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Eversion said:
That's nice, what pen is that? It looks super familiar, and I have a positive notion of it somewhere in my mind, but I just can't put my finger on it.

My Pelikan M200 is an absolute workhorse. My only "good" pen, really. View attachment 1375464
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Pilot Custom 74 (Fine nib) courtesy of my buddy Quiet Quiet , passed it on to me at a great price. Hands down the best writing pen I have, never a hard start and very smooth for a Fine.
 
WValtakis said:
Pilot Custom 74 (Fine nib) courtesy of my buddy Quiet Quiet , passed it on to me at a great price. Hands down the best writing pen I have, never a hard start and very smooth for a Fine.
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Thaaaat's what it is, graaaah, right on the tip of my tongue! A very respectable choice. I considered getting one of those years ago, and am now considering it again lol. A Japanese Fine nib is so different from the German Fine on my Pelikan.

EDIT: Scratch that consideration, I just remembered it's a cartridge converter pen. I write so much that I definitely need the piston filler.
 
Eversion said:
Thaaaat's what it is, graaaah, right on the tip of my tongue! A very respectable choice. I considered getting one of those years ago, and am now considering it again lol. A Japanese Fine nib is so different from the German Fine on my Pelikan.

EDIT: Scratch that consideration, I just remembered it's a cartridge converter pen. I write so much that I definitely need the piston filler.
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Quiet Quiet will have to chime in with specifics because I'm actually a noob, but the converter in mine is piston style and HUGE:eek:
 
Eversion said:
Thaaaat's what it is, graaaah, right on the tip of my tongue! A very respectable choice. I considered getting one of those years ago, and am now considering it again lol. A Japanese Fine nib is so different from the German Fine on my Pelikan.

EDIT: Scratch that consideration, I just remembered it's a cartridge converter pen. I write so much that I definitely need the piston filler.
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I would recommend an Opus 88 or maybe a TWSBI pen, as both have large ink wells. I uh...know a thing or two about fountain pens. Most TWSBI nibs will be aaaahlmost as smooth writing as your Pelikan's nib. :)

I write a lot myself, and my daily writer for the last several months as been a Visconti Homo Sapiens (Bronze Age). A phenomenal pen, and one of the new gold nibs*. I used to write more often with my MB149, but it developed a leak at the piston filler knob and I need to send it in.

Edited to add: I suggested the Opus and TWSBI because they are fairly low cost. I never feel right suggesting some of my favorite pens because they tend to be expensive. LOL



* The old palladium nibs, you had a 70% chance of the one you received being traaaash.
 
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WValtakis said:
Quiet Quiet will have to chime in with specifics because I'm actually a noob, but the converter in mine is piston style and HUGE:eek:
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The CON70 converter on that particular pen is Pilot's biggest one, and does indeed hold a pretty impressive (for a converter!) amount of ink. There are obviously pens that hold more ink, but the Pilot C74 is a compact pen that writes beautifully, comfortably, and it's light. Lot of boxes that pen checks, honestly.
 
Quiet said:
I would recommend an Opus 88 or maybe a TWSBI pen, as both have large ink wells. I uh...know a thing or two about fountain pens. Most TWSBI nibs will be aaaahlmost as smooth writing as your Pelikan's nib. :)

I write a lot myself, and my daily writer for the last several months as been a Visconti Homo Sapiens (Bronze Age). A phenomenal pen, and one of the new gold nibs*. I used to write more often with my MB149, but it developed a leak at the piston filler knob and I need to send it in.



* The old palladium nibs, you had a 70% chance of the one you received being traaaash.
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A Homo Sapiens would be soooo nice (and much respect. WValtakis WValtakis FYI it's like the Sebenza of the pen world), but I wouldn't be comfortable leaving that in my office like I leave my work writer. TWSBI's are definitely good, but my Pelikan does everything I want it to, with the caveat that the Fine nib is a little on the broad side for my small writing. But it writes inverted well enough, so that's my work around if I really need precision. I especially like the fact that it has a steel nib that looks and feels like a gold nib (except a little slimmer if you look closely).
 
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