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Crecker
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Aug 29, 2015
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toomanypens
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Sep 1, 2015
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CreckerWhat size nib did you choose? I have enough pens in fine and medium, so I picked up the 1.1 mm stub both times in this drop, and the only problem I have is that if I have more than a few sentences to write, the feed doesn't keep up and needs a moment to get ink down to the nib again.
Funny though, every Jinhao I've owned has given me tons of trouble. Different pens suit different people!
Buy the Goulet micro mesh and mylar papers before buying a new nib though. Those can work wonders on a difficult pen.
Funny though, every Jinhao I've owned has given me tons of trouble. Different pens suit different people!
Buy the Goulet micro mesh and mylar papers before buying a new nib though. Those can work wonders on a difficult pen.
grax
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Feb 17, 2016
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Creckermine was nothing special either.
the medium nib was scratchy, and the body cookie cutter to the core, and for the price i could have gotten something a lot nicer.
after 2 overpriced duds i think that all in all Monteverde is just a crappy company, the corner cutting and high prices attest to that.
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I wouldn't go as far to say that it's not worth the ~$30 I put into it. However, if I had bought the pen at the MSRP more towards $70, I'd feel a lot more negatively.
The pen is constructed of a lot thinner and lighter materials than I thought when purchasing the pen. This isn't exactly a minus, but it's certainly not a plus. The cap and body are almost see-through in the lighter sections. I sort of assumed by the look of it that it would be a thicker, more substantial material. Still, the pen looks nice, feels just about as heavy as it should for its size, and the screw-on cap is nice and weighty. The shape, color, and clip are just about as they appear, otherwise.
However, the real drawbacks come in the writing performance. The nib really sucks. I'm not sure if it's just my model, but it's all of the things I don't like in a nib. It's scratchy, has an _insane_ amount of drag, and just feels like you're writing on sandpaper no matter what surface or paper you're writing on.
I maintain that the $3.50 Jinhao 599A I bought still writes better than any other pen I own. This just solidified that statement.
I've spent the better part of the afternoon trying to smooth the nib out with paper bags and nail files (I don't have any micro mesh, so I can't try something quite that fine out) to no avail. The pen still feels like bad chalk on a sidewalk, and drags so much that I can't very well close letters because the pen catches on the paper so consistently.
I might in the future try replacing the nib (as far as I know, any #6 nib will do here. Might try a Goulet nib on it, and see how that works) but I'm not inclined to dump another $16 into this when I have other pens that write well.
Overall, I love the aesthetics of the pen. They weren't what I expected, but they ended up looking and feeling very appealing to me. But I can't justify to myself taking around a semi-expensive pen with which I hate writing when a near-disposable Jinhao takes the cake in every regard in terms of writing.
I'll give the pen a few more chances. Who knows, maybe I just need to break in the nib and smooth it out over the course of writing with it? But if it stays the way it is (I sincerely don't think the texture of paper is going to do much more to smooth the tip out given that its supposed to be made of a highly durable metal, and even a nail file couldn't do much for me) I can't say I'll be using the pen for much more than decoration.
Anyone else having a similar experience?