ēnsso PIUMA fountain pen
While I've long been a Lamy devotee (the AL-Star with a fine point nib is my go-to), I'm always looking – often in spite of myself - for the next object of devotion. While I can't recall where and/or how I happened upon ēnsso’s PIUMA pen, billed as
it's come the closest of recent efforts to evoking that devotion – and in a relatively short amount of time: despite my lacking-in-detail photo above (I'm never giving up my XR, not until it gives up on me), it's truly a beautiful pen.
A few things, though, have given me pause.
One, it's heavy and wears out my increasingly arthritic hands. Anything but its translated namesake.
Two, it's a bit scratchier than I'm used to – but then again, Lamys are notorious for being a much wetter pen; I haven't tried other inks with the PIUMA. I did, however, use one of JetPens’s best tips for getting a scratchy pen to write – making a writing a bunch of eights on a paper bag to polish the nib – and it’s definitely helped.
Three, that it's designed to NOT be posted throws me a bit. I have to stop and remind myself to put the cap down someplace that a.) I'll remember and b.) that Kirby won't get ahold of it - both being easier said than done.
Want to give it a few more days for acclimation and try out different inks before rendering judgement. That said, I'm optimistic as to its chances at devotional evocation.