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My most used pen - Hongdian 1851 Forest Purple EF (midwest.social)
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My wife got me this Hongdian 1851 for Christmas last year, along with the astronaut pen holder. Since I keep it out on my desk, it is the pen that I reach for most often. It has the finest line of all of my pens and I keep it inked up with iroshizuku murasaki-shikibu, which is an incredibly close match to the body of the pen. It has a lot of feedback without being scratchy, and is great to write with.

The calculator is a Casio fx-260 Solar II, which Kristi also got me for Christmas some years ago. It's the calculator that I grab most often since it is the easiest to get to. It's my little Apocalypse Calculator since it has no battery and is solar powered only.

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[–] dual_sport_dork 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I dig your little spaceman dude.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Thank you! He's an awful lot of fun, and well worth the desk real estate devoted him!

[–] snake 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Calculator connoisseur!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You should check out the Calculator Community if that's one of your gigs, too!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] I took a closer look, I thought that was Buddha holding the pen. 🙃

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's Buddha in a space suit?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Aka "Space Buddha"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Buddha! In! Spaaaaaaaace!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've been looking at that pen thanks to your post and I have two questions.

  • Do you know an european distributor? I can only find it on amazon as a US import
  • I have found this pen on aliexpress as well but the nib looks different to the one on amazon. The amazon pen has a silver nib with a strip of gold around the edge. The aliexpress pens have a mostly gold nib with a strip of silver along the middle. Do you know whether there is a difference between them?
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure about a European distributor, but I can tell you that mine, from Amazon, has a nib that looks like the one that you've found on Aliexpress. I don't know if there's a difference between them. The Forest Rainbow that I have has an anodized nib that probably started off all silver, but both of them are extremely fine, and wrote beautifully right out of the box.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a beaut.

I've heard the section is quite narrow on these. Is it so?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have two 1851s and they are the narrowest sections of any pen I own. 7.9 mm at the thinnest, but it has a pronounced bump at the end of it to keep your fingers from slipping into the nib and feed. They are comfortable enough for me to write with, even if I do prefer a wider section. For a pen that costs less than $20 USD, they write great, feel substantial, and come with a pretty good converter. Just be aware that the powder coating wears off pretty quickly with use. The other one that I have is the Forest Rainbow, which is anodized and shows no sign of wear.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was also impressed with my hongdian (different model).

Much better than Jinhao.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which other model do you have? I have a 525 EF that was nothing but trouble and had to be benched.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The M2 I posted recently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That's right! Sorry for the brain fart!