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Conklin was the first manufacturer of practical self-filling fountain pens, and this is an exact replica of the company’s original 1897 design—now with a supple 14-karat-gold flex nib. One hundred and twenty years ago, the Crescent Filler was an innovation in penmaking that ultimately led to more practical construction Read More
I have the same question as another user below. My nib does not write. Why? There is a visible gap between the tines. Ergo, no capillary flow. I like the pen, so I don’t want a return, but I don’t know what nib service is available. Right now, it is a pretty (expensive) piece of plastic.
So my Conklin pen came in today. nice looking pen, very flexible nib. I inked it per instructions and......nothing. Ink will not flow. If you continuously draw figure 8's, you'll get a little ink, but it stops as soon as you stop writing....and doesn't start again for a few letters. I emailed the info@conklin.com and got a return email that the address is not valid. I tried submitting a problem request at their website, but that kept erroring out also. I'm not happy that this pen doesn't flow at all.
gartland291ok, I tried two different types of ink. Lamy black and Noodler's black. Neither ink will flow. Really frustrated that a $200 pen can't even get ink flow right.
I just verified my receipt. Blue with gold accent - Fine Nib. Huh... Guess we'll just have to wait and see. it's not going to be my EDC pen since I usually like pens with a lot higher quality. I was just intrigued by it.
Well, I see I was a bit late in making my decision, but I had absolutely no idea that only 13 pens would be offered. IMHO, that's rather a low blow. I have a Conklin Mark Twain, but it's the conventional model, steel nib, etc., but it's a great pen, and I'm sure I love mine as much as Mark Twain did his. The thought of having another one was certainly tantalizing, but I guess it was not to be. Sigh.
I see the same thing. Only 13 pens sold. Though I did debate on this. Most pens now a days mention "flex" to mean springiness not large line width variation in writing which is what people really want... along with smoothness and ease of use etc.. A writing sample of the "flex" would be nice.
solesonLooks like it...bummer. Almost certainly the last few...SMALL runs of these colors. Plus, these have gold nibs, not steel.
Writing reviews can be found on FPN. Seems "flexible" is an overstatement, which isn't surprising. The review is specifically for the Ambrosia, but that was another LE run of 98 and described as a flexible nib...so, highly likely to me to use the same nib and feed.
Please post a picture of a writing sample showing the flex of the nib. Vintage Conklin pens could flex easily from XF to BBBB widths allowing for very expressive and ornamental writing. I doubt that this pen can do this, but what exactly can it do? Don't misunderstand, if it could do what Conklin pens used to do, it would be fantastic. Expressive writing with a very flexible nib is a skill worthy of learning, especially when eMail threatens the use of postal letters and handwriting in general.
Best regards,
David