Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us! - 2016

[line]

Almost ready to use it....... Mabie Todd Swan with a #8 nib.

 

Wow! #8 nib! How big is that?! I love old Swans! Is the nib flexible?

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Received this beautiful Falcon today. The nib is much harder than I imagined it to be though and requires a lot of force to produce any line variation, and much harder than the Pilot Custom 74. When writing casually with it it feels like a nail just like my Platinum 3776.

I really hope it will become softer otherwise I've wasted a lot of money.

 

Perhaps I had unrealistic expectations

I had the same feeling when I received my Falcon. It is as if the pen is "wild", headstrong and springy, not cooperative like old Swans and Waterman's. Anyway, I kept hoping that the pen would calm down... but it didn't. I had to accept that it is different, and I had to learn to appreciate the otherness. After all, it is a beautiful pen and it has qualities no other pen in my "collection" has. Maybe your expectations just need to be tuned. I hope I didn't crush your dreams by saying that I don't think it will become softer. Play with it and you will probably find out it is a fun pen :-) ... Or you could have a nibmeister grind it softer.

Edited April 16, 2016 by line

[line]

No other people to post here today? OK, I'll continue my posting:
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Not a good photo at all. I'm sorry; new phone, new software, problems uploading photo, amateur photographer...

 

Pen: TWSBI 580 AL with M.T&Co. Warranted nib from a Blackbird pen

Ink: KWZ Ink Honey

Paper: Rhodia

[Bluey]

I had the same feeling when I received my Falcon. It is as if the pen is "wild", headstrong and springy, not cooperative like old Swans and Waterman's. Anyway, I kept hoping that the pen would calm down... but it didn't. I had to accept that it is different, and I had to learn to appreciate the otherness. After all, it is a beautiful pen and it has qualities no other pen in my "collection" has. Maybe your expectations just need to be tuned. I hope I didn't crush your dreams by saying that I don't think it will become softer. Play with it and you will probably find out it is a fun pen :-) ... Or you could have a nibmeister grind it softer.

Heh no you didn't crush them, it's just my wallet that felt a little crushed. I was hoping that each pen purchase will add value and provide a unique experience in some way, so I was initially disappointed because the writing experience is not much different to the hard nail-like Platinum. I'm toying with the idea of askng a nibmeister to work on it.

 

You're right, it's a beautiful pen with a unique nib and I'm getting to like the pen more. One extra thing that it gives of value is that as well as the the flow being excellent I can leave it uncapped for 5 minutes or more and it will still write, so it's a good substitute for my Pilot Capless when I'm note taking.

[rob-k]

Corresponding to What?

Noodler's Ahab ... Yama Budo - Franklin-Christoph Pocket 66 MM'd broad italic ... Asa Goa - TWSBI Mini Vac ... Apache Sunset

Edited April 17, 2016 by rob-k

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Wow! #8 nib! How big is that?! I love old Swans! Is the nib flexible?

It is freaking huge. I gambled on this one as it did look like the nib might be flexible, but alas, it is not. Here's a shot of it next to a Montblanc 149:

 

http://inkluminati.org/takeovertheworld/mabie149.jpg

[Shannon]

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a409/Boiseshan/IMG_20160417_172101.jpg

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I spent the weekend putting the Swan back together.....

 

[Rednaxela]

What a beauty!

[line]

Cool pen, TheInkluminati

 

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/FNP-17042016%20copy_zpsc68lrivz.jpg

Pen: Parker 51, Ariel Kullock Orange body

Ink: Pelikan violet

Paper: Design letters sketch book, Arne Jacobsen

[mehandiratta]

Cool pen, TheInkluminati

 

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/FNP-17042016%20copy_zpsc68lrivz.jpg

Pen: Parker 51, Ariel Kullock Orange body

Ink: Pelikan violet

Paper: Design letters sketch book, Arne Jacobsen

 

 

This is so amazing....

[Gerd W]

What a beauty!

+1

[AAAndrew]

I spent the weekend putting the Swan back together.....

 

 

 

 

Fascinating pen. The only other old pen with a snake on it I've ever heard of is the famous Parker. Know anything of the history of this model? Gorgeous.

[perfaddict]

[richila]

My current line-up

My Pens by Richila, on Flickr

[mhphoto]

Received this beautiful Falcon today. The nib is much harder than I imagined it to be though and requires a lot of force to produce any line variation, and much harder than the Pilot Custom 74. When writing casually with it it feels like a nail just like my Platinum 3776.

I really hope it will become softer otherwise I've wasted a lot of money.

 

Perhaps I had unrealistic expectations

 

 

 

[Bluey]

 

 

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One can only hope I guess. I'm not totally optimistic about it breaking in and it doesn't appear to have shown any signs so far, could it be that I get used to it instead.

[Inky.Fingers]

Edited April 18, 2016 by #InkyFingers

[Occipital Lobe]

Scriptorium Master Scrivener with Diamine Salamander

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q485/Occipital_Lobe/Pens/IMAG1035_zpsccf6h2gd.jpg

It´s a Picture I´ve posted before, so excuse my laziness

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Fascinating pen. The only other old pen with a snake on it I've ever heard of is the famous Parker. Know anything of the history of this model? Gorgeous.

The history goes like this:

 

I bought the pen with a broken clip and no sac for a song. Then I spent the weekend making my own Swan Rouge et Noir using the snake clip from my Edison Collier and Testors enamel model paint.