TWSBI 580

[thagbert]

Just got my 580 today in the mail. I ordered it from their eBay site. It arrived promptly. I also ordered their really cool inkwell and some ink from Goulet Pens.

The ink well is awesome! See the video about it on the Goulet Pens site;

http://www.gouletpens.com/TWSBI_Diam...w-m7443380.htm

Can't wait to ink it up. I figured out that this pen is made in Taiwan.

This also my first piston filler. (oops)

[KrazyIvan]

Congratulations. The 580 is looking like a winner for TWSBI. I am trying hard to not get one since I have the 530 and 540 already. Oh, and the 580 is a piston filler not a vac filler.

[snedwos]

It's sort of a vacuum... Or rather, it's playing on the principle of horror vacui "Nature abhors a vacuum".

[KrazyIvan]

It's sort of a vacuum... Or rather, it's playing on the principle of horror vacui "Nature abhors a vacuum".

Yes but then all pens, except eye droppers, would be vacuum fillers and that's no fun.

[snedwos]

Yes but then all pens, except eye droppers, would be vacuum fillers and that's no fun.

And cartridge fillers.

[Wolfeeh]

My First Post

I picked up a Diamond 580, clear, fine nib today with some Noodler's Bulletproof Black ink from http://purepens.co.uk as I snapped my Lamy Al-Star in half where the grip meets the barrel and I needed a replacement quality pen in a hurry. Turns out the office/headquarters of PurePens is less than 5 minutes drive from my house and I've been driving past it every day for the last five years without even knowing it was there!

Anyway, fantastic pen, very happy with it, top notch build quality, killer good looks, writes like a dream.
I think it would also be appropriate to say that PurePens offered top notch customer service, bearing in mind they do not have a shop front, this is their office but they welcomed me in, let me have a good look at the product, test it out and even filled it up for me prior to leaving (I'd never used a piston-filler before). Good Stuff.

But yeh, back to the pen.... don't hesitate, buy it!

[danyluis]

My First Post

I picked up a Diamond 580, clear, fine nib today with some Noodler's Bulletproof Black ink from http://purepens.co.uk as I snapped my Lamy Al-Star in half where the grip meets the barrel and I needed a replacement quality pen in a hurry. Turns out the office/headquarters of PurePens is less than 5 minutes drive from my house and I've been driving past it every day for the last five years without even knowing it was there!

Anyway, fantastic pen, very happy with it, top notch build quality, killer good looks, writes like a dream.
I think it would also be appropriate to say that PurePens offered top notch customer service, bearing in mind they do not have a shop front, this is their office but they welcomed me in, let me have a good look at the product, test it out and even filled it up for me prior to leaving (I'd never used a piston-filler before). Good Stuff.

But yeh, back to the pen.... don't hesitate, buy it!

Hi,

I know it's been more than one year since you posted this comment, but since I'm planning to buy one TWSBI 580 and have been using my Lamy AL-star for the last 10 years, I would like to know how would you compare them in terms of writing smoothness. I still use and love my Lamy, but the demostrator thing is very attractive.

Thanks in advance,
DF

[Cookies]

Hi,

I know it's been more than one year since you posted this comment, but since I'm planning to buy one TWSBI 580 and have been using my Lamy AL-star for the last 10 years, I would like to know how would you compare them in terms of writing smoothness. I still use and love my Lamy, but the demostrator thing is very attractive.

Thanks in advance,
DF

I have a Mini and a Safari and I would say my Lamy is much smoother than my Mini. Both are xf nibs that write pretty close to the same width. The Mini is probably about 5/10 wetness and I would say the Lamy is 6/10. I've had zero problems with my Lamy and a ton with the Mini. But I do find the Classic color scheme much more attractive than my Safari.

[writingrav]

Welcome. Excellent choice.

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[Wolfeeh]

Hehe, hello, thank you.

I vaguely felt like I was going out on a limb a little as I'd only seen one video review of the pen by some guy called sbrebrown but it looked good so I thought what the hell. It was that, another al-star or a lamy studio.

To be honest I will be trying to get the al-star exchanged as I only bought it last week, but I've lost the receipt, if not I will see if lamy will repair it and if they won't I will eventually buy a replacement as that was meant to be my work pen. The studio appeals a lot but the diamond 580 looked so crazy I had to try it first and I'm glad I did.


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[Eclectica]

Ditto: Got my Diamond 580 in the mail a few days ago. Really exciting ! Went for F nib in the end.

Took a few days to find some quality peaceful time to calmly fill it and try it - impressed.

Smooth, good flow, comfortable, ahhh... sweet!

[thagbert]

This sucker is huge compared to my Pilot Prera! Seven (177mm) inches long with the cap posted! I think I'm going to order a TWSBI Diamond Mini. I have a proclivity for demonstrators.

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[Wolfeeh]

I saw the mini in the shop. It was fantabulous. if I'd had another £42 I'd have bought one then and there. but that said they had black only and i fancy a clear one like my 580.

[Freddy]

I saw the mini in the shop. It was fantabulous. if I'd had another £42 I'd have bought one then and there. but that said they had black only and i fancy a clear one like my 580.

I have the demonstrator Mini and love it. I also have a demonstrator 540 that writes like a dream so really have no need to consider the 580. However, I'm always on the lookout for new TWSBI products.

[Wolfeeh]

Surely you can never have enough pens? and it really is worthy of your hard earned dollah.

I have the demonstrator Mini and love it. I also have a demonstrator 540 that writes like a dream so really have no need to consider the 580. However, I'm always on the lookout for new TWSBI products.

[Saintpaulia]

Truly the TWSBIs are a great value for one's money. To me they are the "anti-Pelikan", which, in my view, are over-priced and over-rated.

[KrazyIvan]

It's not really meant to post.

[thagbert]

It's not really meant to post.

I just got the TWSBI Mini and it appears to be made to post.

[KrazyIvan]

I just got the TWSBI Mini and it appears to be made to post.

Yes, it even has threads. Convenient isn't it.

[thagbert]

I figured that out. Yet it still posts.