I like Levenger True Writers, or at least I used to. I recently bought a True Writer in Golden Tortoise because it looks fantastic. It writes even better than it looks; the nib is one of the better steel nibs I have ever used to put ink to paper. The fine nib lays down a smooth and juicy line that is surprisingly consistent on different kinds of paper. In short, it writes and looks so nicely that it would have a prominent place in my daily rotation if it wasn't for one problem that I didn't notice when I was buying it.
The cap posts only in the sense that it slides over the back of the pen barrel. However, the cap does not catch onto the barrel at all meaning I cannot use the pen with the cap posted. The pen is a bit short for me without the extra length of the cap posted. Now that I encountered this problem, I have gone back over my older True Writers, and it looks like the barrels of the older models do not taper the same way the Golden Tortoise does. Is it just me, or do barrels of the older models taper less until about a quarter of an inch before they reach the bottom tassie and then curve to meet the tassie versus the newer models that have an even taper all the way down to the tassie?
If this is an intentional design change, is there any solution to the cap not posting other than wrapping some Scotch tape on the back of the barrel? I like several of the newer acrylics, but if they won't post, I have no use for them.
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