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I am looking for a new fountain pen in the $50 - $100 range. It looks like
I can get a Pelikan 200, Waterman Expert II or a Northpointe for around the same price. Will someone who knows far more than I compare and contrast these pens for me as I have not used any of them. My daily writer is a Parker Sonnet. I would like something heavier, with a fine point nib. If there is another pen that fits my parameters but have failed to list, please let me know, also. Thanks in advance. |
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"RoyDMercer" wrote: I am looking for a new fountain pen in the $50 - $100 range. It looks like I can get a Pelikan 200, Waterman Expert II or a Northpointe for around the same price. Will someone who knows far more than I compare and contrast these pens for me as I have not used any of them. My daily writer is a Parker Sonnet. I would like something heavier, with a fine point nib. If there is another pen that fits my parameters but have failed to list, please let me know, also. Thanks in advance. If you want a somewhat heavier pen, than forget about the pelikan 200, which is a very good writer, but very light. A very good pen is the Waterman Phileas, which is a bit cheaper than the price range you are thinking about but I prefer it too the Waterman Expert II, because in my experience it has better flow. It seems that Rotring and Lamy also produce pretty nice pens in that price range and below. I own a cheap Rotring that turned out to be a very good pen and has about the same weight as a Waterman Expert or Phileas. Modern heaffers have always dissapointed me, but that may be related to my writing style. I don't have any experience with modern Parkers in that price range. Marten |
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Yesterday, I bought a *sterling* Parker Sonnet (Fougere?) down the street from
Pam Braun (www.oscarbraunpens.com) for less than 90.00. satrap happy as a hungry rat lost in the Cheesecake Factory |
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Oscar Braun is an excellent source for pens at great prices.
I have purchased a lot from Pam. Note that the Northpointe pens are the recycled Waterford (yup, the Irish crystal manufacturer) pens. I have a set of the Waterford Marquis and the plating on the pocket clips comes off even though they mostly sit in a pen case. If you want a weighty pen with a fine nib under $100, I would recommend a Sheaffer Targa. I would not recommend anything made by Sheaffer other than the Targa line. I just got a Royal Selangor Sheaffer pen and it has 'flash' and a large parting line on the threads. The Sheaffer Legacy pen I have writes poorly and the cap alternately takes a tremendous effort to remove and then falls off. I sent it into Sheaffer and it came back no different. Then there's the Sheaffer Balance I have. It, too, writes poorly and the cap threads aren't cut right, so the cap doesn't screw on well. And if you post the cap, it falls off. Check out eBay for Targa's. I have purchased a few Targa's there. http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/s...y&BasicSearch= The other pen that you can get with a great deal of weight is a Cross Townsend. They write well and weigh a ton. |
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Note that the Northpointe pens are the recycled Waterford (yup, the Irish crystal manufacturer) pens. Yeah, I thought those Northpointes looked familiar. I have one of the Waterford pens, but have a problem finding a convertor for it. Which convertor or cartridges do you use with yours? The other pen that you can get with a great deal of weight is a Cross Townsend. They write well and weigh a ton. Hey, don't forget the ATX, and the Century line. Oh, and the Waterman Harley Horizon, or the Combustion. delete what doesn't belong there Satrap I find delusions of grandeur to be absolutely true |
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"RoyDMercer" wrote in message ...
I am looking for a new fountain pen in the $50 - $100 range. It looks like I can get a Pelikan 200, Waterman Expert II or a Northpointe for around the same price. Will someone who knows far more than I compare and contrast these pens for me as I have not used any of them. My daily writer is a Parker Sonnet. I would like something heavier, with a fine point nib. If there is another pen that fits my parameters but have failed to list, please let me know, also. Thanks in advance. If between those two, definitely the Expert II. Heavy brass barrel with a marbled celluloid overlay. Targa would be second to me, but I only have a couple of "vintage" Targa's. I just find the Sheaffer's inner works to not work as well as Waterman, and the Targaa's converts (old one) gave out quickly, so I had to switch to cartridges. But my own observations is a limited sample population. I don't own a Phileas, so can't compare. But isn't it a plastic/reson body, and not the brass barrel with overlay? (If you wanted heavy) For less money, even, you could do other Waterman models. Look at the present models Speerbob (or Speebob?) has up on Ebay. (No, I'm not affiliated with him, just an appreciative customer.) |
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:30:21 -0600, "RoyDMercer" said:
RoyDMercer I am looking for a new fountain pen in the $50 - $100 RoyDMercer range. It looks like I can get a Pelikan 200, RoyDMercer Waterman Expert II or a Northpointe for around the RoyDMercer same price. Will someone who knows far more than I RoyDMercer compare and contrast these pens for me as I have not RoyDMercer used any of them. My daily writer is a Parker Sonnet. RoyDMercer I would like something heavier, with a fine point nib. RoyDMercer If there is another pen that fits my parameters but RoyDMercer have failed to list, please let me know, also. Thanks RoyDMercer in advance. the expert ii is much heavier than the pelikan, but i think the pelikan has a better nib. though there was really nothing wrong with it, my expert nib was the mother of all nail nibs. it was something to kill vampires with. the pelikan has more give and in my experience is much more pleasant to write with. i'd go with a phileas if i were you. -- Alright, you!! Imitate a WOUNDED SEAL pleading for a PARKING SPACE!! |
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aJimL wrote:
"RoyDMercer" wrote in message ... I am looking for a new fountain pen in the $50 - $100 range. It looks like I can get a Pelikan 200, Waterman Expert II or a Northpointe for around the sme price. Will someone who knows far more than I compare and contrast these pens for me as I have not used any of them. My daily writer is a Parker Sonnet. I would like something heavier, with a fine point nib. If there is another pen that fits my parameters but have failed to list, please let me know, also. Thanks in advance. I have an Expert II, medium nib and love it. Great balance and flow and a great looking pen. I haven't tried the others, but recently acquired a Parker Sonnet fine point. I love them both. Regards, DAve |
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In article , "RoyDMercer"
writes: I am looking for a new fountain pen in the $50 - $100 range. It looks like I can get a Pelikan 200, Waterman Expert II or a Northpointe for around the same price. Why not a vintage? A Vac is within your price range; and it would be a far better pen that the moderns you are considering. Dik |
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Why not a vintage? A Vac is within your price range; and it would be a far better pen that the moderns you are considering. Dik Which vintage pen within given price range (including the cost of restoration) has about the same weight as the Expert II? The parker 51 maybe? I won't deny that vintage pens are generally better than a lot of modern ones but I wouldn't say they are far better than e.g. a modern Pelikan or Waterman. Some pen companies still make pretty good fountain pens, you know. Marten |
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