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Have to agree with the Vanishing Point being the best luxury fountain pen for writing... I have like 8 of them.
by cevn 3y ago
Have to agree with the Vanishing Point being the best luxury fountain pen for writing... I have like 8 of them.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoI agree for the opposite reason. I have one of them that I've used for daily journaling and note taking for ten years with no maintenance other than rinsing the guts twice a year.
- cevn 3y agoThat's awesome and really impressive. The pen is a real workhorse. I will say the Vanishing Point LS or something, the more expensive variant, is not as reliable, as my twist mechanism on that gradually got stuck.
- cflewis 3y agoI liked mine a lot, but I got it in extra fine which was a real mistake. It's like scratching which makes inky marks, not writing. I should have gone with a fine or even medium nib. I now use a Pilot Custom 823 which is always going to be less sturdy than the Vanishing Point and my guess is it's always living on borrowed time. I'll replace it with a fine/medium VP when I eventually break it somehow.
- cevn 3y agoAh, yea I had a similar experience with Extra Fine. Now I buy them through Nibs.com which does some custom grinding, also they take into account my Leftyness, which makes for an extremely smooth and wet write.
- peddamat 3y agoThe Moonman A2 is my current favorite pen. Though it's a knock-off, the out-of-box nib smoothness was better than that of the Vanishing Point that I ended up returning. The fact that it's only $15 on AliExpress makes it a steal. No pun intended.
- cevn 3y agoYea, the out of box smoothness of the VP leaves a lot to be desired, I've been getting them from Nibs.com which smooths it nicely for me.