I had a VP several years...
August 22, 2020
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I had a VP several years ago that I sold very shortly after I bought it. Then I
realized that the only thing I did not like about the pen was its finish (I
compromised by buying a blue carbonesque that was in stock rather than being
more careful about my selection of a finish). But the convenience of a click
fountain pen still intrigued me years later, so I decided to give this one a try
and find it as beautiful as it is functional. Because of the convenience of the
click mechanism, my plan was to make it my everyday shirt pocket pen at the
office, but it's so beautiful I treat it with kid gloves and keep it stored in a
pen roll unless I am actually using it, and I only use it at home! I will be
very sad when the finish suffers its first scratch.
The converter doesn't look like it holds much ink, but that may just be an
illusion from the fact that some of the converter is not visible. It writes a
bit dry, but experiment with your inks until you find one that flows well
through the pen. For mine, J. Herbin Eclat de Saphir works OK, but I am still
experimenting and will soon be trying Monteverde Horizon Blue because I hear
Monteverde inks are "wetter" than most.
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