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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    There are some US sellers of many of the Indian pens - FPR are the first that come to mind.

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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

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    Your Wality still works? Miracles never cease to happen.
    I don't want to upset it, but I do need to fiddle with it to fill because the piston doesn't fully retract....I,ve almost mastered the art of advancing it, dropping in some ink, then retracting it a bit.

    For those who did not read the original, under $100 and fat but not heavy. The Wality is perfect in those regards (it was free!), even with the 'amusing' piston routine.

    I already have all the TWSBI pens I want. Thanks!
    In the vein of the Wality is the Airmail Black Beauty. I had to look for pictures of the 52P to make sure it was not the same pen.
    Thanks. I looked for the Airmail Black Beauty, couldn't find it. 😢
    Try the Airmail 69P. I am not sure they make it in the all-black finish anymore but the blue one is tempting me at $24 from FPR.
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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    I already have a few in my cart.

    These don't smell like Noodler's pens, do they? My Wality does not.
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin View Post
    I already have a few in my cart.

    These don't smell like Noodler's pens, do they? My Wality does not.
    I can't say for sure on the FPR versions but mine had a light smell that did not last long after being stored in a cedar cigar box turned pen storage.
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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    All I can say is:

    I'm ruined. I just got a Pelikan 600. It is a wonderful pen, and pretty, too.

    Thanks for all the responses; I have a further question. What do you consider 'flagship' piston-fillers?

    I do have a Lamy 2000, and now this Pelikan. Only one MB piston-filler, and that's a 132 (I need to check).

    My bank account is going to take a beating.
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin View Post
    All I can say is:

    I'm ruined. I just got a Pelikan 600. It is a wonderful pen, and pretty, too.

    Thanks for all the responses; I have a further question. What do you consider 'flagship' piston-fillers?

    I do have a Lamy 2000, and now this Pelikan. Only one MB piston-filler, and that's a 132 (I need to check).

    My bank account is going to take a beating.
    Well, there went the budget.
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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    Quote Originally Posted by KrazyIvan View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin View Post
    All I can say is:

    I'm ruined. I just got a Pelikan 600. It is a wonderful pen, and pretty, too.

    Thanks for all the responses; I have a further question. What do you consider 'flagship' piston-fillers?

    I do have a Lamy 2000, and now this Pelikan. Only one MB piston-filler, and that's a 132 (I need to check).

    My bank account is going to take a beating.
    Well, there went the budget.
    Unless OP got a M600 for less than $100, because that price limit seemed to be quite a hard cap.

    And if so - please tell us your source, Sailor!

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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    Actually, for under $100, you can get a pretty good vintage gold-nibbed Pelikan - I don't recall ever paying more than that for one, and I have a few. If you're happy with one of their fantastic steel nibs, there are M20x's out there within budget as well.

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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    Quote Originally Posted by mizgeorge View Post
    Actually, for under $100, you can get a pretty good vintage gold-nibbed Pelikan - I don't recall ever paying more than that for one, and I have a few. If you're happy with one of their fantastic steel nibs, there are M20x's out there within budget as well.
    Yes, I've been searching!
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

    And my other blog is a tumblr!


    And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:

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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by mizgeorge View Post
    Actually, for under $100, you can get a pretty good vintage gold-nibbed Pelikan - I don't recall ever paying more than that for one, and I have a few. If you're happy with one of their fantastic steel nibs, there are M20x's out there within budget as well.
    Yes, I've been searching!
    Me too!

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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    You could potentially build a M215 for about that price.

    Niche Pens is selling a barrel for $85 and a nib for $11. I'm sure you could find a spare cap...somewhere?

    In fact I already have a few extra M205 nibs lying around...if I could just source a cap... (they are out of stock of M205 caps, but the M405 would fit and be in a similar aesthetic - although the cap alone costs $97!)

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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    UK Amazon has M200/205s for around £70 right now. I just got the pastel green with a B nib for £68, free delivery. That's about US$95 at current rate - and half the price I paid for the same pen a couple of months ago. I'm not even sure if I'll keep it, but it is very pretty...

    They have the brown, regular green marble and black for about the same price, the white's a tiny bit more, and the blue 205's a bit more still.

    Cult pens have 15% off sitewide for their birthday celebration (minimum spend £75) until the end of the week and there's usually a free shipping code around somewhere. A classic green M200 would be about US$85 on that basis, but you'd need to add something to get up to the discount minimum. But, for example, they're selling the Faber Castell Essentio Carbon for the equivalent of $16 (normally at least $50) so it's not hard to get there! All of those are export prices, of course.

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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    Quote Originally Posted by mizgeorge View Post
    Actually, for under $100, you can get a pretty good vintage gold-nibbed Pelikan - I don't recall ever paying more than that for one, and I have a few. If you're happy with one of their fantastic steel nibs, there are M20x's out there within budget as well.
    Oh yes, vintage is possible. I have them. An M600 for under 100? Ummmm, is it stolen?
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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    Quote Originally Posted by KrazyIvan View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by mizgeorge View Post
    Actually, for under $100, you can get a pretty good vintage gold-nibbed Pelikan - I don't recall ever paying more than that for one, and I have a few. If you're happy with one of their fantastic steel nibs, there are M20x's out there within budget as well.
    Oh yes, vintage is possible. I have them. An M600 for under 100? Ummmm, is it stolen?
    Nope. Blew budget, BIIIG-time! I fell so in love with the look of the pen.
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

    And my other blog is a tumblr!


    And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CM2NGSSD

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    Default Re: Looking for a few good piston-fillers

    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin View Post
    Nope. Blew budget, BIIIG-time! I fell so in love with the look of the pen.
    This is why we were born with two kidneys.
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