Originally Posted by
stub
Originally Posted by
ilikenails
I love Sheaffer Triumph nibs, but now I'm looking for modern pens that take cartridges (I like to syringe fill enough for several weeks and just get on with things.)
Then get a Sheaffer Triumph nib Vac fill. WAAAAAY more ink than a cartridge and a nib you already know you love.
I've got a nice Snorkel, I think the capacity is the same. I wouldn't say it's WAAAY more than a Pilot cart - maybe just under 2ml instead of 1ml. And I won't use a historical artefact, which is how I think of those pens, as work tools - the risk of pens being lost or falling off tables is too much. (Work equals lots of concentration, coffee, occasional long hours, etc.) And I need the fast mess-free refilling that only carts give.
The hardest nib I have ever used was a Pelikan D nib (Manifold) on a 400nn, which also famously holds a metric ton of ink. In fact one of the largest ink capacities ever in a piston filler.
That's interesting. But that pen carries only 2ml of ink, so given the high price on ebay, I think I'd rather just carry an extra cartridge. Or pen.
As for an off the shelf affordable nail c/c pen. Faber Castel nibs are rock hard. Also. the half dozen I have had were excellent. A Faber Castel Loom or some such would fit the bill.
Yay for hard nibs.
I was originally going to buy FC Basics if the XF was fine enough, but they've such a reputation for breaking that I binned the idea. The grip section on the Loom is a bit slippy for me. (Also some of the responses I read FC giving to the problems with the Basic, plus the uncorrected design flaws, moved the brand to my Do Not Buy list. Which is a pity because the Loom and Basic are attractive pens.)
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