Product Description
| Type | Blow-filler fountain pen made of Indian ebonite (hard rubber) |
| Product Name | This is the oversized 4C model by Ranga |
| Manufacturer and Year | Ranga Pen Company, India - 2012 |
| Length | 6" |
|
Filling System Blow-Filler
|
We have configured this pen as a blow-filler. It's a simple filling process: put the nib in ink, and blow in the hole in the end of the barrel. (Surprsing little pressure is actually required.) Leave the nib in the ink for a few seconds, pull it out and wipe off any excess ink on the section. The pen is ready to write. You don't need to unscrew the barrel, but if you did you'd see a simple rubber sac which will be easy to maintain and replace if it ever wears out. |
| Color | This pen has the shiny and smooth finish, in dark pink and blue swirl. This is one of the "premium ebonite" colors. |
| Nib | Fine verging on the extra fine. No flex. The nib is an almost like new, very smooth and wet. It's one of the best writing extra fine-ish nibs we've encountered in a while. See writing sample below, in which we felt compelled to mention how smooth the nib was, twice. |
|
Condition |
Brand new, never used. We fitted a new sac. The pen has been tested thoroughly for ink flow and smoothness. We made some small modifications to the Ranga hand-cut ebonite feeds to improve ink flow and predictability, but all in all these blow filler systems are very well behaved when compared to eye droppers. |
