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Has anyone had any experience with the Waterman Edson? I am thinking of picking it up and was wondering how it writes.
I have both an Edson Blue and an Edson LE. The nib doesn't have much flex, and is underwhelming. The Exception writes better. The best writing FP I have tried is a S.T. Dupont Orpheo, but the converter has a tendency to dry out quickly. Otherwise, Montblanc is the brand people love to hate, but my Meisterstück Solitaire has never failed me, unlike my Pelikans, Watermans or Caran d'Ache.
Bought a Caran d'Ache Ecridor Chevron Mini FP today. I'm going through a phase of small, compact fountain pens.
I have the same Caran d'Ache... If you like compact, the pen to beat is the Sailor Chalana, however. It is to the Ecridor what the Ecridor is to a MB 149.
It's rather annoying how stiff the Edson and Carene nibs are. One would expect an 18k nib to be much more flexible.
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I have the same Caran d'Ache... If you like compact, the pen to beat is the Sailor Chalana, however. It is to the Ecridor what the Ecridor is to a MB 149.
My Caran d'Ache is already giving me problems: The cap is loose and I have contacted Caran d'Ache via email. Even though I have identified the problem, it will be awkward to fix without physically tampering (and possibly voiding the warranty) due to way the inner cap is attached to the cap. It is however a decent writer.
I have had a look at the Sailor Chalana and am very tempted to get the silver plated version. Currently debating whether to get that or replace the wonderful Yard-O-Led Viceroy Pocket FP which I unfortunately lost awhile ago.
I am getting a cartridge converter for my Lamy Safari. Does anyone have any recommendations on inks to use with it? Anything work particularly well with it/is awful? I have a medium nib on the pen if that makes any difference. I also want a really dark black and a nice green and brown or red would be good to have. Secondly, I know the Safari nib is user replaceable. How hard is this to do?
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I agree. I have been talking to other people of (ahem) a certain age, and we are all amazed at the decline in the art of handwriting, particularly among young people. My nieces just turned 14, and will be entering high school in the fall. Their class was the last in their school disctrict to be taught longhand!!!!!
CNET ran an article not so long ago about the decline of the Palmer method, which for decades was the standard cursive hand taught to American school children. It seems that from now on, kids will be taught block print, and then keyboarding. Cursive handwriting is about to become a quaint memory in this culture. That's an incredible shame, in my opinion.
The CNET story referred to above includes a sidebar with a brief self-test to determine which school of cursive handwriting you belong to. I, it turns out, write an ugly version of the Palmer method. My handwriting is pretty terrible, but it is identifiably in the Palmer tradition.
P.S. This post is certainly related to this thread, but I don't want to distract attention from the subject at hand: fine writing instruments. Should I start a new thread?
I agree. I have been talking to other people of (ahem) a certain age, and we are all amazed at the decline in the art of handwriting, particularly among young people. My nieces just turned 14, and will be entering high school in the fall. Their class was the last in their school disctrict to be taught longhand!!!!!
CNET ran an article not so long ago about the decline of the Palmer method, which for decades was the standard cursive hand taught to American school children. It seems that from now on, kids will be taught block print, and then keyboarding. Cursive handwriting is about to become a quaint memory in this culture. That's an incredible shame, in my opinion.
The CNET story referred to above includes a sidebar with a brief self-test to determine which school of cursive handwriting you belong to. I, it turns out, write an ugly version of the Palmer method. My handwriting is pretty terrible, but it is identifiably in the Palmer tradition.
P.S. This post is certainly related to this thread, but I don't want to distract attention from the subject at hand: fine writing instruments. Should I start a new thread?
Handwriting is definitely a declining art form. I personally use a weird hybrid of printing and cursive. It's basically printing where I'm too lazy to lift the pen a lot. Sometimes it looks great, other times it's messy.
I wish I had tried harder when I was being taught cursive in elementary school.
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