Nemosine Singularity

[lurcho]

I'm in the UK where can I get one?

 

xfountainpens.com, though there's no indication of an international-delivery option.

 

Shame if there really isn't, as $15 would place the value well below our beloved HMRC's threshhold for duty.

[2.0conv]

I'm in the UK where can I get one?

 

xfountainpens.com, though there's no indication of an international-delivery option.

 

Shame if there really isn't, as $15 would place the value well below our beloved HMRC's threshhold for duty.

 

Thanks for that, will have a gander!

[chadden42]

I took mine out to write with this morning and a piece of plastic had broken off the cap just below the silver ring. Anyone else have something like this happen>

[EKE]

I like that cherry red! May have to pick one of these up!

[GandalfTheGrey]

 

I just received mine in Black Marble this week.

Fantastic pen for the price. Mine came with 7 cartridges instead of the usual 6 (I have no idea why). I've had no problems with it yet. If any arise, I'll let you guys know.

[masterfisto]

Just ordered a demonstrator and intend to make it into an ED. Now I have both ink samples and a pen in the mail It's gonna be a good week!

[Edwaroth]

Update: Actually my first FP since grade school. This pen has become a standard with me and has saved me from more expensive pens that do not meet the par. I have used it daily since I received it some seven months ago with no problems at all. I can't thank Osmaroid enough for posting the review that got me hooked enough to buy my first FP!

Edited January 23, 2013 by Edwaroth

[Osmaroid]

Update: Actually my first FP since grade school. This pen has become a standard with me and has saved me from more expensive pens that do not meet the par. I have used it daily since I received it some seven months ago with no problems at all. I can't thank Osmaroid enough for posting the review that got me hooked enough to buy my first FP!

 

Glad to hear that it worked out well for you - I got hooked on fountain pens in grade school and started collecting them again after a pause of about 45 years!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Update: Actually my first FP since grade school. This pen has become a standard with me and has saved me from more expensive pens that do not meet the par. I have used it daily since I received it some seven months ago with no problems at all. I can't thank Osmaroid enough for posting the review that got me hooked enough to buy my first FP!

 

Remind me again what nib you have? Xfountainpens offers them in a wide variety of nibs and colors...mine is a 'granite' (read gray) with the smaller cursive italic nib.

[plugugly]

"Nemosine" is fairly clearly a respelling of "Mnemosyne." Why the manufacturer didn't spell it in the normal way is unclear to me. As Mnemosyne, in Greek mythology, is associated with memory, I can understand that a writing instrument, with which one can create records, might also be associated with memory.

 

There was a time when the English might not have expected (or pretended not to expect) that anybody in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, could spell a word of classical reference, but that time is past and for all I know the pen was named by an Old Etonian. Though not, I trust, by a 70-year-Old Etonian.

 

 

The box my mother's recently came in had a portion of it labeled in morse code : -- . -- --- .-. -.-- : "Memory"

[ToySoldier]

 

 

Does anyone have any idea what this ink may be? I like it.

[arandur]

I'm in the UK where can I get one?

 

xfountainpens.com, though there's no indication of an international-delivery option.

 

Shame if there really isn't, as $15 would place the value well below our beloved HMRC's threshhold for duty.

Insofar as I know, they did offer international shipping at one point in time.

 

I took mine out to write with this morning and a piece of plastic had broken off the cap just below the silver ring. Anyone else have something like this happen>

In several weeks of daily carry, I have not had any issues with breaking.

[Osmaroid]

 

Does anyone have any idea what this ink may be? I like it.

 

I generally use one of three Private Reserve blues - Sonic Blue (I used to be an audio engineer!), Naples blue, and Blue Suede. I cannot remember for sure what I used, but it looks as if it was Blue Suede. Hope this helps.

[ToySoldier]

[i generally use one of three Private Reserve blues - Sonic Blue (I used to be an audio engineer!), Naples blue, and Blue Suede. I cannot remember for sure what I used, but it looks as if it was Blue Suede. Hope this helps.

Thank you, sir.

[chadden42]

They did replace the cap for me. Very good service

[Miles R.]

The box my mother's recently came in had a portion of it labeled in morse code : -- . -- --- .-. -.-- : "Memory"

Wow! Very astute. After reading your post, I went and looked at the box from my Nemosine pen, and found the same code on it. I put it through an on-line Morse Code translator and confirmed your rendering of it. If I ever noticed the marks, it certainly never occurred to me that they might be in Morse code—or, for that matter, any other code!

 

I welcome this confirmation of the interpretation of "Nemosine" as coming from the Greek "Mnemosyne" and not, as some have speculated, from the Latin "nemo sine." As I have said before, "Nemosine" is the Italian spelling of "Mnemosyne," and this I believe to be the source of the spelling. It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable—"nehmozzeny"—although, according to Wikipedia, the Greek "Mνημοσύνη" is stressed on the penultimate.

[arandur]

The box my mother's recently came in had a portion of it labeled in morse code : -- . -- --- .-. -.-- : "Memory"

Wow! Very astute. After reading your post, I went and looked at the box from my Nemosine pen, and found the same code on it. I put it through an on-line Morse Code translator and confirmed your rendering of it. If I ever noticed the marks, it certainly never occurred to me that they might be in Morse code—or, for that matter, any other code!

 

I welcome this confirmation of the interpretation of "Nemosine" as coming from the Greek "Mnemosyne" and not, as some have speculated, from the Latin "nemo sine." As I have said before, "Nemosine" is the Italian spelling of "Mnemosyne," and this I believe to be the source of the spelling. It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable—"nehmozzeny"—although, according to Wikipedia, the Greek "Mνημοσύνη" is stressed on the penultimate.

How clever of them!

[davidnaillpiper]

I must admit that I am very new to fountain pens, but I have this one and am very impressed by it.

 

I have the XF demonstrator, and it writes incredibly smoothly and has made going back to ballpoints very difficult.

 

The only issue I have had is that with poor quality paper, the nib gets gummed up easily (which is a bummer as at work, they use paper that does just that). But on good paper, this writes like butter.

[Tessy Moon]

Could anyone please post a picture showing the difference of how the .6mm nib vs the .8mm nib write? Nothing fancy needed, just a few lines and x or s would be great!

 

I am planning on purchasing the Fission (in classic blue ~ so retro/Tiffany blue!!!)

 

I own a Goulet 1.1 nib and love it. I definitely prefer italic nibs. Just not sure which size I should get. I may end up getting both eventually, but wondered which would be better for me to start out with.

 

Thank you so very much for all your helpful comments!

[BBU]

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/239068-a-review-of-the-nemosine-singularity-demonstrator-fountain-pen/?do=findComment&comment=2614482

 

That's the only comparison I know of that was done by the same person using the same ink on the same paper, but it's hard to judge based on that picture. It looks like the 0.8 mm was a lot drier at the time of testing, and that ink is known for shading so it probably wasn't suited for a nib comparison. Either that or he accidentally swapped the nibs. Other comparisons show that the 0.8 mm produces a noticeably thicker line, but you'll have to make estimates based on tests done by multiple people and visualize an average.

 

Here's a comparison pic that includes the 0.6 mm and some other common stubs. Maybe you can use the Goulet's samples to cross-check how everything compares to the nib you currently have. Credit: K-Cakes:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/counter_culture/8103735009/

 

Also bear in mind that the Fission weighs about 45 grams.

 

While I'm here, I have a question about these pens. I have the 0.6 mm as my first fountain pen. About 60-70% of the time, it's writes acceptably. But sometimes it'll get extremely dry and skip often (or not write at all unless I play around with it for a bit) or suddenly go super-wet and make thick lines that I don't like. I haven't been able to write an entire page with a completely consistent look. Is this a characteristic of the pen or ink? So far, I've just been using the included cartridges. Is this an issue that I can expect to rectify by using bottled ink? Or is it a nib/feed problem that I can't do anything about?