TWSBI DIAMOND 580 FOUNTAIN PEN - RED

[k5MOW]

Good morning all

What do you all think of the TWSBI DIAMOND 580 FOUNTAIN PEN - RED.
Is this a good pen. I was thinking of getting a fine nip.

Roger

[sgtstretch]

I have a plain 580 with medium nib. I love the design of it, it's a great looking pen, but not a fan of the medium nib. I'd like to pick up a 1.1 italic/stub for it.

[Lady Onogaro]

I have the red-blue edition of the 580. I like it quite a lot, but I have an extra-fine nib on it. I agree with sgtstretch that the 1.1 italic/stub is really nice (I have one on my mini).

[I like mango pudding]

The 580 stub 1.1 is a fat stub and nothing like the mini 1.1 so fat that i can be difficult to write on 7mm lined paper

[Lady Onogaro]

I did not realize that. Thanks for that information.

[mikeal]

I keep running across refrence to TWSBI cracking. Is this still a problem?

[Fouez]

The design change in the section was one of the improvement moving from the 540 to the of the 580. I don't know if it solved the problem but I had none with my 580 AL.