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jar · 29 July 2020, 08:54 AM

I need to add on additional thought. For over a year now I've been using just one fountain pen and while it continues to amaze me every time I pick it up it is neither particularly unique, expensive or of high status.

The pen is one of my older Auroras, an 888P which was an early cartridge/converter model from 1959 IIRC. It's a semi-hooded nib and was designed to use cartridges and converters that simply don't exist anymore. Fortunately Aurora always tried to make their pens compatible with one of the other major makers of each era and the cartridges and converters from Platinum work perfectly in the 888P.

The nib is superb and the pen can sit capped and untouched for months on end yet still start the moment the nib touches paper.

29 July 2020, 08:54 AM	#10
jar "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Real Name: jim Location: Deep South Texas Watch: Samsung Gear S3 Posts: 757	I need to add on additional thought. For over a year now I've been using just one fountain pen and while it continues to amaze me every time I pick it up it is neither particularly unique, expensive or of high status. The pen is one of my older Auroras, an 888P which was an early cartridge/converter model from 1959 IIRC. It's a semi-hooded nib and was designed to use cartridges and converters that simply don't exist anymore. Fortunately Aurora always tried to make their pens compatible with one of the other major makers of each era and the cartridges and converters from Platinum work perfectly in the 888P. The nib is superb and the pen can sit capped and untouched for months on end yet still start the moment the nib touches paper.