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I would highly recommend the TWSBI Eco as a starter pen close to this price range. Piston-filled with a massive capacity, and comes with all the tools to disass
by lwhsiao 6y ago
I would highly recommend the TWSBI Eco as a starter pen close to this price range. Piston-filled with a massive capacity, and comes with all the tools to disassemble and clean.
- bikenaga 6y agoI went Gullor Picasso (fine) -> Lamy Safari (fine, extra fine) -> TWSBI Eco (extra fine). The Picasso is very smooth, but the grip is slippery and the feed clogs. The Safaris are very durable - good pens if you're not that careful - but the converters don't hold much ink, and even the extra fine nib produces a somewhat wide line. The Eco is excellent. Fine line, and the piston fill means plenty of ink. I have two, and they are nearly all I use.
- yarrel 6y agoThe Eco is great. I use it for any long documents I have to write because it's so comfortable and reliable. I do have to clean it more often than other pens due to the ink feed getting gunged up though. Also I accidentally took mine on a flight (between two sea-level locations!) and it didn't leak in my bag.
- slowmovintarget 6y agoMy fine nib TWSBI Eco is my go-to for note taking for work meetings. I usually have it filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao, Shin-Ryoku, or Noodler's Ink Dark Matter. I've tried Noodler's Ink 54th Massachusetts in the Eco, and it wrote a line one size up. Fantastic ink, but you have to know what you're getting into. It wants to charge out of the pen and onto the page, so even with the Eco, I had to have it in a pen cup, nib-up when not in use. (I have the pen horizontal on my desk top or in a drawer when inked with other inks.) I, too, can highly recommend the TWSBI Eco. It is definitely worth every penny of its comparatively low price.