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It'd been a minute since I bought a new pen, and I've always wanted to try a vacuum fill pen so I finally pulled the trigger. The pen writes so well straight out of the box but that's always been my experience with TWSBI pens. The kon-peki ink is a nice beautiful blue that also seems to dry fairly quickly which is nice because I'm a lefty and it's impossible for me to write without making a mess lol.

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[–] BZen@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Congrats! I’ve just finished journal writing with my 700VAC R and Iroshizuki ink! It’s my favorite travel pen, both because of the large ink capacity and significantly decreased chance of leakage during flights.

[–] rson@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

good to know, I've brought my TWSBI Eco with me on flights before and def forgot that the ink gets blasted into the cap.

[–] BZen@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

During my last flight, I didn’t even keep the nib upright, and still didn’t have problems. I had multiple vacuum fill pens with me, including the VAC Mini and Pilot Custom 823, and none of them leaked.