Nice ink choices for your writing samples, too, by the way. I don't have any experience with these so far, but I have been curious about them. I'd probably just make a huge mess of it all. They are very pretty! I am a relative newbie to fountain pens so I think I will stick with a non-flex nib for now. So it's not really a con actually, just a thing. The sad thing is, the nib is capable of flexing that far, and the feed is capable of keeping up with the ink demand, but the physical set up doesn't work. It's hard to say if this is a con, but what does happen is if you flex too far, the feed touches the paper and leaves a little smear of ink. I personally like peculiar smells like this, but I'm a weirdo. If you have a Noodler's Ahab, it's that smell but much less intense. The pens also have a mild leftover smell to them. If aesthetics are a concern for you, certain inks may stain the plastic barrels. Most beginners are directed towards the Noodler's flex fountain pens which can be great, but in my experience, the Airmail 444s are more reliable with less tinkering (or no tinkering, as in my case).Įyedroppers are low maintenance and have great ink capacities. Great price for a flex pen - especially for those who want to venture into flex pens but don't want to shell out a whole bunch of money for something like a Namiki Falcon or a vintage flex pen. No fatigue while writing for long periods or anything. There are no loose parts, nothing clicks or rattles, the pens both post nicely and come to a perfect length in hand. The Airmail 444s are solid pens - the barrels feel really well made. So despite one pen requiring a little extra attention - though no tweaking - I'm still impressed. So overall, one works flawlessly, the other works well, in my humble opinion. It can still write normally, and I can still use it flexed, I just have to go a little slower. Going slowly so ink flow can keep up is very common and is a requirement with fountain pens, but its companion keeps up much easier. It writes normally and consistently when not flexed, but when flexing, I have to go slowly so the ink can keep up so there will be no railroading. As it turns out, it did improve the writing performance, but in this particular pen, it is not as wet as it is in the other pen. Herbin Lie de Th é somewhat dry so I thought an ink with better flow might solve the issue. To determine if this was an issue with the nib & feed, or my choice of ink, I tried using this same pen with a different ink - Diamine Scarlet this time. The nib is a matte steel, and the clip is gold coloured, which matches the band around the base of the cap. The body is round, smooth, and torpedo shaped, with a clear hard plastic barrel, and each pen has a mottled/swirled cap - one in red, one in green. It is a fairly small fountain pen, relative to others in my collection (such as the Pelikan M1005 demonstrator, and the Ken Cavers cigar). I think its combination of features highlights its cool factor and makes it stand out. The Airmail 444 is a very simple but attractive fountain pen. I would prefer these pens remain at this price and were just shipped in bubble wrap. Sometimes boxes are just a thing to be attached to for no reason (especially if it's an underwhelming box). For $15 + $4 for a stub nib, I don't care. The pens arrived safely wrapped in bubble wrap packs in a box so nothing was hurt in transit. At least not from the packaging in this giveaway.
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