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== Recommendations for an everyday fountain pen with a fine nib ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Charlie asks, I'm looking for an everyday fountain pen with a Japanese extra fine-esque nib. Preferably nicer than a Preppy or Kakuno, but not more than $50. I bought a Curidass at 50% off on Amazon, and the nib is excellent, but the grip is challenging. Is there anything out there in the Safari, Eco, or Kaweco Sport kind of class, but with a finer nib than a Western extra fine? Oddly enough, while the Preppy and Kakuno come in extra fine, as far as I can tell, the Plazier, Procyon, Pereira, Cavalier, and Metropolitan do not.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, there's a couple different ways we can go with this. What I would do if I was in Charlie's situation, reading this email, they know enough to do this, is you buy a Plazier. Excuse me. You buy a Pilot Penmanship, okay? So the Pilot Penmanship is an inexpensive kind of dip-style pen. It comes with Pilot's extra fine nib. And then you take that nib off of there, because you've only spent like $7 or $8 on the pen. That's like, you couldn't buy that nib alone by itself. And then you put that in the Platinum Prera fountain pen, which is a more traditionally styled fountain pen. You can get them translucent barrels. You can get them solid barrels. But you use that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The Pilot Prera. Yes, the Pilot Prera. You use that. Or in the Metropolitan, that nib is swappable. So, if you're looking for something finer than a Western EF, you're not going to find that in the Safari, Eco, or Sport, okay? So, you have to buy the... You can buy a cheap Japanese EF in the Pilot Penmanship and steal that nib and put it in... It won't fit in the Cavalier. The Cavalier is a different nib. But the Metropolitan and the Prera bodies, I have done this many times. It is the best solution to this problem to get like a cooler looking pen or a more traditional looking pen with a Japanese EF nib. And that's kind of the only way to do it. Every now and then, you'll find the Metropolitan with the EF or the Prera with some options. Someone might sell them with options. It's rare. You have to buy two pens and steal the nib. It's worth the price because it's less than $10, I'm pretty sure the penmanship is. And you just get it with an EF nib and you put it into the Prera or Metrobali that you like and go to town. That is the answer. And I think looking at this email, Charlie, you can handle it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think that's a really good one. I think all in you probably be around $60 to get for this. Yeah, less. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Even if you bought like the most expensive Prera and the penmanship, you're still probably less than 50, honestly. And if you do the Metropolitan, you're probably like less than 35. So, yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Cool project. You can do it. Yep. Do it. If you would like to send in a question of your own or you have some follow-up or feedback about the show, just go to penaddictfeedback.com and you can send it in to us there or you can click the link in your show notes. You can find those in your podcast app of choice or you can go to relay.fm slash penaddict slash 556 to get that. If you want to catch up with us in the meantime, there's a few ways you can do it. You can find Brad. He's over at penaddict.com, spokedesign.com, streaming three times a week over on twitch.tv slash penaddict. He is penaddict on Instagram and you can find Brad on Mastodon. He is at mastodon.social and is at penaddict. I am on mike.social and I'm at imike there. So you can come and hang out with us, see what we're up to. You can also find my products at cortexbrand.com and my other podcasts here on RelayFM. Thank you to Pen Chalet and ExpressVPN for their support of this week's episode. But most of all, thank you for listening. And we'll be back next week. Until then, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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