jimi987I'm using Noodler's no-feather with the supplied converter and quite happy now. Had some hard starts for the first fill or two, writing very nice now after re-rinsing the nib. I guess I didn't clean it enough initially(?). I'm no expert on fountain pens (this is my first "nice" one) but I really am enjoying its weight in the hand and the heptagonal shape. I don't post when I write; with the cap this one might be too heavy unless you really like a weighty pen. I got the M nib and it's pretty broad, imo. Might have gone for the F if I did it over again (or might pick one up). Still, quite pleased with the purchase!
monoclinequick update: found x-feather to be really dry and still had some problems so I switched to heart of darkness (also noodler) and it writes great now. Didn't know inks varied that much but I guess they do. Bad blue heron also works great.
jimi987I used Noodlers black [not very innovative color choice, but for notes and such gets the job done] with a Fine L-tech went through ink faster then my Faber-Castell loom M and my Itallix Pearson's Essential M. So maybe it was just my nib, but I changed it out for a Faber-Castell F (from their model Basic) and now it goes through ink at what I consider a normal rate, with out dumping out ink.