-up Stompies' 'Shading Orange'.

I have tried CdA Saffron before, and didn't like it much from a M nib, but the shading effect of a broader nib looks gr8.

 

Best regards,

Steve.

[79spitfire]

 

Sorry, the colors seem to have shifted, don't go out and buy any of these inks based on this picture, they are all more vibrant in real life (yes even the Edelstien...)

[79spitfire]

Try this:

 

 

Still not quite right, but closer...

Edited March 4, 2013 by 79spitfire

[hellomms]

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[ZachWasniak]

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[Stompie]

Try this:

 

Still not quite right, but closer...

 

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj229/Popsjill/pens/DSCN1252_zps5faf7174.jpg

 

that was written with the grey one.

 

I found that the original nibs in the pens were that the flex one was too dry and the stiff nib too wet! Once I swopped them they both work great - might be the feed that works better this way round. But if you go back on this thread, I have often used the grey serwex and you will see I have had no hassle and get quite a nice flex out of it.

The thing I like about these cheapies is that unlike my Ahabs, the Serwex does not need fiddling shaking and playing with every time you want to write :-)

Edited March 4, 2013 by Stompie

[Stompie]

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[attika89]

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[dcpritch]

 

 

Here's the Jumbo Pen dwarfing a Montblanc 149:

 

 

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Darksair, this was really funny!

[akustyk]

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[Uncle Red]

[dcpritch]

 

This Balance (a "500" non-Lifetime model) has a military clip that keeps the entire pen hidden in one's pocket - I like that. A small part of one tine was broken off the nib so I had it ground to a smooth stub (surprising, huh?) and saved a classic nib from ignominy. Much less costly than a retip and hey, who doesn't like a stub?!

 

 

 

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Uncle Red, I've had the Jumbo Pen for awhile and haven't yet cleaned it out for use. To be honest, though, I'm a little intimidated by it, which is the main reason it sits and doesn't get used.

[Cyber6]

A small part of one tine was broken off the nib so I had it ground to a smooth stub (surprising, huh?) and saved a classic nib from ignominy. Much less costly than a retip and hey, who doesn't like a stub?!

 

I thought you need some tipping material to grind to a stub anyway. :hmm1:

 

If that is the case, I have a 1940 Sheaffer in the same state (tipping of one tine is missing) that I wouldn't mind converting into a stub.

 

 

 

C.

[akustyk]

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[Stompie]

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[akustyk]

 

How do you find the ink to flow, relative to, say, Noodler's Black or Montblanc Midnight Blue?

 

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[Uncle Red]

Uncle Red, I've had the Jumbo Pen for awhile and haven't yet cleaned it out for use. To be honest, though, I'm a little intimidated by it, which is the main reason it sits and doesn't get used.

HA. I guess I just charge in where ...

 

It's not the first time I've gotten ink on my hands. The Jumbo hasn't leaked since first thing this morning. It was below freezing this AM and the pen was in my bag for the 20 min walk from the bus stop to the office. It might have been the temperature difference.

[Stompie]

 

How do you find the ink to flow, relative to, say, Noodler's Black or Montblanc Midnight Blue?

 

 

 

I suggest reading the thread Ecclesiastical Stationasry Supplies - in there they recommend that you use this type of ink in a wet writer.

I put it in my Lamy which is not really a wet writer but it is fine in there. However, you can feel it is dryish on writing.

 

 

 

 

I am going to be flushing my Estie which is a wet writer and also possibly a 52 1/2 and using the ink in those pens. The Estie is to see if I want to keep it or not as I find it a very mundane pen and so it hardly gets used, so if this ink makes it work nicely with the small amount of flex it has then it will be promoted

 

The 52 1/2, well, you know what those are like should be wet enough.

 

The thing with all my iron gall inks, including Pharmacists, are that they give you great hairlines and as I said, they are very well behaved! In fact because of that I am even considering putting iron gall into my Wahl GF as that has a nice fine nib but flexes out great. But that decision has not yet been made.

 

I ordered a bottle of the Ecclesiastical ink as it is a huge bottle, 110ml for under £10 which is a bonus and of course I do use dip pens a lot so it will never go to waste.

 

Edit: Forgot to mention, when you use this ink it is not very dark on the paper but as it dries it goes darker.

Pharmacists ink is like that but also his ink changes colour even as you write and of course he has different colours of iron gall ink which are great fun, well, I think so even though some people would compare it to watching paint dry

Edited March 4, 2013 by Stompie