Diplomat Aero Brass Oxyd Fountain Pen Review
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Diplomat has become my favorite pen brand of all time just based on the quality of their nibs. The construction of their pens is always top notch as well.
Now running off to see how much the cap on my Diplomat rotates🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Lovely finish on that pen, and a great review
I am 100% with you on the rotating cap business. That and the price are a deal-breaker for me even though I love the pen.
The distressed brass is gorgeous on the Aero; I don’t think photographs do it justice. I have an Aero in Flame and another in Citrus Green. The cap rotations are slight enough to pardon considering how much I enjoy their aesthetics and overall writing experience. While I don’t *need* a third Aero, Oxyd Brass is irresistible.
What I like about this finish is that it's a good match for the Zeppelin steampunk feeling of the Aero's visual design. The two, appropriately, mesh perfectly like a pair of cogs.
There is something in the water in or around the Diplomat factory as they ‘merely’ use Jowo nibs yet they are unanimously praised as being a cut above stock Jowo. I have owned precisely one Diplomat Aero and while the pen didn’t quite fit my grip style, I still sometimes gaze up into the night skies, wondering where that wonderful nib is right now. And is the nib thinking of me, too? (What is this, a Disney film??)
I‘ve read somewhere that they actually break in all if their pens. Haven‘t confirmed that yet but would make sense.
The Aero is one of my favorite pens. All mine take some effort to rotate the cap (and I don't care about it rotating anyway - not a pet peeve of mine). I've never tried a gold nib because of the price jump. I would like to get this brass one but will wait until I see it on sale (< $200).
Rotating slip caps never bothered me. If it was a threaded cap, I'd be very upset
Thank you. This is a great review and I completely agree with you - the finish is breathtaking. I agree with you on all points. I do have a Diplomat Aero (it was a gift) and I absolutely love it. My only complaint is that the cap does not include a cap liner - and this nib is prone to drying out. I also personally really like large ink capacity pens - and the international converter really doesn't carry a lot of ink either. But the pen is beautiful. And that finish - OMG - that finish is glorious.
I hadn’t given too much thought to a rotating non threaded cap, but on reflection, I’d prefer it didn’t. Rotation takes away from the solid feel the pen otherwise projects. We agree.
Thank you for the solid, informative review. BTW, we are in agreement regarding the rotating cap. I find it VERY annoying and I think it makes it more likely that the cap will separate from the pen body because of it's looseness. I also agree that the price is VERY high for what one gets, especially with a gold nib.
Thanks!
Thank you for another great video!🙏
Thank you for the review (o:
I .. think the price is about somewhere between a factor 3 and 5 too high for what you get, but it IS a beautifully made item.
I’ve had my Aero for about 3 years and I not previously been aware that the cap could rotate. I’d like to say it doesn’t bother me but now I’ve discovered my Lamy 2000 does it too … excuse me please, while I quickly fashion a hat out of tinfoil.
Nice review but how heavy is this pen unposted thanks?
They should have just come out with the bronze model because of course that is next. Regarding the cap rotation, does not bother me at all. I have a Cross Pinnacle and it rotates quite a bit but it has an inner seal and it never dries out, even for months.
I love the design, too, and I especially like the distressed look of this one! I own and enjoy my Orange and Black Aero (M steel nib). As long as the cap doesn't feel loose, the rotation wouldn't bother me but if it does feel loose, it would drive me nuts! Mine is snug without being tight - at least IMHO. Tx!!
I have one on order with a broad nib. Diplomat steel nibs are the best in the business. Have you weighed this pen - how many grams. I’m not at all bothered by a rotating cap.
Diplomat only sell new nibs with a section- you can’t get a new nib on its own.
You should have compared this to the Flame. Weight and finish.
A rotating snap cap does not bother me in the slightest. If it dried out in less than a month of non-use, that would bother me. All of my Diplomat’s stay wet for at least that long.
Am not sure about price being too much. Pens have gotten very expensive. Orient, Chinese in particular, have made impressive gains. Yes overall design very good save cap.
The rotating of the cap makes me question the longevity of the capping mechanism.
“It’s expensive for what it is.” What is it? “Solid … nicely made … a wonderful writer.” I see. What would make it worth the price? A white star at the end of the cap? Stripes in the resin on the barrel? I’ve read this complaint a number of times online: Solid, nicely made, wonderful writer, but expensive for what it is. I really don’t get that at all. I have other, more expensive pens - Namiki, Yard-O-Led, Onoto, Omas, Montblanc, and others - but the Aero (with a steel nib and custom medium cursive italic grind) is one of my favorites. “Expensive for what it is” seems much better to describe my Montblanc, a lovely pen, wonderful writer, but with a resin body and cap that in an earlier version cracked. I doubt my Aero will ever be at risk of cracking.
I don’t mind the fact that the cap rotates. I’d never actually noticed that until you mentioned it. I just went to my pen box and did some twisting. Okay, I can rotate it with less force than is required to make my YOL Grand Victorian rotate, and less than is required to rotate the cap of my wife’s MB 144. It feels more solid than the MB, though, rotating with solid precision. So no, I don’t think you’re crazy, but that rotation is a non-issue for me. What really annoys me is a cap that requires more than two turns to screw on and off. When I use my Onoto, I feel like I’m in a time lapse video where the sun rises and sets while I’m still sitting there turning the cap, but my wife tells me I’m crazy because it only took three seconds and I cry, “Three seconds?! I’d die if it took me longer than that to brake in a freeway emergency!” Pet peeves are really often pretty weird.
I like your reviews, including this one, but this “expensive for what it is” cavil just annoys me. The whole concept of being “worth it” seems to me ill-defined, subjective. I’m going to buy the brass Aero with a steel nib. I love the look, I love the Aero that I have, I want it as an EDC that doesn’t require a special case, that will be reliable, that will serve me with solid precision, that will look smart. That’s what I expect from an Aero. (And a YOL, but that one I use when I’m going to wear a suit.)
Heavy metal! Cue up the Dio: When there's lightning, you know it always brings me down
'Cause it's free and I see that it's me
Who's lost and never found… ha! Sorry, love the pen, great review Stephen….jude
I watch pen reviews because they're therapeutic and relaxing...this one was not!
Wonderful!
The professional photos of this pen didn't quite do it for me to buy this pen, but you flinging it around with your "real life photography skills" seems to makes this pen much more attractive and usable as an everyday pen... So another bloody pen to add to my cart.
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A squeaky cap bugs the living hell out of me personally
You are not insane. A cap should not slip, not at that price. Have a good summer
Snugly rotating cap like the Diplomat: fine, even enjoyable. Wobbly rotating cap like the Lamy aion: 🤮
Get rid of that annoying intro sound mate. Thanks for the review