I certainly hope you like those Stax. You are selling a lot of stuff just to get them!
Oh don't worry. I think I know what I'm getting into. Plus, this stuff is all replaceable. I'd never sell something that I know is not replaceable, like my $24k violin which I've become emotionally attached to:allteeth: Can't imagine how I'd react to a Vuillaume, Lupot, Guarneri, Guadagnini or a Strad!
Noooooooooooooo! The Chopin is an awesome pen! Don't leave Pen-Fi; you'll miss fun like this...
Don't worry. I've still got some FPs left over... Plus, I've got my next Pen-Fi targets anyway: MB 146 LeGrand PT (see! an upgrade!),
Graf Von Faber Castell Ebony Wood Fountain Pen (not completely sure about this), Visconti Van Gogh Maxi (have read too many good reviews of this pen), Nakaya Writer Series Araishu (what a beautiful pen!). So it's more of a temporary downsize rather than a total desertion of Team Pen-Fi
Originally Posted by stevesurf
Anyway, back on topic...I found a good Pen resource at Pendemonium Here's their color chart.
I also found another one from Noodlers...
Evidently there's a great deal to mixing colored inks, as well. Here's a good place to start.
Another question i had is paper... my Pilot Varsity bleeds on some papers... I'm the kind of person that takes greater pleasure taking notes if taken with a fine pen so i intend to use it every day... but its my current notebook paper that bleeds... is there certain brands of notebook paper that are more FP friendly?
Clairefontaine and Rhodia. Both are French brands, and many schools in France mandate FPs because they promote good handwriting (the pressure you have to apply with a ballpoint or roller tends to have a negative impact, although good liquid ink ballpoints like the Pilot V-Ball write almost as well as a good FP). For this reason, most French notebooks are reasonably compatible with FP ink. Miquelrius (Spanish) is also very good. Moleskines are very trendy (thus expensive) but their paper is really not all that good for FP use. All of these brands can be found at art supply stores. Obviously, they are more expensive than Mead or Five-Star, but you get what you pay for.
It's a question of porosity and coatings, not thickness - if you brush your hand against a Clairefontaine (which is a premium brand in France, at least for school students), you will feel it is smooth, unlike the abominable toilet paper that passes for stationery from Mead and their ilk here in the US. If it doesn't work with a V-Pen, it will most likely not work with other brands either (the sole caveat being that fine nibs not tipped with a ball tend to be more scratchy and sensitive to paper grades than others).
For letter-writing, the best brands are Crane (all-cotton, they are the ones who supply paper for US currency) and G. Lalo's laid "Vergé de France".
Originally Posted by guitarman19853
What would be a good ink to start out with? I'm a fan of bold smooth writing black inks.
When I was in school, I used Parker Quink Blue-black and black, both are permanent (in France, you could buy a kind of felt-tip correction pen loaded with something like Amodex, which would erase FP ink, but it would only work with washable blue ink, not Quink).
I have now switched to Aurora black, which is the deepest, most velvety black I know, but is very difficult to find. The next one would be Pelikan black, then Herbin black. Rotring brilliant is not bad either. Avoid Montblanc inks, which are utter garbage and fade quickly. Private Reserve and Herbin have some very striking colors.
Basically, Titanium body, 18K gold tip 1.5 years to make and basically 1500 for the pen
I am not into flash, but into durability, nice feel and weight, luxury but not gawdy luxury hence the no flash rule, but most of all a nice fine writing experience. 1500 is um...a bit much for me for a pen, I had wondered about MB but I had read repeatedly that they are overpriced compared to other brands that are equal to if not better (kinda like how Rolex is a mid-level watch in terms of quality but is high priced range).
Basically, Titanium body, 18K gold tip 1.5 years to make and basically 1500 for the pen
I am not into flash, but into durability, nice feel and weight, luxury but not gawdy luxury hence the no flash rule, but most of all a nice fine writing experience. 1500 is um...a bit much for me for a pen, I had wondered about MB but I had read repeatedly that they are overpriced compared to other brands that are equal to if not better (kinda like how Rolex is a mid-level watch in terms of quality but is high priced range).
You may be interested in Chris Thompson's custom pens if you like that H-works. I've never heard of H-works before but that is definitely a nice looking pen.
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