I had met a woman working at my local mall's antique store. When I asked about fountain pens she said that while there weren't any in the store at the moment she had one gathering dust in her cabinet drawer and that she would bring it the next day. I had thought she was bring it to sell to me but she just gave it to me for free. It was a very pleasant surprise and the pen wound up being a TWSBI Vac700! There was also a store closing sale going on elsewhere and I have quite a few Christmas/Birthday presents. Today was a very lucky day.
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I just ordered one of those! Haven't got it yet, but I love vac fills and TWSBIs. How do you like it?
I haven't inked it up yet, though I experimented with the vacuum piston while cleaning it with water, it is facinating and very sadisfying. It is also way beefier than I expected.
Finally got mine. It looks like I was wrong about getting a complete fill using that mechanism. Pilot's vaccuum fill system is better in that regard, but still, I'm hard pressed to find a single thing wrong with the pen after using it. It's super reliable, even partially filled. Plus, Draculea ink looks awesome splashing around in the giant reservoir.
There is a vampire themed ink brand?
The maker is a Hungarian brand, Pennonia.
https://www.pennonia.eu/product-category/pennonia-handmade-inks/
From my experience vacuum fills are the only type where you can achieve a full fill without flipping the pen upside down while filling with a Travelers inkwell like this https://goldspot.com/products/pineider-pen-filler-portable-inkwell A full fill seems to help with flow reliability, or at least it does for my vanishing point.