I have couple of pens from Diplomat including Excellence, Viper. This is my first Aero. Loved the orange color and aluminum built. Weight balance is good. Nib is fine didn't test it yet but dry writing shows that it's good. An extra star for Appelboom customer care for honouring my requirements after that order has been placed.
The Diplomat Aero is unique among pen designs. The writing experience is typically excellent, The Matte Orange is really a rich dark orange color and the aluminum body is light and allows for long writing session. The zeppelin form of the body is surprisingly comfortable. The steel nib, which is recommended over the gold nib because of the $200+ extra for the gold nib, is a great value and writes flawlessly. Appelboom offers these pens at a great price. I own half a dozen of these pens in different colors!
The pen is made of aluminum with groves that makes great tactile filing and offers 'fidgeting' possibilities. I am not huge fan of the converter pens, I much prefer the piston-filling mechanism, but I have nothing against them either.
On the nib front, what a pleasant surprise. I like smooth nibs and this one is really, really smooth. The size of the pen is just right for my hand, and it is the same length as Pelikan M805. I chose the M nib, and the pen is writing beautifully out of the box. It is tuned just right, not too wet, not too dry, just perfect.
Would I buy this pen again? Absolutely! If you are thinking about it, just go ahead, the pen is really good. I took the opportunity on the pen-day and got it a a great price, but even at full price, it's still worth it.
As for the Apppelboom service, they are second to none, always professional, knowledgeable and ready to help even on weekends and I can only thank them for the nice buying experience.
The most attractive feature of this pen is the lovely Zeppelin shape and the immaculate machining. Clip and the cap closing mechanism are very user friendly and seem will last me long. The writing section feels occasionally slippery but still not as much as a lamy 2k. Cartridge converter fillilg is international style so you are good to go with that. Nib is as such a good performer. I had an EF Jowo which performed on a dry side but on adjusting the nib was writing superbly well. Got it on Fountain pen Day sale which was very comfortable on wallet.
I fell in love with this pen when i first saw it. I had to have it. It looks even better in real life and it feels so good in my hand. This is a pen for life.
As the title says, opening up the box and taking out the pen was a surprise, a pleasant one. The pen looks better in real life than on images. It feels very good in the hand. It was slightly heavier than I thought, which added to lay very well in my hand and even the anodized:esque grip section felt like it gave me the control and good grip I wanted.
The nib is really nice. It's very smooth and has just the right amount of feedback. Even though it's a steel nib, this is one of the better ones I have tried. The cap is a good snap cap and means your pen is ready to write directly. It also posts quite nice and there is plastics in the cap to prevent scratching.
I am very pleased with this pen and it is just such a little joy having it in my sight and picking it up and fiddle around with. The grooves on the side of the barrel is a pleasant feedback. Great pen.
The pros:
- The hate it or love it design. I obviously love it.
- The nib is FANTASTIC. I'm talking about the steel one here. It's as good as any gold nib I've ever owned.. Stiff, but smooooth. Very "felty", close to the feeling of a well-tuned Lamy 2000. At the price, it's a no-brainer.
The cons;
- It's a CC filling mechanism but hey, at the price,, can't have everything. Some people will consider this a plus.
- For the some very strange reason, I couldn't get my most shading ink (Noodler's Apache Sunset) to shade when used with this pen. I never quite figured why, as it is a wet writer. Very strange.
- My biggest gripe is a tiny detail: the barrel keeps unscrewing at the slightest twisting motion. I found I was constantly tightening it and it annoyed me (that and the shading issue, which might just have been my nib) to the extent that I sold it. But I kind of miss it now... It's a pen with a soul.
Great looks with original design.Striking colour,Smooth broad steel nib , always wet (my main gripe with many other good pens).Writing is easy, smooth, pleasurable The cap clicks solidly and easily.It is a pen you enjoy both for its striking looks and for the quality and ease of its writing.
I bought this pen as my daily writer in a fine steel nib. It is a great writer and the color makes it a conversation piece. I had Joost tune and smooth the nib and Appelboom did not disappoint. The nib is smooth but very firm. For general notes and writing it is a perfect tool. It is comfortable and a joy to use. I highly recommend this pen.
This is not the first pen I have purchased from Joost and it will not be the last. He is a pure pleasure to work with.
Dit is een van de eerste pennen die ik heb gekocht en ik heb er zeker geen spijt van! Het ontwerp met alle groeven is super mooi zonder te opvallend te zijn en de pen licht heel goed in de hand door het gewicht,maar toch is hij niet te zwaar. De pen punt is gewoon fantastisch, diplomat diet echt iets speciaal met deze JoWo punten want ze voelen nog beter dan hun standaard punten. Dit is zeker mijn beste pen met een stalen penpunt, of misschien zelfs mijn beste pen.
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