Great review. Nice to know about the ink staining fingers if not clesned properly from the section. How do you clean these vacuum fillers? Is there a way of filling the pen if the inkmlevel in the bottle is low?
To clean the vac filling pens I just keep filling with clear water and expelling the dirty water until clean. If the ink bottle is too low to fill from I use either a Visconti Travelling inkwell or Pineider Pen Filler to maximise the fill using gravity or you can use a little ink miser.
@@herrsteppenwolf The (Bock?) Palladium nibs, back when they were offered by Visconti, in the "large" sizes like BB and the big stub were known to be "over-polished." Thus having baby's bottom and resultant flow issues. This is pretty well known. I had a couple of these, lucky me. There was never a problem in the B, M, F, XF ranges with the Palladium nibs, of which I am aware. There has never been a pervasive problem with the gold Visconti nibs, to my knowledge. It was a "big Palladium nib" issue. In my cases, the vendor did exchanges until it was worked out and I eventually got excellent writing pens. They write like an absolute joy now. Just a couple of trips back and forth to the post office, really. I would not remotely hesitate to buy a pen at the "Visconti" price point over the potential to get a poor nib. I can assure you, at some point it will happen. However, that is why you have a warranty, and a good vendor will do everything they can to make it right/write. Fear not! Write on! Ask Dave about his moose! :)
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I so enjoy writing with this pen "Bronze Age" fine pt. The feel, the smooth flow, the visual aspect make this a delightful instrument to own, to use.
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Great review. Nice to know about the ink staining fingers if not clesned properly from the section. How do you clean these vacuum fillers? Is there a way of filling the pen if the inkmlevel in the bottle is low?
To clean the vac filling pens I just keep filling with clear water and expelling the dirty water until clean. If the ink bottle is too low to fill from I use either a Visconti Travelling inkwell or Pineider Pen Filler to maximise the fill using gravity or you can use a little ink miser.
Oi! I have this one, too! Cranky palladium nib, baby's bottom finally fixed, and sandy white spots. Still jiggy, tho.
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Cranky nib? Explain. My nightmare, to spend that much for a pen and have baby's bottom. How was that fixed? Who paided for that?
@@herrsteppenwolf The (Bock?) Palladium nibs, back when they were offered by Visconti, in the "large" sizes like BB and the big stub were known to be "over-polished." Thus having baby's bottom and resultant flow issues. This is pretty well known. I had a couple of these, lucky me. There was never a problem in the B, M, F, XF ranges with the Palladium nibs, of which I am aware. There has never been a pervasive problem with the gold Visconti nibs, to my knowledge. It was a "big Palladium nib" issue. In my cases, the vendor did exchanges until it was worked out and I eventually got excellent writing pens. They write like an absolute joy now. Just a couple of trips back and forth to the post office, really. I would not remotely hesitate to buy a pen at the "Visconti" price point over the potential to get a poor nib. I can assure you, at some point it will happen. However, that is why you have a warranty, and a good vendor will do everything they can to make it right/write. Fear not! Write on! Ask Dave about his moose! :)