The Diplomat Fountain Pen Duel - Will it be the Excellence A2 or the Aero?
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
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Diplomat fountain pens are some of the most underrated pens in the fountain pen community. However, many will say that you are hard pressed to find better writing pens anywhere. The Excellence A series is for the professional, or for those who prefer a more conservative looking fountain pen. The Aero, with its Zeppelin inspired design, might be more for those who like some flare, but not a lot of bling. Which one strikes your fancy?
I'm with you. I have both, like both and prefer the cool styling of the Aero. Both have very solid nibs -- really never felt the need for a gold nib on these -- but both the capping per se and the non-posting of the Aero find it left out of my rotation for carry a good chunk of the time while the Excellence A2 is a regular user.
I bought the Aero in green with a broad nib first thinking it would be perfect for me because I prefer larger pens. I like it, but the grip section is a little narrow for me with quite a step down from the pen body. I still use it, but not as much as I expected to. I bought the Excellence A2 on a whim, thinking it would be too narrow, but it's actually very comfortable. Maybe because it doesn't have a step down from the body? I use the Excellence A2 a lot more than I thought I would and I have a broad, fine and extra fine nib for it. It just shows how important it is to try the pens if possible before buying. Both pens have excellent build quality and smooth, wet writing nibs.
I love the style of the Aero, and I will continue to use it periodically. My only disappointment with it was the "textured" grip section. To me, it seem more slick that a polished metal grip. My first nice fountain pen was the Excellence A, in Evergreen. To this day it is one of my favorites.
Recently bought the a2. The a2 is very professional looking compared to the aero. Outstanding pens.
If you want to change nibs on the Aero,you have to buy a nib/section combo- you can’t buy a nib on its own which is expensive.
That's true. I'm seeing them at $40 from Jet Pens. However, if you don't care about the logo, the standard Jowo nibs work on these pens. Most higher end pen companies sell their spare nibs with the section. At least that's what I've found.
honestly its not worth to buy nibs alone, you gonna have extra nib which is not used , just buy a pen with a nib, there are plenty of cheap pens with jowo6.
The Aero is the more rugged design. The A plus/A2 you need pouches. Onyx?
a2 has better clip and you dont need a pouch, who cares about the finishing. Its kinda overpriced, its like a 100euro pen but not 200euro like how they list it nowadays.
Can't wait to try their nibs.
Anyway, thank you!
I have the A2... With an EF nib....I love the way it writes.....I just got a Pilot 823 with an F nib 14k gold.....I prefer the Diplomat steel nib....and will be selling the 823.You can get an A2 in. a silver color for $129.00 from Pensavings.
Nice looking pens, but for some reason I really don’t like metal pens, I own quite a lot of fountain pens and the only metal one in my collection is a Pilot Capless/ Vanishing Point.
Metal pens can too heavy for some, especially during long writing sessions. Also, a lot of people people don't like the polished metal grips that are on many metal pens. Thankfully, we have some very nice acrylic options available to us.
@@thepenman357 It’s not so much the weight, I just don’t like the cold feel of them, I have a nice collection of Italian made resin and celluloid pens and I love them.