The form factor of the Edison Collier has always appealed to me. The cap cannot be posted, but it is a wide and hefty pen. This sort of shape, aside from aesthetic appeal, I find to be comfortable for long periods of writing. I also was very interested in the pump filling system Edison began offering in the Menlo. So, I asked if I could get a combination of the new filling system with the Collier, and I was accommodated easily. Aside from the convenience of the pump system, it holds quite a bit of ink which can be viewed in the window, also a modification of the basic Collier design.
It is made in flecked golden acrylic, and many people have commented on how beautiful it is. I like to rotate pens like this in the light in idle moments just to get the full effect of the colors. The nib is steel, and has been modified to a 15 degree oblique, and it puts down a generous line of ink. It is a pleasure it use.
I did go through some searching for the right color ink. After going through a sample pack of my selections from Goulet (an excellent and cost-effective way to do it), I bought a bottle of Pelikan Edelstein Amber, which did not look good on the page nor was it particularly well-behaved - a great disappointment. I then gave a couple of full-week tests to some others, with a number from Diamine working well. I discovered that many brown inks are both unappealing and have a red or purple tinge making them unsuitable for business use (or any other use, really). The color of Noodler's Walnut was most appealing, but it both bled and feathered, so was impractical for every-day use on copier paper and the like. However, a color that matched the pen and was both well-behaved and attractive was Noodler's Golden Brown. It has wonderful shading, and it seems to me that it can be used in business circumstances.
I did go through some searching for the right color ink. After going through a sample pack of my selections from Goulet (an excellent and cost-effective way to do it), I bought a bottle of Pelikan Edelstein Amber, which did not look good on the page nor was it particularly well-behaved - a great disappointment. I then gave a couple of full-week tests to some others, with a number from Diamine working well. I discovered that many brown inks are both unappealing and have a red or purple tinge making them unsuitable for business use (or any other use, really). The color of Noodler's Walnut was most appealing, but it both bled and feathered, so was impractical for every-day use on copier paper and the like. However, a color that matched the pen and was both well-behaved and attractive was Noodler's Golden Brown. It has wonderful shading, and it seems to me that it can be used in business circumstances.
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