Survey: Favorite This, Favorite That (Part Ii)

[pajaro]

@jar: Really? This isn't fascinating for you? The percentage of fountain pen addicts who post or don't post their caps... it's something we talk about all the time (whether a particular model pen can post), but we haven't before had numbers to put to it.

 

Don't care about "likes," but I do care what the market demand is, and it's interesting how the market responds. I mean, I'm surprised anyone at all prefers the cartridge/converter over all other systems. I'm also surprised how many vac filler fans there are.

 

Also, the results of this poll might possibly nudge a pen-manufacturer toward making a pen that would be better loved by more people.

 

But mainly, it's just satisfying a curiosity. Are you really not curious about these things?

 

You don't have a need to know.

 

It doesn't matter the filling system, or the nib material, but whether the thing works without hassles.

[danielpi]

 

You don't have a need to know.

 

It doesn't matter the filling system, or the nib material, but whether the thing works without hassles.

 

What???

[Serlo]

Other - paper

 

The lightweight paper that comes with the Midori traveller's notebooks as a refill is by far my favourite paper.

[mjjung3]

It is not a flagship, but my fattest is a

 

Conklin Endura Fountain Pen Fine Nib BlackWhite

 

that is fatter than I like; however, it lightweight and balanced so it would be my choice for FATTEST.

 

I have never used a nibmeister, so other would be my choice. I ground and polished the nib on my Parker 75 cisele before FPN existed.

 

MJ

[figboot]

Interesting. I like seeing stats like this. One suggestion if you do this again is to break up the $200-$500 range for cost.

[Bklyn]

GREAT info. Nice to see data. Thanks my friend.

[danielpi]

Interesting. I like seeing stats like this. One suggestion if you do this again is to break up the $200-$500 range for cost.

 

 

Well... yeah, I was a little bit sloppy about defining the categories. Really, if I wanted to keep the scaling logarithmic, then the category should've been $201-$400, and then $400-800, $800-1600, and $1600+, but you know... whatever.

 

It's nice what a clean bell curve it made anyway. Yeah, maybe I could've made it a little more fine-grained, but you can infer values from the basic shape of the curve. Very likely the top of the curve occurs around $300.