Hello From San Francisco Bay Area (Plus Some Questions)

[Quill1]

made me smile to read.

[FayeV]

My Pilot Metropolitan arrived and it writes so smoothly and effortlessly. So far I'm loving this one best out of the bunch.

My Lamy Safari arrived first and I thought I loved it until I tried the Pilot Metro. The Safari was writing nicely last week, but now it is a dry writer. I really want to love this pen so I can justify picking up a Lamy Al-Star with EF nib, but now that the Safari (with F nib) is writing dry, I'm thinking an EF nib isn't for me.

 

The Pilot Vector writes OK also, but the pen feels too lightweight to me.

The Pelikano I picked up for my daughter is a nice wet writer. I like it! The only issue I have is with the grip. I have an urge to rotate the pen just a little bit more toward me (rotating the shiny top part of the nib toward me, rather than away from me). It is the same with the Safari, however to a lesser degree. Maybe I just hold my regular round-grip pens in a weird way.

 

I'm still waiting for the Hero to arrive...

[theverdictis]

Hey and welcome to FPN!

 

Enjoy

 

Ben