About
All feedback (516)
- quaintcards (14398)- Feedback left by buyer.More than a year agoVerified purchaseTerrific eBayer. Paid quickly. Pleasant communications. We recommend.
- cheol9260696 (20218)- Feedback left by buyer.More than a year agoVerified purchaseGood buyer, prompt payment, valued customer, highly recommended.
- yujin2379 (7224)- Feedback left by buyer.More than a year agoVerified purchaseGood buyer, prompt payment, valued customer, highly recommended.
- gruv-entertainment (415203)- Feedback left by buyer.More than a year agoVerified purchaseGood buyer, prompt payment, valued customer, highly recommended.
- yourmomlovesmedia (323485)- Feedback left by buyer.More than a year agoVerified purchaseGood buyer, prompt payment, valued customer, highly recommended.
- ladvdstore (3122)- Feedback left by buyer.More than a year agoVerified purchaseGood buyer, prompt payment, valued customer, highly recommended.
Reviews (15)
Aug 03, 2021
Good, Should Have Been Better
This is a Large (12.75" x 10.1") and heavy book on JMW Turner's Watercolors. It has 67 plates each presented in as large or larger format than my other six books on Turner's watercolors, plus with colors that are appropriate for the paintings! Very well done, an excellent presentation of Turner's work. That's the good news.
Unfortunately, most of the selected works are typical of other books with perhaps only 10 to 12 works being herein published for the first time, Of these few there are four that are spectacular: Plate 67 Sea Monsters and Vessels at Sunset, 1845 ( I had never seen this painting before); Plates 57 and 58 both Studies of: The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, both 1834 (these two paintings and one other are most often printed, however there are additional Turner watercolors of this subject that have not to my knowledge been printed) and Plate 54 A Town on a River at Sunset, 1833 (Simple, but breathtaking) There are another six to eight somewhat uncommon works that are also excellent. While I thank the author for these selections, the remaining plates are certainly not touched with genius and that's the bad news.
Oct 12, 2018
Pilot Custom 743, Course (C) Nib
It is a very nice pen. I'm not sure that its worth close to tree times the cost of my Pilot Custom 74, BB nib FP, but it is a very nice pen. It draws a consistent broad line, approximately 1.0 mm in width. It is a very wet line. A wetter line than my 1.1 mm Stub nib RotRing ArtPen; they both draw lines that are about the same width. In regard to performance, this is the smoothest drawing FP that I have ever used. There is very modest feedback. I guess it would also be an excellent writer? It is a bit larger in diameter and a bit longer than the 74, which makes it is more comfortable to draw with, but again, I'm not sure that this added comfort is worth three times the cost?
Appearance wise the wider diameters and greater length with tapered ends make for a very pleasing shape. However, I do not find the much wider "gold" bands to be as attractive as the more modest bands of the 74. Finally and surprisingly, the #15 nib is not very much larger than the #5 nib. Larger? Yes, but so what? I had, very briefly, a Platinum 3776 and its nib was slightly larger than the PC 74's nib. I suppose, the 3776 nib is about the size of the pilot #10 nib? My #15 is larger than the 3776 nib was, but again - so what. My 3776 never wrote, so back it went. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that the #15 nib does NOT make the 743 look "regal" or "more dignified" or even "more attractive" than the 74.
I do not have a 74 with a C-nib, thus I can not make any direct comparisons in regard to line quality. For myself, the greatest advantage this 743 has over a 74 is it's larger size resulting in greater comfort and better handling for DRAWING. Its excellent nib performance also contributes to this pen being a very good drawing implement. Perhaps these attributes would also equate to a more pleasant FP to write with? I do not know. Other than vanities sake, I can see no other justifications for purchasing a 743 over a 74. And, at present, I'm not sure its worth the added cost? Only time will tell.
Apr 16, 2021
A Woman's Watch
0 of 3 found this helpful This watch is attractive and it looks great in an enlarged advertisement photo. It is listed (advertised) as a women's watch; however, it's case diameter is listed as 34.7 mm. I have several Seiko men's dress watches that have 33 mm case diameters. These three Seiko's are small to medium sized men's dress watches and they have crystal/dial diameters between 28 and 30 mm. I foolishly, assumed that this watch with it's 34.7 mm case diameter would have a crystal diameter of between 31 and 32 mm. This was am incorrect assumption. The crystal/dial diameter of this watch is 29 to 30 mm (due to the crystal configuration, it is difficult to get a precise dimension). This small size is too small for 3 dials (sun/moon, day and date) plus roman numerals. Too much going on in too tight a space. It looks great in an enlarged advertising photo. But in real life size it is obviously not a men's watch. It's a women's watch.