I’d read so much about Eversharp nibs and how they were supposedly incredible at flex. Well…

The answer is yes. I got this off r/pen_swap and it was everything I expected!

The Skyline was released in 1941 and ceased production in 1950. It came in three sizes, of which mine is the medium “Standard” version sporting a Dubonnet Red Demi colour scheme. The cap is made in celluloid and the lighter stripes have some transparency, as you can see in the top photo.

It’s a lever filler, with all the fuss that engenders. I can’t really fill this pen from my sample vials, because I don’t have enough left in those vials… The pen will fit comfortably through a 10ml J. Herbin bottle though, so filling from any of the common bottles in production should be no problem at all.

It was everything I expected… except the nib, which was a Minuskin needlepoint and arrived extremely scratchy. It put my experience with the saibi-togi nib to shame, and was basically unusable. Based on basically everyone else’s experience with Minuskin, I’m glad I didn’t have to deal with him directly on this. I ended up smoothing almost the entire tip into a rounder point, just so it would stop tearing my paper.

Once that was done, though, the nib did prove to be everything I hoped it would be. It’s very responsive, with a very quick snapback and an easy 2mm+ flex. I’m glad I took the plunge, and even though I was warned this wouldn’t be a daily writer… it’s seeing very regular use in my arsenal!

Here’s a further writing sample (flip through album): the pen handles writing really small cursive admirably, being light and very easy to control. And while Eversharp made a huge range of nibs, ranging from manifolds to regular point sizes, I heartily recommend grabbing a flexible one if you can. They’re simply amazing!