{"id":315,"date":"2017-09-09T14:36:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T18:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=315"},"modified":"2024-02-04T15:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T20:03:29","slug":"stipula-etruria-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/stipula-etruria-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Stipula Etruria Rainbow Pens Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yikes, what a mouthful of a title! Anyway, we’re about a month out from the DC Pen Show, and I’ve been meaning to post an update to my Stipula’s attitude problem and Jim’s pen’s problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you may recall from my post about meeting Brian Goulet<\/a>, my Stipula was a bit “skippy” when writing (I just considered it had an attitude problem). Jim’s pen suffered from a bit of overuse. While at the DC Pen Show, a lovely gentleman at the Yafa<\/a> table (Twitter user @stevetweeting<\/span><\/a> pointed out that it was probably Ross) tweaked both of our pens<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rainbow Prisma 88<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I am very<\/em> happy to report that Prisma is MUCH better behaved now. I don’t have any problem with it skipping now, even when I write quickly. Check out the difference in the before and after. See how smooth and pretty the after writing is. Both are Diamine inks. Tudor Blue from the new anniversary inks on the before page, and Eau de Nil on the after page.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It’s certainly a rather wet writer, now. Almost too wet for me, but thankfully it’s still within the “ok” range. It does mean I get some nice shading when I use the right inks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Rainbow Demonstrator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jim’s pen, however, seemed to improve for a bit, then get worse again. After a few weeks, he discovered the real problem. It was cracked along one side of the stamped design. I don’t have a picture of the old nib, so I found this one on Google to refer to. Click on it to see the original page.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jim filled out a service form (or whatever it is you have to do in order to send your pen to Yafa for servicing), but hadn’t gotten around to sending it in when we went to Bertram’s Inkwell<\/a> a couple of weekends ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After taking a look at the pen, Bert was kind enough to replace the nib, no charge and no questions asked. Can you say someone has earned your business if you’re already a repeat customer? Needless to say, Bertram’s Inkwell jumped up a massive amount of cool points for both of us. And I’m currently waiting for them to let me know my pre-ordered Pilot Vanishing Point Crimson Sunrise is in stock (waiting patiently is SO not my strong suit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, (got a bit off track there) Jim’s Rainbow Demonstrator is now a super wet writer, and he’s very happy with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So there’s my update on the condition of both of our pens. We’re both delighted with our pens, and have 0 regrets. I’ll leave you now with some pen porn. *wink wink*<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Yikes, what a mouthful of a title! Anyway, we’re about a month out from the DC Pen Show, and I’ve been meaning to post an<\/p>\n

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