So, I've been talking to Ron at Pen Chalet, and he sent me a pen.
Cool, right? That's my first Sailor 1911 (and only my second Sailor). I'm pretty excited about that.
Here are a few gratuitous nib shots.
I was a little disappointed with the way it wrote to begin with. It didn't want to write on the upswing or on the right-to-left motion. I find this really commonly in higher-end pens for some reason. In this case, one of the tines was out of whack. That's super easy to fix, so I'll take care of that after I wash the nib and feed a bit. You should always do that with a new pen, but I like to ink them up first to see how it goes. There can be manufacturing left-overs in there that might make the ink flow poorly.
I hope a wash and a little bit of nib tuning will fix this up.
The tines were a bit out of line, and the feed got washed, and now it seems to work just fine. I'll be back to this pen for a full on review in the next while, so I'll let you know how it goes.
Cool, right? That's my first Sailor 1911 (and only my second Sailor). I'm pretty excited about that.
Here are a few gratuitous nib shots.
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| Inked up with some Franklin-Christoph Terra Firma. |
I was a little disappointed with the way it wrote to begin with. It didn't want to write on the upswing or on the right-to-left motion. I find this really commonly in higher-end pens for some reason. In this case, one of the tines was out of whack. That's super easy to fix, so I'll take care of that after I wash the nib and feed a bit. You should always do that with a new pen, but I like to ink them up first to see how it goes. There can be manufacturing left-overs in there that might make the ink flow poorly.
I hope a wash and a little bit of nib tuning will fix this up.
The tines were a bit out of line, and the feed got washed, and now it seems to work just fine. I'll be back to this pen for a full on review in the next while, so I'll let you know how it goes.
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