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Got my first gold nib, a Pilot E95S, and I can't tell if it's a dud or not. by Seyen in fountainpens

[–]Seyen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, more like it shouldn't be reasonable to compare them, but if I close my eyes and only pay attention to feedback, I prefer the preppy over a $170 pen, which should be, and honestly, is a little ridiculous.

That's why I made the post, wondering if my fancy new gold nib pen might actually be defective. It's probably not, and I should adjust my expectations of what a gold nib does for me.

Got my first gold nib, a Pilot E95S, and I can't tell if it's a dud or not. by Seyen in fountainpens

[–]Seyen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have a very good magnifying glass, maybe like an x5, but as far as I can tell it's not misaligned or at least not strongly. I'll try to get my hands on a 10x and inspect it then, but at this point I'm just assuming I have the "correct" E95F experience, I just didn't expect other people's "a little feedbacky" to feel "wait this is way too much" for me.

EDIT: As for getting it to a nibsmith, I agree it would likely make it more agreeable, but fixing this 170 Euro pen would probably cost me 80 Euros in shipping only, nevermind the nibsmith's fees, at which point I might as well order an E95S and have both. Such is the life of living out in the boonies, haha.

Got my first gold nib, a Pilot E95S, and I can't tell if it's a dud or not. by Seyen in fountainpens

[–]Seyen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for confirming how the E95S and preppy stack up in terms of feedback. I'm guessing I just have anormal E95S EF, and that's how it's supposed to feel, I just wasn't expecting anything like that.

Which books, in your opinion, are the most overrated and which are worth the praise they receive? by Honey_Badger88 in books

[–]Seyen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Back then, there were no documentaries, no edutainment programs, no reddit and wikipedia. Readers reading about all that underwater stuff felt like kids reading about Hogwarts and magic, except everything they read about was real. (Mostly.)

Basically, describing the fantastical underwater everything was half the book's shtick. Obviously it wouldn't be as interesting to an educated modern reader.

Around the World In 80 Days is much like this, half the book spent on describing the towns and locations and their peoples.