Pen Lust
January 17th, 2010
Treats
At one time I wanted to sell off the Sailor music nib but I couldn’t find buyers. I’m glad I didn’t get it sold now that I’ve moved into my fat nib phase. Lately I’ve been wanting another fat nib. I love the Sailor music nib that I have but the ink flow is funny. It takes a stroke or two for the pen to ’start-up’ and the ink capacity is low.
I tried a Nakaya music nib last evening, in addition to Pilot music pen and a Custom 742 music nib. Now that I’ve been completely spoilt by the Sailors and Pelikans that I own, I find the Pilots rough. The Nakaya is extremely lovely and I’ve been told that the two tines on the Nakaya equals better ink flow. The price of a Nakaya is out of my budget. Even if I were to win 1st prize in 4D, I still wouldn’t buy it – it is so expensive that I would have to leave it in a case untouched so I won’t scratch the lacquer while writing.
A Sailor 1911 Realo (music nib) could work an alternative but I can’t justify having one. It’s the same as the 1911 (same complaints) except that the Realo has a slightly larger ink capacity (1.5ml) vs the convertor (0.9ml) and the price is 50% higher than the standard 1911. It probably makes better sense to buy a music nib from Richard Binder to fit into the old Pelikan. Or Greg Minuskin (mmmmm…oh but I don’t want to part with the P51!).
