Intro to Pens?

[HogwldFLTR]

Originally Posted by pickettt

Wow, I somehow missed the entire middle of this thread. You've had a hell of a couple weeks! Now that you've got a varied collection, what's your preference...and why?

Hell of a couple of weeks; consider it a coping mechanism as I still drive daily to work into the worst area of Massachusetts for the pandemic. Believe it or not (of course you believe it) I'm still feeling them out. The Montblanc 144 Vermeil is a great pen but has a Super Fine nib which I'm replacing with a medium. I like the fine line it produces but have problem with flow consistency. I really like the pen's aesthetics. I bought it used.

The Jonathan Swift has an enormous in trail and writes wonderfully and it very bold. The top doesn't post which is a bit of a disadvantage because it makes it smallish. I'm very much a Jonathan Swift fan so I'm biased towards the pen.

I spent some time with the W. A. Mozart set trying each item (FP, BP, and Pencil). I really like the way the FP writes. It is a bit smallish in the hand although I have pretty much small hand so it's comfortable when posted.

The Pelikan Smokey Quartz was used and feels a little scratchy; I've got a replacement nib coming for that as the one it came with was also somewhat scratched up.

The Lamy is pretty utilitarian but also writes wonderfully. If everything works out I'll get the replacement nib for the 144 and that will become my got to. I still have two older MBs coming in so the apple cart could be easily upturned.

I've also discovered different pens work differently depending on the paper they're coupled with. Again, still feeling everything out. For example with the Swift, I was just writing with it and it really feels fine in my hand.