Thread: Any Fountain Pen Users?

Oy!

Wouldn't you know it, after about a months worth of use, I dropped my M1000 from about 4 feet without the cap on.
And just to verify Murphy's law, it landed on the tip....

Ah well, it was just to bite the bullet and order a replacement nib, already tuned and ready to go in.
It arrived today and I'm back to writing with my fav pen again.

Long story, but in the end I ended up buying the pen from a company in the UK.
They shipped me the replacement nib in just a few days.
Very happy with their service and responsiveness!

Originally Posted by Birnando

Wouldn't you know it, after about a months worth of use, I dropped my M1000 from about 4 feet without the cap on. And just to verify Murphy's law, it landed on the tip....

OUCH! That must have hurt quite a bit! If you had only dropped a cheaper one...

Originally Posted by Birnando

Ah well, it was just to bite the bullet and order a replacement nib, already tuned and ready to go in. It arrived today and I'm back to writing with my fav pen again.

The M1000 nib is quite expensive. Any nibmeister out there to work on your nib and repair it? Specially if tipping is still there repair shouldn't be nearly as expensive as a new nib... and you get yours hand-adjusted.

Originally Posted by MT4

OUCH! That must have hurt quite a bit! If you had only dropped a cheaper one...



The M1000 nib is quite expensive. Any nibmeister out there to work on your nib and repair it? Specially if tipping is still there repair shouldn't be nearly as expensive as a new nib... and you get yours hand-adjusted.

Absolutely.
I will send it out to get fixed.
The damage wasn't all that bad, but enough to warrant a repair.
It skipped a bit, and drew lines a bit fatter after i bent the one side that got hit back to it's place. Ish.

But yeah, I'm sending it out, and this way I'll always have a spare should anything happen to the new one

The blue stains on my white wooden floorboards is another matter entirely.
According to the Mrs.

OY! is right, Birnando. What a heartbreak. Years ago, that happened to my M600 Pelikan and broke my heart. The nib had to be replaced. Now I am extra cautious with my pens. My rule is: even if I must step away from the desk for a moment, the pen is capped. By the way, how do you like the size of the M1000? I love my new M800; it fits perfectly in my hand. Also, I ordered several different bottles of black ink. Ordinarily I use Parker. The new lineup also includes Aurora, Pelikan Edelstein and Pilot Namiki Iroshizuku.

Originally Posted by Obie

OY! is right, Birnando. What a heartbreak. Years ago, that happened to my M600 Pelikan and broke my heart. The nib had to be replaced. Now I am extra cautious with my pens. My rule is: even if I must step away from the desk for a moment, the pen is capped. By the way, how do you like the size of the M1000? I love my new M800; it fits perfectly in my hand. Also, I ordered several different bottles of black ink. Ordinarily I use Parker. The new lineup also includes Aurora, Pelikan Edelstein and Pilot Namiki Iroshizuku.

You know, that M1000 is a perfect match for me.
After decades of roller-balls and ball-points I'm thoroughly enjoying the light touch and the beautiful line-variation that responds so immediate and so delicately.

As to the size, I'm loving the fact that I can comfortably write both with the pen capped and not.
While I don't have much experience with fountain pens, I'd say it it is gonna be something very special to knock this one down from the top of the podium.

That said, I cannot settle for just this one, so I'll be reading up a bit and when ready, make my choice and get one or two more

My favorite ink this far is the Pelikan Edelstein.
The perfect blue

Good show, Birnando. I knew you'd love the M1000; it's a majestic pen. I have never tried the Pelikan Edelstein (black) ink and am looking forward to giving it a spin in the pen.

Originally Posted by Birnando

After decades of roller-balls and ball-points I'm thoroughly enjoying the light touch and the beautiful line-variation that responds so immediate and so delicately.

Me, OTOH, though I've had access to high quality BPs and RBs, never got used to them. I have worked with cheap BPs, for example, in the carbon paper days (UGH! This might sound even older than shaving with a STR8 razor...). Good for the job, but never comfortable for writing.

Originally Posted by Birnando

As to the size, I'm loving the fact that I can comfortably write both with the pen capped and not.

Indeed. Even the M800 is big enough for that. M400 & M600 are barely there, at least for my hand size. In old times, when people used to write for hours, big pens were kept just for signatures, as they are supposed to cause fatigue in your wrist. I have never reached that point, though.

Originally Posted by Birnando

While I don't have much experience with fountain pens, I'd say it it is gonna be something very special to knock this one down from the top of the podium.

Absolutely! You might get some kind of pen that is nicer to look at, but the technical issue is probably the best possible around. Piston operation is smooth, ink capacity is huge, pen is not as heavy as it size suggests, nib is very smooth indeed, finishing is high-quality. Nothing else to ask for in these aspects.

Originally Posted by Birnando

That said, I cannot settle for just this one, so I'll be reading up a bit and when ready, make my choice and get one or two more

Your budget is way over mine's...

Originally Posted by Birnando

Absolutely. I will send it out to get fixed. (...) But yeah, I'm sending it out, and this way I'll always have a spare should anything happen to the new one

Just MHO: Don't get two identical nibs. Get the one you are going to repair something different. If your nibs are for example B, get the one to be repaired to a stub, or an M. You could get some variety for the same price.

I've just stumbled across this thread, and whilst a lot of the conversation seems to be more in depth than I could manage, I do write with a fountain pen all the time, whether it be a quick not or in uni lectures - the exception being when I'm writing in Arabic. I've owned, and lost, a couple of cheaper Parker pens for school use in the past, the last one meeting its end when I dropped it nib first on tarmac...

I currently own a Lamy pen, which is with me at uni for afore mentioned lectures. I also have a Sheaffer Classic back at home, as I would be devastated to lose it - it being the first proper fountain pen I was given, for my 12 birthday, 7 years ago. I started using fountain pens when I was in 10, as my school insisted that if we use pens we use a fountain pen (I only used a dirt cheap, unbranded one at this point though), and since then haven't looked back.

Dropping a pen is like dropping a piece of buttered bread, it always ends up buttered side down.

Originally Posted by 32t

Dropping a pen is like dropping a piece of buttered bread, it always ends up buttered side down.

And no matter how cheap the pen, it's always a painful moment!