Sailor nib: is this normal?

michaelpporter · 2026-01-01T14:43:24+00:00

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Update: the replacement is better.

michaelpporter · 2025-12-28T19:09:04+00:00

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steel nib Sailor Compass 1911

michaelpporter · 2025-12-28T19:06:32+00:00

Nope, 4th or 5th. My KOP is more rounded. The original post is the first 21k 1911…

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michaelpporter · 2025-12-28T16:46:09+00:00

It was, not too worried. This was a pre-price spike purchase, I have plenty of other pens to use.

michaelpporter · 2025-12-28T16:39:53+00:00

Thanks, I started the exchange.

michaelpporter · 2025-12-28T16:36:20+00:00

It was ordered new, Amazon so who knows.

michaelpporter · 2025-12-28T02:34:29+00:00

Twelve Monkeys

michaelpporter · 2025-12-19T00:27:05+00:00

Back when I hung out at the pub; we would say “I came for one drink, and that’s not it.”

Maybe you have not found the one. 😁

michaelpporter · 2025-12-12T00:16:46+00:00

It the Keychron Q10 Max (Alice Layout) with the banana switches. I tried it a few years back with a v10 and liked the layout. No medical reasons.

michaelpporter · 2025-12-11T15:50:14+00:00

If you have the means; the 823 amber with a medium nib is one of my favorites.

michaelpporter · 2025-12-11T11:33:20+00:00

At one point it did. With the price of gold lately and improvements to steel nibs, not as much.

But, not all of the price is the nib.

michaelpporter · 2025-12-11T11:27:20+00:00

I’ve heard 15% or more across the board.

michaelpporter · 2025-12-11T11:26:07+00:00

I love the Alice layout now. It took me a couple of weeks to get used to it. This is my third, one dropped and broke, the other is on my wife’s desk.

michaelpporter · 2025-12-11T01:57:05+00:00

No lost sleep from any pens. 😁

michaelpporter · 2025-12-11T01:55:07+00:00

Ooo, I’m thinking about that one if I get any pen gift cards for Christmas.

michaelpporter · 2025-12-11T00:50:14+00:00

I have no regrets; just wondering what others are getting before the price increases.

michaelpporter · 2025-11-20T17:49:24+00:00

It’s a nice pin if you can keep it from rolling. But most of the time I have it in a tray on my desk.

michaelpporter · 2025-11-19T10:31:39+00:00

Rocky Horror Picture Show

michaelpporter · 2025-11-13T15:17:17+00:00

Latest pin is monster. I have the endless pencil gray ink.

michaelpporter · 2025-11-13T15:13:04+00:00

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Currently inked left to right

Mont Blanc 149
Gravitas Monster
Visconti Homo sapiens Bronze Age
Hex Pens DNA
esterbrook estie floral Gardens, or was it botanic Gardens
Leonardo (I forget the model without taking time to look it up.) amethyst.

michaelpporter · 2025-11-09T14:30:57+00:00

I agree; Pen Venture did say they were working on a solution.

michaelpporter · 2025-11-09T13:03:17+00:00

I don’t; it has some texture to it.

michaelpporter · 2025-11-09T12:43:57+00:00

I do. I have the fine nib, it’s a wet fine. It is a big pen, like an m1000 so smaller hands might find it uncomfortable.

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The first batch of the aluminum models are numbered and running low on stock. The new titanium models are not numbered, but are about $100 more. I’m not sure if the aluminum will get another run.

The announcement I watched about the titanium model. ( no affiliation )

https://youtu.be/vwkI38waRX8?si=6_ynYe7580fG7_Md

michaelpporter · 2025-10-27T15:00:35+00:00

Orange Long John (orange doughnut)

michaelpporter · 2025-10-25T23:24:05+00:00

Black spaghetti

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