Best Types of kits
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OKLAHOMAN
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The 2 comes in better plating's, is slightly larger but you pay more for these things. I never have used the 1 so I cannot attest to it's quality but the 2 is excellent quality.
Driftwoodturner
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Can I just say that I am totally blown away by the Classic Nib website !! Love it!
Dan Masshardt
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2 are undoubtedly the better quality overall. But the 1 is a fraction of the price so with that factored, it's hard to say which is better for you.
I've not tried one yet but the 1 is so dang inexpensive I'm thinking I have to.
I've made quite a few of the baron / navigator kits which appear to look similar to the Jr Gent 1. I'm looking forward to comparing them. Anybody else comment on the comparison here?
Bean_Counter
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The 2 is slightly larger than the one in regards to tube size. As said before the 2 has better plating options and the caps finials aren't black
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The 2 was developed as an improvement to the 1. Two top notch platings (Rhodium and Gold TN) are available with the 1 so Roy's comment is a tad off base on that...you may have more of the better platings offered with the two. Given what they are, you need to look at what you might think is the best value for what you spend. You might have a wider selection of vendors with the 2.
Dan Masshardt
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I think you ate the only one who offers the 1 in the better platings right?
Many people loom at the csusa site as the most popular vendor of the kits and there the 1 is not available in the higher end platings.
I wouldn't know.
Dan Masshardt
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I think if you ate him you would have known it. Haha. Sorry for the typo.
OKLAHOMAN
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While your 90% right the threading on the posting end isn't plated in Rhodium or Ti Gold from the photos I see. Looks like black coating over brass , Smitty, correct me if I'm wrong.
quote=Smitty37;1568214]The 2 was developed as an improvement to the 1. Two top notch platings (Rhodium and Gold TN) are available with the 1 so Roy's comment is a tad off base on that...you may have more of the better platings offered with the two. Given what they are, you need to look at what you might think is the best value for what you spend. You might have a wider selection of vendors with the 2.[/quote]
quote=Smitty37;1568214]The 2 was developed as an improvement to the 1. Two top notch platings (Rhodium and Gold TN) are available with the 1 so Roy's comment is a tad off base on that...you may have more of the better platings offered with the two. Given what they are, you need to look at what you might think is the best value for what you spend. You might have a wider selection of vendors with the 2.[/quote]
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That's the design Roy... if you get them in 24K gold or chrome the plating on the threads isn't 24K gold or chrome either but you'd still say they were gold or chome...and the male threads would still be black...enamel I think.
I've been told that one of the reasons the 2 was designed was because the metal female threads in use at the time were damaging the black male threads so the plating was changed. Later the metal threads on the 1 (and more recently I think I've heard on the 2 as well) were changed to plastic which cured that problem...the plastic isn't perfect either.