Good morning everyone,
I have been using a TWSBI Eco for about a year now, since they were first released. It's my main, daily pen and I like a lot of things about it - the size, the price, its a demonstrator, and piston fed. I have noticed a couple of times though, the nib seems to 'slip' and get loose in the feed. I can't see this until the pen spews ink on my page, or my hand, or the cap starts to fill with ink. Now, since its a daily driver, it probably suffers more abuse than many pens, but that being said I try to be pretty careful with it so I am not sure what would cause this. Its fixable by pushing the nib back in, but when disaster strikes with this, its pretty bad.
I am thinking about moving up into a better pen since I do use them every day. I have looked at the Pelikan M204 and M400 (not sure what the differences are), but have just begun looking. Based on the requirements above, and trying to stay sub-$200, what would you suggest? I am alright with buying used via the web if need be. Thanks in advance.
I have been using a TWSBI Eco for about a year now, since they were first released. It's my main, daily pen and I like a lot of things about it - the size, the price, its a demonstrator, and piston fed. I have noticed a couple of times though, the nib seems to 'slip' and get loose in the feed. I can't see this until the pen spews ink on my page, or my hand, or the cap starts to fill with ink. Now, since its a daily driver, it probably suffers more abuse than many pens, but that being said I try to be pretty careful with it so I am not sure what would cause this. Its fixable by pushing the nib back in, but when disaster strikes with this, its pretty bad.
I am thinking about moving up into a better pen since I do use them every day. I have looked at the Pelikan M204 and M400 (not sure what the differences are), but have just begun looking. Based on the requirements above, and trying to stay sub-$200, what would you suggest? I am alright with buying used via the web if need be. Thanks in advance.