Thanks, it’s the first gold nib I’ve bought. Price has already gone up $7.50 since I ordered it.
Was going to look into a Lamy Studio with a gold nib, but the Studio with a steel nib is already $79 and change. Another $100 or so for a gold nib.
The 3776 I ordered isn’t exactly what I would have preferred (rhodium trim and a medium or soft fine nib), but it was too cheap to pass up.
Now the question is, Iroshizuku Shin Kai or Kyo-no-oto Aonibi?
Soon…
I like the lighter colour of that one better, Shin-kai is also a great everyday use ink.
I was leaning towards Aonibi too. Shin-kai is a workhorse, a very well performing ink, but Aonibi is a little more saturated and shades a little more. I also love watching it dry from royal blue to a dusky blue.
I recently got in on a Massdrop drop for 3 bottles of upper end ink. Some Iro Kon-Peki, Montblanc Lavender Purple, and Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin should be coming my way in the next century
I saw that drop, but I already have more ink than I know what to do with.
I probably have about 700ml of ink.
I’ve shamefully gone the collector route and have a 15ml bottle of every iroshizuku ink
Been playing with my new pens. Really loving them. Conklins seem to have decent flex on them which is pretty fantastic
a pen thread?
heres what i use for work
I’m fairly certain Kaweco nib units use the same threading as Bock nib units, so in theory a Bock titanium nib would be a direct drop-in piece.
A Fireblue Liliput with a titanium nib unit would be dope.
This guy is on sale so I picked it up. Been really digging on bolt action pens.
The supposed Blue-Black Platinum ink that came with the 3776 is pretty underwhelming. Doesn’t shade a whole lot and dries to a rather boring shade of blue.
Does anyone have a TWSBI ECO or ECO-T? I got an ECO-T. Its nice. Writes well. well built, i like the screw on top and the butter o-ring to keep it on the end when you’re writing with it.
I used to have an Eco (non-T). I really liked it, build was good and it is a good price IMO. The stock nib is stiffer than I liked, but I had another nib that fit.
