Bullet Bob
January 4th, 2016, 12:31 PM
I started using fountain pens a few years ago. My first was a Pilot Falcon, loved/love it. Then a Platinum, and a Sailor came along - I gave the Platinum to an old friend a while ago. I wanted to buy a pen from Europe, and after a lot of research bought this Aurora Alpha in Florentine Sky which was delivered today. I know a lot of people only like black pens, but I'm not that manly. Even more don't like metal gripping sections, so they can moooove along. I have fairly large hands, and it fits me perfectly. My Pilot has a Fine nib, medium-fine for the Sailor, and Medium for this new blue beauty.
This pen is more beautiful than the pictures I've seen online, or that I can take. It's hard to really capture it because it changes with the light.
http://www.fototime.com/E55E7141EF23925/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/211EACD56F2973B/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/9F3F6E112E212A7/standard.jpg
Let's get out some ink and try it out:
http://www.fototime.com/7C31575775C7763/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/D2158E4D7D88A16/standard.jpg
It writes at least as well as my Sailor, and that's high praise from me. Any kinks you see in the writing are from me - I have some neuropathy in my right forearm and hand from an old elbow injury. It has a larger converter and ink cartridge than my Japanese pens. Hopefully it will match the others in easy starting and reliability over time.
Since I have my photo hosting site up, here's a picture of the Japanese three - The tortoise in the middle is the long gone Platinum:
http://www.fototime.com/C53FFDCA227ABDF/standard.jpg
This pen is more beautiful than the pictures I've seen online, or that I can take. It's hard to really capture it because it changes with the light.
http://www.fototime.com/E55E7141EF23925/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/211EACD56F2973B/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/9F3F6E112E212A7/standard.jpg
Let's get out some ink and try it out:
http://www.fototime.com/7C31575775C7763/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/D2158E4D7D88A16/standard.jpg
It writes at least as well as my Sailor, and that's high praise from me. Any kinks you see in the writing are from me - I have some neuropathy in my right forearm and hand from an old elbow injury. It has a larger converter and ink cartridge than my Japanese pens. Hopefully it will match the others in easy starting and reliability over time.
Since I have my photo hosting site up, here's a picture of the Japanese three - The tortoise in the middle is the long gone Platinum:
http://www.fototime.com/C53FFDCA227ABDF/standard.jpg