Tools: TWSBI ECO for St. Patty’s Day

For Valentine’s Day Mitchell gifted me with the Lamy Al-Star in the new pink
*flowers and pens and ink and watercolors, the man knows the way to my heart*
but the color was really meh… not bright fuchsia or magenta but a softer mauvie-pink.

I returned it… neva-gonna-use-it so thought it best.

Just in time for St. Patty’s Day came a lovely yellow-green TWSBI ECO with a 1.1stub nib to replace it! WOWWEE! Great color! I inked it with Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrun
ink and took her out for a spin last night and she is amazing. I get why people
love this pen so much. Smooth from the start, and holds a TON of ink!
Compared to the Lamy Al-Stars a smoother writing pen.

I wish the nibs were changeable… I guess I’ll need two!

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Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook,
TWSBI ECO 1.1stub with Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrun ink,
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges,
Da Vinci watercolors, Super5 Frankfurt inks in Pentel Aquash waterbrushes.

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6 Responses to Tools: TWSBI ECO for St. Patty’s Day

Mitch Zeissler says:

March 25, 2018 at 1:12 am

I initially loved the TWSBI pens as well, but the clear versions don’t last very long. I have an older Mini made with opaque black plastic that is still going strong after many years, but each of the clear pens has cracked within two months after I bought them. I prefer either the Lamy Safari with a 1.1mm stub, or an old Sheaffer No Nonsense Fine Italic.

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- dkatiepowellart says:
  
  April 11, 2018 at 3:19 pm
  
  Thanks for that Mitch… I may wait on another and see how this one works. In any case, my favorite pens are the Lamy Vista and the Al-Star,a nd yup, 1.1 stub nibs for me. I wish they’d offer them that way. I have a good number of other nibs to trade at some point….
  
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  - Mitch Zeissler says:
    
    April 11, 2018 at 11:47 pm
    
    You can buy the 1.1 stub nibs for the Lamy Vista and Al-Star either via Amazon (this is the route I took) or the Goulet’s. Easy to swap out and they’re buttery smooth.
    
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    - dkatiepowellart says:
      
      April 11, 2018 at 11:51 pm
      
      I buy them from Jetpens or Goulet. I love that you can take one pen and several nibs on trips!
      
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      - Mitch Zeissler says:
        
        April 11, 2018 at 11:59 pm
        
        Me too; it’s a lot more convenient than taking multiple pens.
        
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        dkatiepowellart says:
        
        April 12, 2018 at 12:30 am
        
        Have you joined Goulet’s chat forum on FB? It is interesting — and peeps talk about items other than what Goulet sells too.
        https://www.facebook.com/groups/965966820235609/
        
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