Delike New Moon 3 Metal Body

[kataro.miamoto]

Found on Ebay ..

 

 

6 to 7$, same nib options Bent 0.38, M, Bent 0.6mm

[Garibaldi]

Just got one with 0.6 ef bent nib. Nib is great, love the tiny variation from the bent, construction is good, full metal. Size is honestly short, but it post easily so while writing is fine. The converter is top quality too. I wanted to try one if this small fude style nib, so I'm happy with it, but I would not have it bought just got the pen itself cause is way too short, and plain. Still, it writes great, and that is for me the main factor in a pen.

[Antenociticus]

I've got one of these. I like the colour and the simplicity of it, the nib is good, but the pen seems too heavy for its size (comparable to the Sailor Sapporo, which it resembles) at about 38g. Also, it doesn't post too steadily – you really have to ram the cap on to the barrel, or it wobbles off easily – yet is too short for my not particularly big hand to write with it unposted.

[Garibaldi]

Also, it doesn't post too steadily you really have to ram the cap on to the barrel, or it wobbles off easily yet is too short for my not particularly big hand to write with it unposted.

If I screw the cap to the back it seems to post better than just pushing it, they should have added a proper back screw cap mount, not posted is really too short to be used.

Edited October 28, 2018 by Garibaldi

[Mech-for-i]

I've got the white one, which I think the color complement the chrome trim better. I do agree it can be lighter build, and perhaps larger but that's the part what made New Moon the way it is, since version 1 its made to be a usable small size pen and the NM3 still so. For me, I can write with it un-posted with no problem, but I have an Asian (man ) size S hand so I suppose for most others it might be better to use it posted or had to adjust ow one hold the pen.

 

I got myself the EF nib since I have a plenty of Delike's tune up nib already and I like the way it write, but perhaps its not quite the way most writing cursive latin would like. Its on the dry side and also gives positive feed back. For those who want a lighter and easier to post , try the NM2 instead.

Edited October 28, 2018 by Mech-for-i

[Garibaldi]

I've got the white one, which I think the color complement the chrome trim better.

Agree, got the white one too for same reason, I don't mind the weight, it feels solid and I like is screw cap, it's a pen I can carry in the pocket not worrying too much.

[Antenociticus]

I didn't get the white one because it looked too much like the white Sapporo I already had. I've no problem with small pens, though. In fact I prefer them. And I like the form of the NM3 better than the NM2. But the combination of heavy pen – I wouldn't want one of these in my shirt pocket – and wobbly posting spoils it for me.

[fudefan]

I've used mine for two days now, and am impressed so far. Good build quality, writes well, and no issues with threading. The latter may seem like a minor detail, but I've had a few recent PenBBS and Moonman pens with problematic cap threads. My only issue was the slippery section, but a bit of washi tape fixed that (photo).

 

I went for the white one as well. Had been eyeing a Sailor Pro white / pink gold, pretty but rather expensive, so this is my budget option

[Garibaldi]

I've used mine for two days now, and am impressed so far. Good build quality, writes well, and no issues with threading. The latter may seem like a minor detail, but I've had a few recent PenBBS and Moonman pens with problematic cap threads. My only issue was the slippery section, but a bit of washi tape fixed that

I must be the only one enjoying smooth metal sections.

 

Anyway the white tape doesn't look bad at all in the photo, good solution.

[vojtahlad]

My feeling is similar to Antenociticus. The combination of heavy weight and short length is the only drawback of this pen. Posting shifts the balance seriously because the cap is quite heavy. So I can not write with the pen posted.

 

Everything else is great - the manufacturing quality, the nibs (I purchased the EF bent plus medium) event the metallic section which I usually dislike... I have the bamboo green version. It is much more vibrant than on the pictures. Lovely colour.

[Antenociticus]

 

I have the bamboo green version. It is much more vibrant than on the pictures. Lovely colour.

 

Yeah, I also have the bamboo green. Great colour.

 

[A Smug Dill]

I just ordered three of these (in white, mockingbird, and bamboo green). The mockingbird will probably go well with Rohrer & Klingner Smaragdgrün ink, and the bamboo green with R&K Verdura ink. I couldn't order those two with the bent EF nib (which I have on one of my Delike Submarine pens just received from the same seller), so they were ordered with the EF-and-M two-nib combo. I'll probably ink the white pen with R&K Solferino or Magenta.

 

Glad to hear ahead of my receiving the pens (and the R&K inks) that they write well out-of-the-box.

[vojtahlad]

Here are several pictures (click to enlarge) comparing the Delike New Moon 3 against the Jinhao 992. As you can see the uncapped Jinhao is significantly longer. The writing samples compare the EF bent nib (wetter one with some line variance) and M nib. Jinhao 992 F nib is even wider than Delike M nib.

 

[A Smug Dill]

@vojtahlad, thanks for the write-up and the examples. You've probably spared me from even considering buying a Jinhao pen with F nib. I have two Delike Submarine pens (bought from Bobby very recently, actually), and the 'EF bent' nib writes broader than the EF nib in upright position, but finer than the EF when the bent nib is upside down. (It could possibly have something to do with the ink too, though, since I didn't set out to objectively/scientifically compare those nibs, and therefore did not set the same controlled conditions in all other variables.) The 'normal' line width of that Delike 'EF bent' nib is about as broad as I can stand in everyday writing use.

[vojtahlad]

Actually, I like the nib of Jinhao 992. It is smooth and wet, but it is definitely not fine. If you are into thin lines, try some pen with the Lamy-like EF nibs - Wing Sung 6359, 3008 or 3009. In my experience, these are smooth and reliable writers.

[A Smug Dill]

I have twenty-two Wing Sung 3008 pens here, four of them with EF nibs. They're okay. I just ordered one lot of five of those EF nibs from Bobby, on the same order as the three New Moon 3 pens actually.

 

They don't write finer than my Platinum #3776 14K gold Fine nibs or my Sailor 1911 Fine nibs.

[Mech-for-i]

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They don't write finer than my Platinum #3776 14K gold Fine nibs or my Sailor 1911 Fine nibs.

 

pretty much what I would expect, My take is Japanese fine is finer that Chinese Fine which itself is finer than Euro / US Fine ; in fact Delike never refer to their up turned nib as EF, its termed ( in its home language ) Petite-Calligraphy nib which signal what its intent is and what its for .. quasi operation on calligraphic writing. The nib was stamped EF simply because Delike use the straight EF nib die to start the work

Edited November 9, 2018 by Mech-for-i

[A Smug Dill]

The Delike 'EF bent' nib actually lays down a fairly narrow line when writing in upside-down orientation. I was commenting on the Wing Sung 3008 EF nibs not being finer than Japanese F nibs.

[A Smug Dill]

I just received my order of three Delike New Moon 3 pens. One of them dropped quite a few black plastic shavings when I uncapped it, and that gave me cause to look inside the cap. There is no inner plastic cap, so how well the cap seals the pen to prevent ink from drying is questionable. Also, there is an exposed screw at the top end of the cap, much in the way the cap on the Wing Sung 3008 has one too, and a common experience with the Wing Sung 3008 is that the screw is apt to rust from the moisture trapped in the cap from ink evaporation.

[panna]

I've just ordered this pen for myself. I might have got the nib wrong. I want an F but opted for the 0.6 mm nib. I'm slow when it comes to numbers - did I order an EF instead of an F?