Its late and I have nothing to do so I figured I would review my Sheaffer jade. I find that although there are a lot of discussions on forums there are far less reviews than I would like to see, so here it goes.
I am quite new to fountain pens, but like similar hobbies I went quite crazy buying up a bunch of distraught, broken, and forgotten examples to restore. I used a few to practice and then took my skills to the better pens. I have a solid collection of about 10 pens now all vintage with the exception of a new Cross cartridge pen that I bought to see how I felt about fountain pens at the start. On any note some of my nicer pens include a Parker Duofold Jr., Esterbrook dollar pen, Sheaffer No Nonsense, and a few others. The highlight of the collection has quickly become my Sheaffer Jade. It is by far the largest pen in the collection but since I have big hands it fits me quite well. The weight is great, the look is great and the feel is extremely natural. Keep in mind that all of my nice pens here are used, some more than others but all used none the less. It may be that the Jade has the least worn nib but it writes like a dream. It clearly has the thickest nib which may simply aid my writing style but I find it takes almost no pressure to write with and tracks extremely smooth.I would be glad to suggest this pen to any one with bigger hands or someone who wears a lot of green haha. As of tomorrow this will be my everyday pen so I will post again when I have spent some real time with it. Considering I only paid $7 for the pen, and another $2 for a new sac Im not that bad off. If you find one in the wild, I highly advise the purchase you may just be surprised.
Regards
Dave
I am quite new to fountain pens, but like similar hobbies I went quite crazy buying up a bunch of distraught, broken, and forgotten examples to restore. I used a few to practice and then took my skills to the better pens. I have a solid collection of about 10 pens now all vintage with the exception of a new Cross cartridge pen that I bought to see how I felt about fountain pens at the start. On any note some of my nicer pens include a Parker Duofold Jr., Esterbrook dollar pen, Sheaffer No Nonsense, and a few others. The highlight of the collection has quickly become my Sheaffer Jade. It is by far the largest pen in the collection but since I have big hands it fits me quite well. The weight is great, the look is great and the feel is extremely natural. Keep in mind that all of my nice pens here are used, some more than others but all used none the less. It may be that the Jade has the least worn nib but it writes like a dream. It clearly has the thickest nib which may simply aid my writing style but I find it takes almost no pressure to write with and tracks extremely smooth.I would be glad to suggest this pen to any one with bigger hands or someone who wears a lot of green haha. As of tomorrow this will be my everyday pen so I will post again when I have spent some real time with it. Considering I only paid $7 for the pen, and another $2 for a new sac Im not that bad off. If you find one in the wild, I highly advise the purchase you may just be surprised.
Regards
Dave
I love my Sheaffer, best writer I have ever tried.
