Edward
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Today, I am carrying two Shule bladder-filling fountain pens.
I bought these from a UK eBay store (I have one in each colour - green, red, blue, matte black, chrome). Nice, solid feel to them (lacquer over metal body). So far I've only used the green and the black. They have differently sized nibs - the black writes very smoothly, I think a medium nib (which I'm used to), while the green, with what appears to be a fine nib, I'm still getting used to (I adopte a 'diferent' stance with fps, being left-handed). I believe these pens to be of Chinese manufacture. They were very cheap (at GBP0.99 plus a few pence postage), so if they don't last long it is no great loss. My plan is that I will use these as daily carriers unless or until I find something more suitable, and even then, these will be idea for either a back-up (important if, like me, you prefer to use bottled ink) or for colours I won't use as much, such as red and green. The black and green pens are currently loaded with black Waterman ink, though I intend soon to order bottles of purple, royal blue, tropical blue, brown, red and green also.
My ideal pen would be my Waterman Phileas with a solid, lacquer-covered metal body, and a lever-filling mechanism. I'm still on the lookout for something like that in the affordable bracket - I've seen some beautiful Parkers and Watermans, but they're way out of my price range. The Phileas writes beautifully and fits my hand perfectly. All other things being equal, I would consider compromising and using a converter as I do with most of my current pens, but the Phileas' big "failing" in my eyes is its plastic body - I like a weighty pen that would take being stood on if I drop it in the street.
I bought these from a UK eBay store (I have one in each colour - green, red, blue, matte black, chrome). Nice, solid feel to them (lacquer over metal body). So far I've only used the green and the black. They have differently sized nibs - the black writes very smoothly, I think a medium nib (which I'm used to), while the green, with what appears to be a fine nib, I'm still getting used to (I adopte a 'diferent' stance with fps, being left-handed). I believe these pens to be of Chinese manufacture. They were very cheap (at GBP0.99 plus a few pence postage), so if they don't last long it is no great loss. My plan is that I will use these as daily carriers unless or until I find something more suitable, and even then, these will be idea for either a back-up (important if, like me, you prefer to use bottled ink) or for colours I won't use as much, such as red and green. The black and green pens are currently loaded with black Waterman ink, though I intend soon to order bottles of purple, royal blue, tropical blue, brown, red and green also.
My ideal pen would be my Waterman Phileas with a solid, lacquer-covered metal body, and a lever-filling mechanism. I'm still on the lookout for something like that in the affordable bracket - I've seen some beautiful Parkers and Watermans, but they're way out of my price range. The Phileas writes beautifully and fits my hand perfectly. All other things being equal, I would consider compromising and using a converter as I do with most of my current pens, but the Phileas' big "failing" in my eyes is its plastic body - I like a weighty pen that would take being stood on if I drop it in the street.
