After filling, how do you clean your nib?

[elmer42]

I filled my Safari with Noodler's Black earlier today, and I'm not entirely sure of the best way to clean off the nib. How do you clean your nibs?

[jmkeuning]

NOT steel wool or Brillo pads.

 

I use tissue.

 

If not tissue, then my dog.

 

But usually tissue.

[RayMan]

A moistened tissue, and stay away from the slit.

[Tsujigiri]

I use a cloth, but the wet tissue that many have suggested seems to be a very good option, too.

Look at this topic: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...mp;hl=clean+nib

[Sallent]

I never clean the nib when I am using a pen. If it has a little dried ink on it, who cares??? All that matters is that it writes.

 

I suspect our grandparents and great-grandparents would not have cared either since fountain pens was all they knew and to them a pen would have been a writting instrument more than a status symbol. Since writing is all that matters and am a strict user, a little ink on the nib is no big deal

Edited December 31, 2008 by Dr Ozzie

[jmkeuning]

Your next question will probably be about creep - that ink will "leak" on the nib. This is perfectly normal.

 

Your third question will probably be about ink seeping out at the base of the nib, where the nib hits the section. This is normal on the Safari also.

[elmer42]

Look at this topic: [link]

Thank you very much for that link, and a big thank you to all of you for helping this newbie out.

 

[biffybeans]

I use Jim's dog. Or a tissue.

[RHutch]

I believe the OP is talking about the residual ink on the nib when you dip it to fill the convertor, not nib creep.

 

I just use a paper towel, napkin or tissue (make sure its not the kind that has lotion in it).

[xmattxyzx]

I use my hand.

[elmer42]

I believe the OP is talking about the residual ink on the nib when you dip it to fill the convertor, not nib creep.

You are correct, but the additional information on nib creep was indeed helpful. So far I'm seeing tissues and paper towels as the dominant nib wipes. Thank you, everyone, it's always great to get a lot of responses.

[Shangas]

Nib creep is an annoying condition where ink seeps out of the gap between the tines of the nib. It doesn't damage the pen's functionality, just the way it looks.

 

I clean pens by swaddling & wiping with tissue-paper. That usually does the trick.

[jmkeuning]

I use my hand.

 

Be a man, wipe with your hand.

[RHutch]

I use my hand.

 

Be a man, wipe with your hand.

 

 

A real man would just lick it.

[Robert Hughes]

WD-40

[CharlieB]

Kleenex!

[Chrysaphius]

NOT steel wool or Brillo pads.

 

I use tissue.

 

If not tissue, then my dog.

 

But usually tissue.

 

LOL

[WhosYerBob]

Dampened soft paper towel.

[Kurtz]

I use Jim's dog. Or a tissue.

My neighbor has a cat, but I don't think he's lending it to me for that purpose; so I'll have to do with the tissue.

Recently I bought a syringe refiller kit, so I said goodbye to inky nibs. It really works great for me.

 

 

[theallblue]

 

 

I always use tissue to wipe the nib.....

 

 

and someone here mentioned that I was a clean freak......

 

 

It seems that I have some freak friends in this thread.....