letschat7
Flashlight Enthusiast
I used to have some gold Cross pens and gold nib fountain pens.
I tend to use whatever disposable pen is closest at hand. Lol. But I've seen some of those mechanical pen posts show up on Reddit. There's people out there that like just about everything. Hope you get lots of enjoyment out of itI was looking at the Fenix T6, Olight O'pen and Thrunite offerings but settled on the Nitecore based purely on aesthetics (and pricing), plus I EDC torches/flashlights anyway...
Oh yes, I remember FPH. That was back during my initial fascination as a pen enthusiast. Back when I wore a much younger man's clothes and had the nearly empty wallet of one. Still, I don't walk into establishments where I can't afford what they're selling. Went to FPH twice. Got treated like garbage the 2nd time I went there. Older store employee tried cheating me by insisting a certain brand's red ballpoint refill was exactly the same as another brand's red ballpoint refill. His very immature insistence that he was right, is why I never returned. I even remember the two brands.There is a pen seller I highly recommend near where you lived called Fountain Pen Hospital. I highly recommend them and used them back when I was in high school. I rocked a Mont Blanc back then and used Southworth ivory parchment paper.
This thing is quite a bit smaller and lighter than I was expecting. But wow, it's nice. I believe it has the MN 20 installed in it. It's a thin bulb with a purple base. And an MN 21 in the spare carrier. Just turning it on in daylight you can tell this is bright. Looks brand new too. I presume it is someone's safe queen. Tail works perfectly. Only thing I'm not sure about is that there are no witness marks on the tail cap. So I don't know where lockout and everything is. I tested it and unfortunately, the MN 21 is burned out.
I was actually just reading about the exploding purple MN20s. Guess an order to lumens factory is needed. Too bad. I used it for about 30 seconds last night. Probably the most impressive beam I've ever seen.Here's an anecdote. The purple base version of the MN20 (before the introduction of the later model black base with engraved markings) used to *occasionally* fail by exploding into a cloud of fine glass dust and tungsten oxide with no warning instead of just burning out. There's a thread from years back detailing how another CPF user also got a great deal on a classic crosshair logo M6 with Lexan lens, made note of the classic purple lamp, was warned in the same thread of the same hazard, and then reported back that the lamp did later explode and ruin their classic lexan KT-4 head. Of course, at that time warranty replacements on all parts were still feasible so it turned out okay. So I guess run it with a little bit of caution. I'll see if I can stumble across the thread later.
Whenever I run a high-risk lamp arrangement I use the $48 turbohead also from Lumens Factory since it's still available and comes with two swappable reflectors. This paid off big time (relatively speaking) for me a few years back when a FM/CL1909 bulb exploded in it instead of my precious KT-4. The HO-M6R also performs *very* well. It seems to sit right between the MN20 and MN21.I was actually just reading about the exploding purple MN20s. Guess an order to lumens factory is needed. Too bad. I used it for about 30 seconds last night. Probably the most impressive beam I've ever seen.
Whenever I run a high-risk lamp arrangement I use the $48 turbohead also from Lumens Factory since it's still available and comes with two swappable reflectors. This paid off big time (relatively speaking) for me a few years back when a FM/CL1909 bulb exploded in it instead of my precious KT-4. The HO-M6R also performs *very* well. It seems to sit right between the MN20 and MN21.
Can't wait for darkness. I will carry this in my left hand, and my M6 in my right.!😎Size-wise SF E2E was one of the best EDC lights out there just before the end of the Incandescent era of dominance.