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Written by alexa-488 on 2025-01-07 at 07:02

New pen day courtesy of JetPens.

Pretty pretty Kakunos!

I guess this is a Pilot year for me.

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Written by Jim P. on 2025-01-07 at 12:38

@alexa488 Nice! Are those just gold plated standard type Kakuno nibs or are they special in some way? A writing sample I saw someone post from one looked like it had a little bounce/flex to it, but maybe they were just abusing it.

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Written by alexa-488 on 2025-01-07 at 17:50

@jimp Special line of color but I don't think there's anything else to them.

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Written by Jim P. on 2025-01-07 at 17:52

@alexa488 Ah, darn. I was hoping for more reason to pick one up but I'll probably be passing on these.

I prefer my Kakunos to be more transparent (and EF), but a new/novel nib might have been worth grabbing one for. In a surprising move for me, I'll practice restraint.

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Written by alexa-488 on 2025-01-07 at 18:52

@jimp gotta buy what you like and refrain from what you don't like, totally respect the restraint ;)

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Written by Jim P. on 2025-01-07 at 18:56

@alexa488 That's something I'm attempting to be better at doing currently. No idea if I'll succeed and keep it up long term.

But it helps if I can find reasons to increase my resistance.

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Written by onlyjudah on 2025-01-07 at 16:46

@alexa488 Looks like I got the one color you passed on.

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Written by alexa-488 on 2025-01-07 at 17:49

@judah I passed on both the blues

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Written by onlyjudah on 2025-01-07 at 18:02

@alexa488 Shows how much I was paying attention, I didn't even notice there were two different blues -- but I never buy doubles and I got the one I would have preferred so no big deal.

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Written by alexa-488 on 2025-01-07 at 18:51

@judah nbd indeed so long as you're happy :)

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