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Bortoletti The Crown Fountain Pen
RayF
22218
Jan 6, 2019
Glad to see the Writing Community is becoming less and less naive about this sort of offering.
Is this a fountain pen? Technically, yes. Is it a good one? No, this is a novelty pen made by a company that specializes in novelty items (mainly for the Harry Potter crowd I'm afraid):
https://www.bortoletti.com/en/Catalogo/R/tutti/T
Let me put it to you this way: this pen is to Fountain Pens, as Beats are to headphones. Now that said, Beats are very popular headphones, but not among Audiophiles. So, if you're just getting into fountain pens, and this one appeals to you, be forewarned that it may not seem as desirable in the future, as it does presently. Which is to say, there is probably more than one Audiophile out there with an old pair of Beats gathering dust in the back of their drawer or closet.
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Ghostwriter
99
Jan 7, 2019
RayFIn addition to the quality issues you (and several others) have mentioned, I'd like to add that generally speaking slick metal sections are not very practical as the grip is adversely affected, making the pen very difficult to hold while writing. If metal sections float your boat, my recommendation would be to look elsewhere - for something more 'non-skid' (the Faber-Castell Loom is a good example of a metal section which has embossed rings around it to aid with grip).
I won't get into the additional issue metal sections have - the potential for corrosion over time when using non-pH neutral inks.
RayF
22218
Jan 7, 2019
GhostwriterCouldn't agree more.
Another thing I dislike about this type of section is that it allows a manufacturer to design a generic section, and then crank out an unlimited number of barrel designs to fit it--creating what is essentially the same damn pen, over and over again.
In other words, they're just putting new outfits on the same Barbie.
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