I thought I'd add to my post above with a little review of the pen I received.
Unlike everyone else in this thread I ordered the fountain pen with a Zebra G nib rather than the pump pen. I read somewhere (I forget where) that the design had been improved and that it was better for drawing.
I'm happy to report that it works brilliantly well, with no skips, splotching or leaks, and manages to keep up with speedy sketching. True; I have to slow down a bit if I want to do a bit of cheesy Spencerian script, but otherwise it works exactly as I'd hoped.
I had previously been using a modded Jinhao X450 with a Zebra nib which worked (after a fashion) but was very temperamental and needed regular flushing and reinking. The Ackerman seems to work straight away even when it's been sitting idle for a couple of days.
I'm only really interested in the G nib but I did try out the others in the pack. The Brause Rose worked well but was very thirsty and very wet – you need decent paper stock and need to be careful not to smudge it. The Sketch Nib was nice and smooth, but not terribly exciting. I didn't have too much success with the Music Nib, I probably should have used the "rich" feed or perhaps it's better suited to the pump pen...
I'm very pleased with my pen - it's now my favourite drawing tool and I will be ordering another as I'm paranoid that I might lose this one. It might take two weeks, it might take two months, but I think in the end it's worth it.
I thought I'd add to my post above with a little review of the pen I received.
Unlike everyone else in this thread I ordered the fountain pen with a Zebra G nib rather than the pump pen. I read somewhere (I forget where) that the design had been improved and that it was better for drawing.
I'm happy to report that it works brilliantly well, with no skips, splotching or leaks, and manages to keep up with speedy sketching. True; I have to slow down a bit if I want to do a bit of cheesy Spencerian script, but otherwise it works exactly as I'd hoped.
I had previously been using a modded Jinhao X450 with a Zebra nib which worked (after a fashion) but was very temperamental and needed regular flushing and reinking. The Ackerman seems to work straight away even when it's been sitting idle for a couple of days.
I'm only really interested in the G nib but I did try out the others in the pack. The Brause Rose worked well but was very thirsty and very wet – you need decent paper stock and need to be careful not to smudge it. The Sketch Nib was nice and smooth, but not terribly exciting. I didn't have too much success with the Music Nib, I probably should have used the "rich" feed or perhaps it's better suited to the pump pen...
I'm very pleased with my pen - it's now my favourite drawing tool and I will be ordering another as I'm paranoid that I might lose this one. It might take two weeks, it might take two months, but I think in the end it's worth it.