@penfount Mostly they don't appeal to me. I prefer demonstrators most of all, but sometimes I like certain things like stacked celluloid. Depends on the pen and the price.
The Preppy Wa Modern Maki-e pens are a great balance there since they are inexpensive, semi-transparent, and have some art on them. Most of the initial offerings were not my style but I did buy one of them. Hoping they do more eventually but with different designs.
@paradoxmo The one I have now is from last August's second edition set. The first edition had a couple that were OK but I missed it entirely. Might still be able to find them but I didn't like them enough to go out of my way to get them.
The third edition comes out in August and maybe two of those are ones I like (the fireworks and the cats).
Better than none at all, though, and it also keeps me from hoarding entire sets.
@jimp @paradoxmo Just after a new series was released Cult Pens was doing an offer with a complete set of the previous series for less than it would cost to buy individually.
I looked at the page, and then I looked at the wallet on the shelf with many variations of colour and nib size in the standard editions, and closed the tab. :-) The Maki-e are pretty, but I do not need more than the one I got Just Because, which I still haven't used.
@paradoxmo Now you've reminded me I vaguely remember seeing something about that.
And having searched to see if I could find anything about it, I have discovered the existence of the Platinum Meteor. Now telling myself I do not need to get another member of the Preppy family, I already have manymanylots Preppies plus a Plaisir.
@JulesJones @paradoxmo I use and like the one I have, but I like Preppies in general.
If they offered them in EF I might have a problem, but that's another limiting factor. I prefer EF, so if I want an EF in one of those I need to buy another Preppy/Meteor/etc and swap nibs.
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