Pen/Ink/Paper Trios

2024-11-15T00:09:32Z

On 8/15/2024 at 10:19 PM, Bo Bo Olson said:

Parker UK Duofold ‘Junior’ - which has a rather ‘bouncy’ nib on it.

Semi-flex.........mine reddish brick brown one, and quite a shock when I put that nib to my thumbnail, assuming Parker made only nails P-51, and semi-nails like a P-75.

Lately it needed the nib hot water fitted to the feed. Then it worked well.....first time I'd used it in ages....and I'd only put a little ink in it....so it was a surprise when it ran out of ink so fast.

But by inking a pen to a minimum, one gets empty pens faster....sooner to clean and try other inks.

2024-11-15T01:46:20Z

This is a Repost follow up to the above discussion of the FPR Flex nibs.

OK, so all the parts for my Flex nib project are in:

The nib is a very smooth EF, but the big question is Does it Flex? It does. See Below.

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A quick and dirty test... it's as fine as my Pilot 743 FA and flexes a little more with a similar amount of pressure. I wrote 'Ultra Flex' with the 743 next to Jinhao 9016 FPR for a direct comparison of line width. The Pilot has Diamine Bilberry which sheens gold. I suppose I could have tried to print better and made those Ss better but this was a quick and dirty. I haven't filled the pen yet and just dipped the FPR nib into Waterman Blue.

2024-11-15T05:55:06Z

Both pens are active now. Flex 2 has a wetter Sailor #743 ink than Flex 1 with Waterman Blue. The Pilot 743 has Diamine Bilberry and the Jinhao X159 Sailor Shikiori Shigure. On the bottom left is the extremely smooth and wet Goulet flex nib with Sailor Illinois, in a Wing Sung 699.

Not all nibs are equal so I always order multiple nibs. I ordered 3 flex nibs. 2 were smooth and one will require additional attention.