The last of this year's new acquisitions. I'm still in pursuit of my ideal modern flex nib, and have something in mind for the new year, but meanwhile, I'm enjoying these.
The top black pen is a Pilot Falcon, with 14k Soft Medium nib. This is quite flexible, good and wet, and a very smooth nib. It's new, and I expect the flex to improve in time.
The pen below is a Leonardo "Momento Magico", in the Miele (honey) finish, with a 14k Medium nib and ebonite feed. I couldn't source one with the Leonardo 14k "Elastico" flex type nib, which is a gold Fine with the wings cut out for flex, but this is quite a springy nib with reasonable line variation. The collar and feed are JoWo #6, and I may go to Fountain Pen Nibs in Spain for one of their gold flex nibs with ebonite feed.
The Gripmaster exercises have restored a lot of hand strength. This is perhaps because, rather than just Gripmaster-exercising, I have added a psychological element viz. imagining that hand wringing the necks of certain politicians. A terrific incentive.
Edit:
The Pilot is a converter/cartridge pen, but the Leonardo is a piston-filler. Like some of the Montblanc pens, it is possible to disassemble the filler mechanism by unscrewing it from the pen body, using a Leonardo miniature pin-spanner; which comes at the not-so-miniature price of about £30 plus. A small job in the workshop to make one, I rather think.