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December 21st, 2015, 08:41 PM
For new fountain pen enthusiasts who would like to taste what a super-flex can do for them, I present...
A Waterman IDEAL 55 (the big brother of the more common 52)
The Good:
1. One of the best super-flex pen I've tried
2. The nib is just beautiful, big, lays down crisp thin line and flex like a dancer
3. New rubber ink sac
4. Tested for over a month, always write, never hesitation or hard start
The Bad:
1. I won't waste your time pointing out the minutia of the cosmetic condition of this pen: It's user-grade.
So if you don't like user-grade pens that write superbly, tell your friends who do about this ad. Thank you!
2. This pen didn't come with a cap to me and I don't just have Waterman 55 caps lying around in the house.
But I did find a cap which has been protecting the nib and keeping the ink from drying for a month now. But it's ugly <-- the cap, not the pen.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/742/23789689822_15b524ec7c_c.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/649/23789689632_90d2b10d75_c.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5692/23602302680_5425487f87.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5766/23815532511_dd96c24b29.jpghttps://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5668/23815531901_49ca916eab.jpg
NOTE: In this writing sample, notice how thin the thinnest line is, and how thick the thickest (i'm not even pushing the flex to the max).
The difference between those two and how crisp the writing indicates the "snapback" which is the tell-tale of a super-flex nib.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5638/22772294567_c89c21a9ee_z.jpg
Price: $100 OBO Shipped within USA.
International offers pay for shipping at cost.
A Waterman IDEAL 55 (the big brother of the more common 52)
The Good:
1. One of the best super-flex pen I've tried
2. The nib is just beautiful, big, lays down crisp thin line and flex like a dancer
3. New rubber ink sac
4. Tested for over a month, always write, never hesitation or hard start
The Bad:
1. I won't waste your time pointing out the minutia of the cosmetic condition of this pen: It's user-grade.
So if you don't like user-grade pens that write superbly, tell your friends who do about this ad. Thank you!
2. This pen didn't come with a cap to me and I don't just have Waterman 55 caps lying around in the house.
But I did find a cap which has been protecting the nib and keeping the ink from drying for a month now. But it's ugly <-- the cap, not the pen.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/742/23789689822_15b524ec7c_c.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/649/23789689632_90d2b10d75_c.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5692/23602302680_5425487f87.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5766/23815532511_dd96c24b29.jpghttps://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5668/23815531901_49ca916eab.jpg
NOTE: In this writing sample, notice how thin the thinnest line is, and how thick the thickest (i'm not even pushing the flex to the max).
The difference between those two and how crisp the writing indicates the "snapback" which is the tell-tale of a super-flex nib.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5638/22772294567_c89c21a9ee_z.jpg
Price: $100 OBO Shipped within USA.
International offers pay for shipping at cost.