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  J. Herbin Large Glass Dip Pen - Red
J. Herbin Large Red Glass Dip Pen


 
J. Herbin hand blown glass pens in the tradition of 16th century Venice. Spiral glass handle, 7-1/2" long.

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J. Herbin hand blown glass pens in the tradition of 16th century Venice. Spiral glass handle, 7-1/2" long.
J. Herbin Glass Pens


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Nice, but handle-colors are not colored glass. January 3, 2012
Reviewer: Anonymous Person  
The coloration (at least on the twist-style glass pen) appears to be a dipped, lacquer-type coating that is not very durable when exposed to solvents.

If you get ammonia on the handle, the color will chip and peel off.  That wasn't an issue for me, as I liked the look of the all-clear pen anyway.

Ammonia seems to loosen the lacquer more than even Acetone.  Since there are a number of small surface-imperfections amongst the twists, you'll either have to use a dental pick or very-gently brush out the last few color flecks with a soft-bristle metal brush (I used a soft, brass brush and a lot of caution.)

So if the color is important to you, keep any aggressive solvents (even ammonia) away from these pens.  I love this pen, no matter what the color.  Caveat emptor!

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  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 
More pleasurable to use on 'scratchy' papers December 25, 2011
Reviewer: Anonymous Person from Theory  
I try to use my 100% cotton stationery as much as I can justify.  After smoothing the tip of this glass dip-pen (as directed by one of Brian's vids), this pen wrote more smoothly on that paper than any of my pens, fountain or not.

To get the alleged 'two lines of writing before re-dipping', you have to either wait for the ink to flow -or- just rotate the pen in your fingers every few words.

But that kind of 'effort' with a dip-pen is negligible.  If you're looking for a novelty, 'letter-writing' pen, these glass dip-pens are a great option!

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Beautiful pen...gets a lot of compliments December 20, 2011
Reviewer: Anonymous Person from Lamar, MO United States  
This pen was an impulse buy for my office desk.  It's a bit of fun novelty to write letters with it (you can write with it faster than you'd think.)

Great pen!

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Wow December 6, 2011
Reviewer: Andy Hopkins from Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom  
Stunning bit of wrinting kit...feels lovely to use (& retains a surprising amount of ink). It just looks fabulous.

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Bit of a learning curve... December 1, 2011
Reviewer: Ladygoshawk (FPN) from Hayden, ID United States  
I purchased the dip pen for use with my Ink Drop samples, and for ink samples in general. Brian's videos for this product are a fantastic resource, and showed me just what I needed to do to "adjust" the nib to wonderful smoothness. These pens are not like your classic, metal dip pens and therefore take a little bit of working with to learn, but it didn't take me long to get the hang of it. Love it!

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