The cap unscrews with about one third of a turn, which is nice. This makes it feel more secure and substantial. As a consequence, the nib section screws very tightly into the body. It is a cartridge/converter, although they do put a rubber gasket on the nib section. I prefer piston fillers on this count the Perla is disappointing. I imagine that on downstrokes, the tines actually do separate a wee bit, but it cannot be seen with the naked eye. It’s more like both tines in tandem give a bit with every stroke. This “flex” is difficult to describe, but I put quotation marks around “flex” because it is not flex in the classic sense of the tines separating with downward pressure, producing broader downstrokes and thinner cross strokes. The nibs have a kind of “flex” to them that no other pens have (at least none in my experience). I’ll be repeating my earlier review, but the Anocra nibs give the pen a unique writing experience. I’ve tried to capture the pretty red, blue, and green-yellow in the photos, which is stunning when set off by the broad rhodiated silver bands at either end of the pen and topped off with the long, elegant nib. The resins (or whatever the material is) they use on these pens is absolutely beautiful. Unposted, the body of pen alone is more than enough for a comfortable writing experience. It’s long enough without posting (note the rather stubby cap), and the cap does not stay posted. In fact, it is not designed to be used posted. Plus, this pen is large in the hand unposted. I find it more comfortable than any of those pens primarily because I like big pens, but you can see that the Perla tapers quite nicely on the nib section. You can see below in the pictures where I have it lined up with (from left to right) a Pelikan M800, Omas Ogiva, and (at the end) a Dolce Vita OS. A couple of them needed to be tweeked by a nibmeister to perform flawlessly. This attest to the fact that these nibs are handmade, which is good and bad as some have reported that the nibs have QC issues. I mentioned in my review of the Ancora Maxima posted earlier that no two nibs are exactly alike, but all have a ‘family resemblance.’ Although the differences are slight, they can be noticed. The main reason I bought more than one, two, or three is that each one of the nibs has its own character, sufficiently so that individual nibs do indeed feel different. I bought my first Perla in July, and by December I had six of them – either broad or stub nibs. A version of this pen by Levenger has already been reviewed, but I thought it might be good to have a review of the non-Levenger version.
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