Even the replica shoots sharp ...

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... If not sharper.
Until recently I did not know this version of the ideal pocket writing tool, nor the fact that the German company Diplomat this great thing, obviously, officially reconstructs after the original patent.

The original, which due to the strong similarity can not be ignored here, the Fisher Space Pen model Bullet (refRID = 0Z1K39YWM18Y4WD15WQV), I carry many years in your pocket and therefore recognize the differences between the two devices blind.

But one by one. Why a replica is useful if the original is still available?
In addition, this original pen tells grandiose stories. The of the Astronautenkuli, which was tested in space and not only there, so in a vacuum, but also on the ground upside down, and writes under water, which is already innately a through ball for every real man. That the thing then also Bullet is, just as it looks, does the rest.
So why change the camp?

Now that would be only times the price. The Fisher costs about twice as much. That is in itself a mark.
In addition, it is still to a certain extent to the original when Diplomat used the Fisher patent. Granted even weaker argument. But then again a completely different aspect to the game, the diplomat is in fact a German or at least a European. The raw brass sleeves relates the company from Italy, thread production and surface finishing (painting, chrome plating) and assembly takes place in Germany. The mines are also manufactured in Germany.
Finally, there is also haptic considerations. The models differ slightly. For Fisher, the matt black smooth chrome and where the fingers grip grooved.
Because for me the chrome out of the question, on the one hand does not have to glitter and possibly generate reflections a real tool and on the other hand are slippery in the hand as well as the ribbing does not help. The black Fisher is also without ribbing very good in the hand and is easy to grip due to the matt finish from the outset.
At Diplomat however also has the black ribbing and forward quite a bit thicker than the Fisher, which is well in hand. Spontaneous allows the diplomat so grab with less force, what is more relaxing. This can, however, find only in direct comparison, because previously I was for many years very well satisfied with the Fisher.

Moreover, would not distinguish a few things, some of them easy to spot if you put the pins next to each other. But the aspect ratios of the assembled scribe differ. The Fisher is a total minimal slimmer.
The tip, which summarizes the mine is worked differently. The coating / paint is different.
About durability of the coating I can not say the diplomat much, but the brass comes at the edges sometime as the Fisher through. Feat, the pin is permanently with the keys in his pocket, and with every rewrite the cap is pulled off, plugged, unplugged it and pushed again. The scrubs sometime blank the edges. This patina is but worked out and I think it looks good, if by a little brass seems over time.
The cap is the original fixed a little longer. At Diplomat cap when pulling to a shorter path is easy. For the cap sits back for writing due to the also slightly stronger shank form something richer. Although the Fisher does not slip, but can, however, move minimally if you want. Whether by expanding over the years to the edge, I can after four five years is not (noticeably) confirm. These are, in practice, but everything no problems only individual taste moments.

However, a clear disadvantage when Diplomat is the toughness of the ink. The mine writes significantly heavier than normal as the Fisher mines. In particular, when you once again wrote to Fisher after a long time, then a slip the letter almost. The typeface of the Diplomat Mine is in my opinion for something more precise than Fisher, who rather something out leaves too much ink.
I have recently moved me after two weeks intensive writing to the diplomat by the strong pressing for a thicker line even pain in the index finger that needed to disappear again three or four weeks. First I thought of a sports injury, until I wanted to write something since I came on it that was on the pen. - However, the diplomat can reload with the Fisher Mine.

Therefore, the pen of a diplomat in my eyes is great, he does not tell the unbeatable bomb story, but is good value for moderate unbeatable.

When "always on man" tool is at least one of the two pins indispensable. For occasional brief notes the Diplomat Mine is in order and even clean the typeface. Who pays attention to the details and not on the money, which was to compare the two together and let you decide your hand, because you buy only once a yes and eventually has to always. - Unless you buy for each pant a, is also, in particular, the pin can lump it when washing it.