12 June, 2011

Review: Edison Pearl in an insanely-pink color

There's just no accounting in taste, okay? So sometimes you decide to get a pen made out of "bikini pink" acrylic because for God's sake, it's pink and red swirled together with a pearlescent finish. I mean, how could I resist?! I'm not made of stone. So how this works is, you peruse the Edison Pen website and then contact proprietor Brian Gray about pen materials, nib type, filling method, blahblabety-blah...after a lot of back and forth, I decided on this crazy "bikini pink" acrylic Pearl, which is red and pink swirls with a pearlescent sheen. I like pink, okay? I also decided on two steel nibs-- one medium and one cursive italic (0.7m,), and the standard cartridge-converter filling method. The pen can also be used as an eyedropper. Brian was a joy to work with. The pen writes like a dream and I love having the versatility of two nibs. Between this and the new Noodler's Flex pens, I think I've finally reached the end of my pen acquisition but I have to admit, some of these other Pearls look mighty tempting...
Pictures below!
My pictures of the pen, nib, and writing samples:



Close up of 0.7mm cursive italic nib and line variation in the writing sample

Edison Pearl in bikini pink acrylic; photo by Brian Gray of Edison Pens. Used with permission

Edison Pearl in bikini pink acrylic with cap on; photo by Brian Gray of Edison Pens. Used with permission


5 comments:

  1. Let me guess... is that ink Iroshizuku Yama-budo?

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  2. No, it's actually Noodler's Saguaro Wine :)

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  3. Wow! They look similar.

    I love to guess at ink colors... Thanks for satisfying my curiosity.

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  4. Beautiful pen! That acrylic is like a flashback waiting to happen.

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