Victor of Constellations88 kindly sent me this pen for review – thank you!
Measurements
Length (capped): 128.4 mm/5.05″
Length (uncapped): 125.8 mm/4.95″
Length (posted): N/A”
Diameter (section): 11.6 – 12.9 mm/0.45″ – 0.50″
Diameter (barrel): 13.9 – 16.1 mm/0.54″ – 0.63″
Weight (all): 28.5 g
Weight (cap): 8 g
Weight (body): 20.5 g
The distributor of Platinum (and Lamy) in Canada generously lent me this tester set of Platinum nibs, which means I can give you an overview of all of these nibs!
Kunisawa very generously sent me a large number of notebooks – so let’s have a good look at them.
In this new series of videos, I chat about my pens. There will be no writing samples here: if you’re interested in that, please check out my reviews of the individual pens or see my Personal Pens videos.
In this first installment, I talk about my Visconti pens.
Maxpedition allowed me to purchase this pack for review purposes at a discount – thank you kindly!
Let’s chat about reviewers being enthusiastic about expensive pens, the cognitive dissonance phenomenon, and how to deal with that phenomenon. And, as a free bonus: let’s chat about objectivity in reviews again.
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Mr Peter Ford of MrPen very kindly sent me the complete lineup of 10 nibs he sells for the Churchman’s Prescriptor model. A very exciting opportunity to demonstrate how each of these nibs write.
Top to bottom: Extra-Fine, Fine, Medium, Broad, Left-Foot Non-Italic Broad, Right-Foot Non-Italic Broad, Left-Foot Italic Broad, Right-Foot Italic Broad, Extra Broad Italic, Extra Broad Cursive
Let’s talk about why anyone would want to use fountain pens in an increasingly digital age.
Let’s take a scientific approach to keeping our hobby interesting!
Let’s talk about how to get the most out of watching a fountain pen review.