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Is The Platinum Preppy Fine Nib Fountain Pen a Mistake for A First Time Buyer? (self.fountainpens)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by ericjmorey to c/fountainpens

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I've never owned or used a fountain pen before, but I saw that these are less than $6 a piece and refill cartridges look pretty cheap too.

Are these worth buying for a first timer or are they an invitation to a souring experience for a noob?

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[–] dr_jekell 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Saw that my local pen shop started carrying PP pens.

So bowing to peer pressure I brought a black EF along with some other goodies.

I say that EF nib for me does not write nicely on fountain pen friendly paper, it tends to slide around on the paper ending up making a scribble instead of words.

Not sure if this is down to the amount of pressure I put on the pen or if the pen I got is an outlier.

Might have to go back and get another with a fine nib.

[–] ericjmorey 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks for the feedback. I bought a fine nib version since I made the post and I have been using it on a regular graph composition notebook and I see that it bleeds through and has a lot of ghosting. I have no reference for how a fountain pen could write so I guess its alright as far as feel goes. I did order a notebook made by Midori from Amazon. It will be my first experience with a higher quality paper with the Preppy.