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Fountain Pen Revolution Himalaya (2-Pack)

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Fountain Pen Revolution Himalaya (2-Pack)

Name: Fountain Pen Revolution Himalaya (2-Pack)
Brand: Fountain Pen Revolution
SKU: fountain-pen-revolution-himalaya-fountain-pen
Rating: 3.857143 (21 reviews)

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Available in a variety of colors in both acrylic and ebonite, the Himalaya from Fountain Pen Revolution makes an eye-catching daily writer. It features a #5.5 nib, a sturdy metal pocket clip, and a screw-on cap that posts to add length and weight while you write Read More

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AzPaul

Jun 18, 2019

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Definitely Worth the Price

For the money, these pens meet my expectations. Appearance of both is attractive and this is my first experience with a flex nib - the price allowed me to take a risk and try the flex out. I have some practice to do in order to get the flex nib to work the way it's supposed to, but the pens write well otherwise. I left them on my desk, horizontally, for four days while I was out of town. When I came back and picked them up to write again, the ink flowed like I'd just put them down four minutes ago rather than four days ago. Only my more expense pens do that, so I was impressed. In this case, I got what I paid for and maybe a little more too.

Recommends this product? Yes

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211bma

Apr 18, 2019

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Nice pens, I ordered four of these two acrylic and two ebonite and these are really nice. I especially like the ebonite ones they feel really good in my fingers though I think the acrylic ones are almost as nice to hold, and write with, but are quite a bit prettier. As for nibs I ordered a fine, a medium, and two flex nibs, and like them all, smooth writing right out of the box if you will (they didn't come with a box).

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JDWTPMD

Apr 19, 2019

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Attractive design. Writes well. Construction will not be confused with an expensive pen.

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Bellagrace

Apr 24, 2019

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Love them both. They're really pretty pens and they write perfectly right out of the box (OK, well it didn't come in a box, but still they're great). I would 100% order this again.

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AlexCzar

120

Apr 11, 2019

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First Impressions

Flex nib (ebonite green)

Writing experience I was extremely excited about trying the flex nib and now I'm quite disappointed. I do leave some room for the doubt that my inexperience is involved but so far fail to see how that would be. The problem is that the pen is gushing wet, so there is barely any difference between lines written with pressure and without it. This is when trying to write letters, if just doing #-marks to see the line variation - the variation is there, but when writing letters, there is so much ink coming out that after a thick stroke there is no thin one, the ink just flows onto the page and puts a line barely distinguishable from the thick one written when pressing down. That said, normal writing experience is quite pleasant, the nib is very smooth, it glides. When I write normally without applying pressure, it writes like a broad, with a little bit of pressure like maybe 1.5 broad. Photo of a test on Clairefontaine paper:

Note, I tried to do the flex thing on capital 'H's and some of the 'l's Next is a sample on the same paper with Pelikan Smoky Quartz ink - the driest ink I have. Hello FPR Himalaya Flex is written with this pen, the rest is Pelikan M200 M nib for comparison. So I guess FPR nib is just a bit too broad by itself even without pressure.

Looks I like the main materials - ebonite is beautiful and it is just the right amount of smooth. Metal parts - quite another matter, they are as cheap looking and feeling like any metalo-plastic chromed parts of a 20 cent ballpoint. Overall though the pens are beautiful, so for the price I paid here I don't mind the cheaper build, that said I wouldn't have paid the full price on FPR website.

Normal M nib (acrylic jade smoke)

Writing experience It has a little bit of feedback when compared to my Pilot Metropolitan (also a Medium) but not so much as to make it uncomfortable. I'd say performance is acceptable. Lays down broader line than the Pilot, but that's to be expected (European vs Japanese). I won't be posting a photo, because it basically writes identical to the flex nib when flex is not pressed down - ('imalaya' part on the photo above), the problem with that is its wetness, it is so wet that the line at first looks like a sausage, it takes ages to dry on good paper and spreads to almost double broad on paper of poorer quality. Looks Body is absolutely gorgeous. I love it to bits, well except for the minor gripe with the metal parts (see above).

Common parts

Filling the pen It is easy to fill, but the included convertor is very flimsy, I don't trust it and I'll probably convert the pen into an eye dropper as soon as I get me some silicone grease. That said, so far they work and there are no immediate problems. Overall ... this was not a waste of money, but since there are cheaper alternatives of same or higher quality, I'll keep my rating at what it is: three stars. Functionality is quite high on my priority list and I feel that I would've been better off with couple more Pilot MRs on that front. Where these pens shine is the looks of the materials and eye dropper conversion possibility. The latter not being a big deal for me, as even with a 0.9ml of ink I can go for a week or so. These benefits may be worth more to some people, but they are not really significant for me. --- Edit: 2019-05-13 Second impressions (after about a month of use) So, I've been using both pens for about a month now. Flex is not usable as such, yes you can write something like huge Hello or similar if you train well, but you cannot write copperplate with it, it is too stiff and too gushing wet. Usable as a wet medium though, so I'm using it as such. It is very feedbacky, but tolerable, especially on good paper. Medium nib, started very wet but OK, after a while though it became gushing wet to the point of bleeding even through good paper, like Clairefontaine. Stub 1.0mm nib, was sent to me free of charge by Kevin as a consolation for the flex not doing what it's supposed to. Here I have to say that when I receive a replacement for something I generally expect it to perform well, it is a replacement which means it has to rectify a bad situation. This stub is horrible, it just does not want to write properly, unless I really press the nib into the paper. I was very careful to keep it aligned perfectly, I watched several videos - no dice, even when I really really try it still skips several times per word and hard starts. I've found that there are two ways to write with it:

press it into paper, like you would a bad ballpoint, repeat first line of the letter until you see ink, then write in perfect cursive never stopping, if the nib leaves the paper for more than half a second, you'll have another skip.
reverse writing works perfectly, puts down a normal medium-to-fine stub line, never skips never hard starts, no excessive pressure is necessary; unfortunately this method is scratchy as hell, I cannot tolerate more than a couple of words of it.

Final verdict Only buy these pens if

you're feeling extremely lucky (as nibs are a lottery), or
you only want the body of the pen and are planning to replace the nib, or
you're a nib smith or at least an advanced tinkerer and can tune the nibs yourselves.

Note, just watching a YouTube video on how to tune a nib won't help, I've tried, but I do not have skills to really identify what's wrong, visually nibs look good, it is probably something minor that only an experienced master could find and fix. Overall, although the pens are beautiful I feel they are not worth their price. You can buy fitting Jowo nibs for them, but you may still have to deal with overly generous ink flow and very flimsy and very custom converters. I wouldn't risk eye dropper conversion with these pens, if even with the converter they are so wet, in an eye dropper mode they'll probably just leak. I'm leaving three stars ★★★, but only because Kevin was really friendly and did send me a replacement nib for free, even though a bad one. Otherwise I don't think this product deserves more than two ★★.

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AlexCzar

120

May 11, 2019

It wasn't really a bother. I just exchanged some messages with Kevin, who was kind enough to send me an additional nib of my choice from this drop. A stub nib to be specific. I haven't yet installed it, so there is no update to the review at this point. But overall I'm happy with how the situation was handled. Funny thing is, I'll probably replace the Medium with it, not the Flex, because after some trial and error I'm using the flex to write normally just as a pleasant Soft Medium nib, while Medium gives me trouble by being extremely wet (to the point of being almost unusable) with my Iroshizuku inks.

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AlexCzar

120

May 13, 2019

AlexCzarReview updated after a month of use and replacing Medium nib with a Stub 1.0mm

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poisonfrog

Apr 9, 2019

Verified Buyer

They write very well out of the gate, and have been consistent through one ink change so far. The material and construction are kind of cheap, but mine are not flawed. And they look cool. Managing expectations, I am positive about these.

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yo-mambo

May 14, 2020

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Excellent pen

I went on a fountain pen binge and bought about 10 different brands and a bunch of ink (in bottles). This one is my all-time favorite. Why? Firstly, it is light enough but it feels solid in your hand, not too heavy. Second, It doesn't leak at all, even when you are writing with it (can't say that about all the others). Third, the colors look really nice, Fourth: the tip is not too broad and not too fine, ink flows nicely. fyi, I use bottled ink, this particular pen has been refilled twice so far. So anyhow, fountain pens are the most aesthetically pleasing to write with, though a bit more complicated than others, if you know what you're doing (which I don't but I still like the results), you can make pretty calligraphic looking inscriptions.

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