EPTThe cap fractured on the way but luckily it only broke once I tried opening it..
condolences to the dead ink...
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lazyitachi
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The cap fractured on the way but luckily it only broke once I tried opening it.. condolences to the dead ink... | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On June 04 2013 10:24 lazyitachi wrote: I got my Noodler's Aircorp Blue from Twsbi all the way from CA to SEA. The cap fractured on the way but luckily it only broke once I tried opening it.. condolences to the dead ink... I'm told Noodler's bottles are a little fragile, which let Jetpens to stop carrying them, unfortunately. Apparently the guy who runs the Noodler's ink company is a turbo-republican who likes to reduces costs by cutting corners in order to offer ink at a fair price. | ||
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Marimokkori
United States306 Posts
On June 04 2013 10:33 Djzapz wrote: I'm told Noodler's bottles are a little fragile, which let Jetpens to stop carrying them, unfortunately. Apparently the guy who runs the Noodler's ink company is a turbo-republican who likes to reduces costs by cutting corners in order to offer ink at a fair price. IFAIK Jetpens has never carried Noobler's ink. They only just recently started carrying the Konrad. You can usually still look at products they don't have anymore, Like the Apple Green Lamy Safari. I've ordered a few bottle's from Goulet Pens and never had an issue. From where did you order your ink? Doesn't look like they did much to protect the bottles | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On June 04 2013 11:11 Marimokkori wrote: IFAIK Jetpens has never carried Noobler's ink. They only just recently started carrying the Konrad. You can usually still look at products they don't have anymore, Like the Apple Green Lamy Safari. I've ordered a few bottle's from Goulet Pens and never had an issue. From where did you order your ink? Doesn't look like they did much to protect the bottles JetPens did stock Noodler's ink but stopped carrying it. They posted a statement on FPN explaining that they don't want to have employees dealing with shards of glass. I bought the bottles from a little shop on ebay. The bottles shipped from Japan for $24 each whereas they retail here for $28+shipping. But yeah the packaging was definitely insufficient. No bubble wrap at all, and while the retail box is fairly solid, couriers tend to be abusive. I've contacted the seller, he's a very pleasant guy from Japan, he hand-writes notes in his packages to thank for the purchase which is uh... cute, I guess. It's just a shame because he's quite clearly new at ebay and he's already going to have to suck up a fairly important loss. | ||
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lazyitachi
1043 Posts
Just bought Iroshizuku and a pen from him. :S | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On June 04 2013 18:03 lazyitachi wrote: From Japan, is it by any chance Engeika??? Just bought Iroshizuku and a pen from him. :S No, it looks like engeika has made quite a few sales and has good reviews so I wouldn't worry. The guy I bought from is pretty new to ebay, his packaging was insufficient and he inverted the destination and origin addresses on the package (he wrote his address in the middle and mine at the top left). Japan post actually put a sticker on the package indicating the mistake. Edit: The seller handed me a full refund and then some for the broken bottle, so that's nice. | ||
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wptlzkwjd
Canada1240 Posts
On June 04 2013 22:48 Djzapz wrote: No, it looks like engeika has made quite a few sales and has good reviews so I wouldn't worry. The guy I bought from is pretty new to ebay, his packaging was insufficient and he inverted the destination and origin addresses on the package (he wrote his address in the middle and mine at the top left). Japan post actually put a sticker on the package indicating the mistake. Edit: The seller handed me a full refund and then some for the broken bottle, so that's nice. engeika and pisuke2005 are really good pen sellers. I've bought stuff from both of them and they have good prices and great package material. I actually ordered my Decimo from pisuke2005 and he sent me a giant package with bubble wrap for a pen that was already in a box = =;; I looked like an idiot un-wrapping it in the food court lmfao. They're both from Japan and I always get their stuff faster than from the U.S somehow. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On June 06 2013 16:15 wptlzkwjd wrote: engeika and pisuke2005 are really good pen sellers. I've bought stuff from both of them and they have good prices and great package material. I actually ordered my Decimo from pisuke2005 and he sent me a giant package with bubble wrap for a pen that was already in a box = =;; I looked like an idiot un-wrapping it in the food court lmfao. They're both from Japan and I always get their stuff faster than from the U.S somehow. Better too much packaging than not enough IMO. Strangely I've had surprisingly bad luck with inks. When I received BOTH my Parker AND Lamy ink bottles, both from different retailers, they were outside of their flimsy little boxes, hanging loose in the bubble-padded envelope. | ||
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wptlzkwjd
Canada1240 Posts
On June 06 2013 23:36 Djzapz wrote: Better too much packaging than not enough IMO. Strangely I've had surprisingly bad luck with inks. When I received BOTH my Parker AND Lamy ink bottles, both from different retailers, they were outside of their flimsy little boxes, hanging loose in the bubble-padded envelope. Yikes lol. I've only ever bought ink from JetPens and their packaging was really good. | ||
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Scaramanga
Australia8093 Posts
On June 01 2013 04:46 shaippen wrote: I purchased a Lamy safari after being inspired by this thread, and I wonder if anyone is familiar with the black Lamy cartridge ink. The blue one included with the pencil isn't very saturated and the end of each stroke is significantly darker than the rest of the stroke. I don't quite like the look of it, i would prefer if the entire stroke had more or less the same colour. Is the black ink more or less black throughout the entire stroke? Or do I need to buy a converter and bottled ink to get a uniform stroke? Generally the initial stroke for me is a little thicker but for the rest of my writings until I pause again its fine, I've got black ink which leaves it less noticeable. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/VhtgfR2.jpg) (4 of them are $5 pens) | ||
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
10417 Posts
Where did you get these from? I'm looking to buy a bunch of cheap chinese knockoffs to hold me over for a while! | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On June 08 2013 06:46 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote: Where did you get these from? I'm looking to buy a bunch of cheap chinese knockoffs to hold me over for a while! I'll go from top to bottom: 1- Parker Sonnet, not cheap, Amazon 2- Jinhao X450, $5, ebay (so far, very impressed by it) 3- Pilot Metropolitan, $15, jetpens 4- Nemosine Singularity, $15, xfountainpens 5- Jinhao 500, $5, ebay 6- Baoer 388, $5, ebay (stay away from it, it's garbage) 7- Kaigelu 356, $5, ebay (haven't used it yet but it seems promising) All the ebay pens are shipped from China and have taken 2-3 weeks to get here. So far, I can only recommend the X450, but it's a big, heavy pen, and the finish looks like it can fall apart easily. The Kaigelu 356 looks great, build quality is very nice. I have yet to write with it but if I'm to believe the reviews, it's probably not bad at all. And again, avoid the Baoer 388 even though it looks nice. | ||
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
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wptlzkwjd
Canada1240 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On June 08 2013 09:51 wptlzkwjd wrote: You can buy the Parker Sonnet on eBay for about 20 bucks cheaper than Amazon. Parker Sonnets are apparently some of the most counterfeit fountain pens on the market, though. So be careful. There are some stainless steel chrome trim ones for $70 from Greece which is not much less than what I paid for my red one with gold trim and nib. | ||
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wptlzkwjd
Canada1240 Posts
On June 08 2013 09:55 Djzapz wrote: Parker Sonnets are apparently some of the most counterfeit fountain pens on the market, though. So be careful. There are some stainless steel chrome trim ones for $70 from Greece which is not much less than what I paid for my red one with gold trim and nib. That's true. I suppose when you're planning to spend some serious money you might as well get the best version possible. | ||
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babylon
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
10417 Posts
On June 01 2013 00:11 Marimokkori wrote: The thing that makes suggesting a journal to him difficult is that he wants a wet flex pen that doesn't take much time to dry. Wet flex pens simply take a little more time to dry than what may be acceptable. Liberty's Elysium to my understanding does quite well on cheaper paper, even with a lot of ink. It doesn't really feather much, but it might bleed through some on very cheap papers. Journals that are around $15-20 tend to have pretty good paper in them in my experience. Pick one up from a bookstore or Walmart. If you want something with a reputation you can try Moleskine, Clairfontaine, Apica, Midori, Leuchtturm1917. I'm sure these will all do well. The only issue I can see arising is drying time. For that you can use blotting paper to absorb excess ink when you need to turn the page or close the journal. Moleskines aren't very good for fountain pens, as I've found, they tend to feel very rough when writing and the paper catches sometimes, which doesn't happen on regular paper. I've been thinking about Elysium or one of the other brands mentioned. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
I just bought this guy (blue and fine): ![[image loading]](http://www.sailor.co.jp/images/lineup/thumb/11-0711-3.jpg) My first Japanese fountain pen (German and Chinese in the past), and it's fantastic. It's so nice, in fact, I'm already thinking about buying a 14K nib. Fine writes with just a tad too much resistance for me, so I'm thinking about buying a medium nib next time. This is probably the next one I'll buy (1911): ![[image loading]](http://www.sailor.co.jp/images/lineup/thumb/11-1219-2.jpg) | ||
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