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Fountain Pen Revolution Jaipur Fountain Pen 2-Pack

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Fountain Pen Revolution Jaipur Fountain Pen 2-Pack

Name: Fountain Pen Revolution Jaipur Fountain Pen 2-Pack
Brand: Fountain Pen Revolution
SKU: fountain-pen-revolution-jaipur-fountain-pen
Rating: 2.75 (32 reviews)

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Available in a variety of solid colors and translucent demonstrator styles, the Jaipur from Fountain Pen Revolution is a reasonably priced daily writer—and it makes a great first fountain pen for anyone starting out. It features a piston filling mechanism and a clutchless design for easy disassembly, along with a sturdy metal pocket clip and cap ring Read More

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RadioPen

Jul 13, 2018

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Although I agree with the other reviewers about the smell, I have given these pens a five star rating regardless. For the price point, this is simply an excellent deal. You receive TWO demonstrator pens, piston filled, delivered, for around $25. Next time up I'll purchase more.
The smell is because of the vegetal resin, just like with a Noodler's Ahab Pen, and is not toxic. It does abate after about two weeks of regular use, although there are various ways of helping the process along. Just look up the Ahab and you will find plenty of ideas.
The nib is OK, I'd say a step below a Pilot Metro. The ink flow is fine, and I find shading ink works well. Pens write immediately after being capped for several days, although I've used only one ink for that test (Diamine Meadow).
Over all build is of good solid quality, with all the parts working well.
(By the way, these pens are made in India, not China, which is a bonus in my book given China's horrible human and animal rights abuses, not to mention India is at its roots a democracy whereas China is a Communist totalitarian state oppressing its own peoples.)

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MrSharkbait

479

Jun 28, 2018

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I too, am surprised by the smell. Supposedly that is common in vegetal resin, the material these pens are made out of, but should dissipate over time. I am going to clean it with Nature’s Miracle and see if that helps. I am more bothered by the lack of clarity of the clear finish. I bought 2 clear pens, and they have a different tint. One is more murky and yellow. I wish that should have been mentioned up front. Managing expectations is always better than receiving nasty surprises.
I ordered the flex and broad stub nibs. The broad stub writes very smoothly, and can keep up with speed. I am very happy with this nib. The flex also wrote smoothly, but with a little more feedback. Not scratchy though. No railroading either. Although you do get line variation, I don’t have a lot of control over it, not like I do with a Zebra G nib. So, not as happy with the flex, but not disappointed either.
I definitely would buy from FPR again, and would recommend it to others, but you need to know what you are getting into. If you like to tweak with your pens, then there should be no reservations. To me that is part of the fun with fountain pens.
UPDATE: I had an issue with ink trapped within the grip area of the barrel, and was visible since it was clear. Kevin told me that the problem has been since fixed in production, and replaced the barrels for me. For such great service I upgraded my review to 5-stars.

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Qwervy

464

Apr 22, 2019

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Initial Observations: The pens came shipped in an adequate amount of bubble-wrap. No fancy boxes or anything nor was I expecting that at this price range. The pens themselves feel solid and the colours are vibrant. (bought opaque blue and orange w/ black ends pens). The pens do have a very authentic celluloid "fragrance".

There no obvious manufacturing marks on the pens but upon closer inspection I did find some slight aesthetic errors: The orange pen has some very light almost unnoticeable staining in the colour from what I'm guessing is caused by unclean moulds. No such mistakes on the blue pen due to its darker colouring by nature although the colour is closer toward indigo than true royal blue.

(note: two small dots in the center of the image are the most obvious discolourations and there are some swirls not visible on camera or unless you look very close) Another thing to note is a small hole in the cap underneath the clip in my stub nib pen. I believe that this is serving a similar purpose to the holes on a vacumatic which would be to relieve air pressure from accidental piston movement (to prevent ink-splosions). This hole is too small to make a difference in terms of sealing/the pen drying out quickly.

Filling System:

The filling system on this pen is functional but not as nice as that of a Twsbi Eco and feels cheaper and less well made. On the other hand, it is easy to disassemble and therefore maintain. Also, it works. Nib & Feed: For the price point I am quite impressed with the quality of the nib and feed section. The nibs look very nice and wrote fairly well straight away. Since then I have done adjustments to the stub nib and it writes up to my standards now.

(Left: Stub nib/Right: Flex nib) The flex nib has a surprising amount of variation for a steel nib and feels pretty nice. It writes at a European fine normally but can flex to about 1.5mm comfortably. Only downside is that it is a bit scratchy which will go away with use or some super fine micro-mesh. Both pens write with a fairly balanced ink-flow and the flex nib does not suffer from lots of railroading. The feeds are made of ebonite and look fairly nice.

(Ebonite feed of the flex nib pen) Overall: It is obvious where costs where cut in the making of these pens (in the making of the body and filling mechanism) but the pens do pretty well at what they are supposed to do. The pens are on the large side and the light side. They feel large as the grip section is very straight which may feel odd at first but I believe allows for a greater level of control. They are well balanced when unposted but become slightly back heavy when posted. They write, in general, smoothly but with some feedback and make a nice entry level pen or cheap but functional drawing pen (in the case of the flex nib).

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211bma

Mar 28, 2019

Verified Buyer

I have to say that these pens are a joy to write with, and I am relieved the pens did smell a tiny bit funny when I first received them but the smell subsided quickly but nothing like I was worried about when I read the whining on MD. I really don't have much experience with fountain pens (I only have FPR pens and Pilot Metropolitans) but I am really enjoying these a lot. If you are curious about fountain pens and want to try them without spending too much money you could do a lot worse than FPR I have both the Indus, and the Jaipur pens and can't wait till they ship my Himalayas soon.

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plasticdaffofils

Dec 23, 2018

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Great value, good for testing various inks and nib styles before you use them in more expensive pens--you don't need to baby them. The stub gives a great idea of what inks work in a wet writer and the flex gives a good indication for flex writing and shading. Smell: Smell wasn't a huge issue for me. Yes, they were like dirty diapers at first, but I soaked 1 day in soap and water--which wasn't enough--then I soaked a few hours in a mild bleach solution as suggested and a now only a faint sweet smell when I hold the pen under my nose. Pen 1 - Clear, 1.0 mm stub nib:

I dont get a lot of use out of the stub as it lays down a line that's a little too thick for my writing out of the box. It's definitely a rounded stub--opposite side of the spectrum from a Lamy stub or itallic nib. However, writing is incredibly smooth and it works great on absorbent paper. I use it mostly to test inks and for doodling at home. Pen 2 - Translucent Yellow, Flex nib: I'm very new to flex writing and still getting the hang of it. This offers a moderate amount of flex and works well with smaller handwriting. I play with this one quite a bit and it makes it into my office occasionally. I'll let the pictures do the talking.

During FPR's holiday sale on their website, I purchased a Muft eyedropper with the Steel Ultraflex nib and I was blown away by the writing experience. If you're looking for an economical flex pen that you don't have to baby, I absolutely recommend trying that out. Just keep in mind you'll want an eyedropper like the Muft to be FULL of ink for an optimal writing experience. Other pens are available with this nib/feed mod as well. Notes on Cleaning Jaipur: At my own fault, I've put more blue and teal ink than yellow in this one. And it isn't as easy to keep clean as I had hoped: ink gets stuck between the piston threads and the barrel, ink does drop into the cap. Bleach solution helps most stains. I've put shimmers into the stub and they're great during the writing experience but a pain to clean out afterwards. I've found shimmers work best in the Kanwrite Desire flex I picked up also from FPR or in a Nemosine singularity stub. Both pens have a similar style feed. Would be 5 stars at this price if I could get into the barrel to clean better and figure out how to get the piston turning smoothly. It catches at the top and bottom of the twist and I can't figure out how to access the threads to try greasing them. Pens mentioned in review:

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akarsner

246

Apr 12, 2019

Verified Buyer

The pens leak fairly badly, and god... the smell. They do just an okay job for writing, but as others have pointed out, the nibs are very scratchy. I tried writing my rent check earlier this month and simply signging my signature tore through a couple of checks to the point of giving up and using a plain old ball-point pen from my junk drawer. That smell though, it is really bad, like someone at the manufacturer is having a go at all of us and slipping each pen into their anus before shipping them out to the distributors. Definite "bummer". I will not be buying from this brand in the future.

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Theroc

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Sep 18, 2018

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On value alone this 2-pack deserves 4 stars. You get two piston-fillers with flex nibs for about $25. Even for a pair of severely plastic-y pens that's a bargain. However, I'd rather pay four times as much for a pen that is only twice as good. Ok, the good 1st: The feed is good, by far the best bit on this pen. The pens are 100% functional; the piston filler works; both my pens wrote with no issues; the flex nibs aren't even half bad, certainly better than Noodler's Ahab; you can take it apart and put it back together with no worry or fear whatsoever. Finally, they are so cheap that loosing or ruining one won't hurt a bit. In fact it might bring a sense of relief. The BAD: The plastic is sooo cheap. It makes a Wing Sung 698 feel like a Pelikan M800. The demonstrators are rather ugly, do yourself a favor and get one of the opaque ones. The feed, while good, doesn't seem to fit the pen that well; ink tends to seep out. Like with most Indian-made pens the plastic stinks. It doesn't smell, it stinks. And NO, it is NOT getting better. Not yet, anyway. Verdict: Only consider for the flex nibs, otherwise you are much better off with a Wing Sung 698 (or similar) which sells for only a few dollars more. Other thoughts: I really wanted to give these pens a more favorable rating as I really like FPR's idea. But anything higher than 3 stars would have been dishonest of me. I hope that FPR will take our feedback to heart and make their product the game-changer it strives to be. Suggestions: a) Switch production to higher grade of plastic. b) Switch to #6 nibs, the pen can certainly take them. I'd gladly pay an extra $10 (per pen) for these two changes, and it would earn the pen a 5-star review.

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dmerle

Jun 28, 2018

Verified Buyer

Both of my pens arrived in less than new shape. The orange one had black markings on it (which I don't think were intended to be part of the acrylic) and the other one had scratches all over it. I've bought other FPR pens and been happy with them -- I think the scratched one was mishandled by Massdrop (or whoever they had ship it).

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