On 15 May 2006 at 7:48, Eric D. Zamir-Zimmerman wrote, at least in part: > My problem with converters is that they don't hold enough ink. > I use wet, broad or stub nibs. I usually scrape out the canals of my > feeds because they're never wet enough for me. I end up using up the > whole converter after an hour. The Montegrappa I referred to didn't > cost me that much, and wrote really well, but it was annoying. I > like Parker Vacumatics, for example, or the Omas and Pelikan pens. > And I never pay retail! Does anybody pay retail? You're right about the skimpy amounts of ink. Taking copious notes as you must, requires a big ink reservoir. In your shoes, I'd have a bunch of EDs in rotation. -- Roger Beamon Southern Arizona USA fptalk Mailing List //www.freelists.org/list/fptalk ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to fptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. The email that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions to complete the process.