After buying my Pelikan 400, it didn't take me long to pick up another nice fountain pen -- a Cross Townsend. The pen pictured to the left is similar to mine, but as far as I can tell, the model I own is no longer available. It's more of a brick red mottled on a black background.Its trim is gold plated rather than rhodium or silver. I know I'm prejudiced, but I like the colors of mine better.
Its cap pulls off with a gentle pop and reseats with a similar snap. Ink flows smoothly from its medium nib -- when I use it. It's one of several pens stored in a display box at home that I pull out only occasionally. I pulled it out again as I was writing this entry, and I was reminded why I bought it in the first place. It has a nice "heft" and feel. I may exchange it for one of the other pens that I carry with me in my briefcase.1
It would be one of my "evening" pens. I use a pen with a fine nib for my morning journal entries and one with a broad nib in the evening.
Its cap pulls off with a gentle pop and reseats with a similar snap. Ink flows smoothly from its medium nib -- when I use it. It's one of several pens stored in a display box at home that I pull out only occasionally. I pulled it out again as I was writing this entry, and I was reminded why I bought it in the first place. It has a nice "heft" and feel. I may exchange it for one of the other pens that I carry with me in my briefcase.1
It would be one of my "evening" pens. I use a pen with a fine nib for my morning journal entries and one with a broad nib in the evening.
1Not my Pelikan 400.
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