Just got my Pilot 912 FA a few days ago. I can’t make it railroad with the ink cartridge that comes with the pen. Not sure if Pilot made changes to the feed recently!?

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Hello WendiSue, what a great video! I love all your flexploration videos, you explain everything I need to know 💕

I am home with a broken wrist, cannot indulge my pen and ink hobby at all. So I’m watching videos and I just realize I’m gonna watch Matts video on my TV instead of this iPhone. Your channel is new to me and unique. That tool you have to measure milliliters of ink. It’s just a kick.

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Thanks. I'm not sure how old your pen is but mine is new. It's a piston fill Jaipur V2 in Mottled Brown Ebonite with a 14K gold EF Ultra Flex nib with an ebonite feed. I do not have the problems railroading that your pen has. This was my first flex pen, and I loved it so much that I bought another one! I own a Pilot 912 with the PO nib, and I love it. But I decided to save some money and buy the Jaipur V2 since it comes with an ebonite feed. I'm glad that I did! Oh yeah, I have Organics Studio Santiago's Sea Blue ink in it. My new pen has Tesla Coil ink in it.

Thanks, the results when starting to use the FPR ultra flex are speaking for themselves. But don't forget, when you inked up the pen again with Iroshizuku ink, the feed is soaked for a while and thus gives good results. Glad to see that not only my own bicolor #6 FPR Ultraflex EF bicolor nib from 2.1/2 years ago behaved exactly like that, unless you either buy a decent fnf feed and change the FP to an eyedropper or you deepen and widen the slits of the cheap plastic feed by yourself. Speaking about the price, in my book any nib sold as a flex nib and sold at any price level should work without flaws. What do you think about the Kanwrite Ti? I heard of some praises, but still I'm hesistant I will get soon a Maiora Ultra Ogiva, Golden Age 2.0, Fire, RGT with a #6 Maiora branded Jowo Flex F nib and I really hope that this nib meets my expectations regarding a pleasant flex writing experience without ink flow stops, railroading after a few downstrokes and other unpleasant issues. And if it doesn't fulfill my expectations I am simply going to stop thinking about flex nibs. BTW, maybe you saw that very recently launched video already, if not have look at it regarding a comparison of JOWO and Bock flex nibs by a french YT'er with English subtitles. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJarlZ6PhqqshKM

You concentrated on the important issues, no meanderings. I'm looking now since months again for decent Flex units. I bought 2.1/2 years ago from FPR each one Ultraflex EF bicolor steel (? or a soft alloy?) and an Flex F steel nib, both FP's came equipped with flimsy converters and standard plastic feeds. No fun at all, eventually I had to remove the converters, used both FP's as Eyedroppers and finally put them away, as the flex results were simply insufficient. I recently became interested again in Flex nibs (Vincenzo drove me into this), so I saw fnf feeds, but thought I should try first to widen and deepen the ink slit on the plastic feeds by myself using a nail file. By far not comparable to professionally made fnf feeds. Which worked with the Ultraflex, but not that well with the F Flex. However, your video confirmed many other reviewers findings, stating that the Pilot FA #10 nibs are providing much better flex results than the #15 on a much pricier FP (There is a huge difference between jap. retail and US retail prices). I'll stay away from Pilot FA's in general, as long as they aren't able to provide decent ebonite feeds with their FA nibs. It won't ruin them, i guess.

Fully agree: we should use Iroshizuku or the likes with flex nibs. FPR bicolor nibs are not always as soft as monochromes ones: it depends on the nib itself! I'm puzzled: some bicolor ones do very well & others don't. Thanks for the great Flexploration series!

Very interesting, Thank you very much!

Wendi, ty! Hey which JOWO housing did you get for it?

Great haul. If I had ordered from Japan I would’ve tried for the Paddington Weeks. The wallpaper was my second choice. I ended up getting the Purple Nights. Are the Deco Rush like washi tape?

I like the idea of thinking about how I use things. What came to mind first is the things I’m not using. Very interesting notion. Good way to pare down

Super interesting. I’m going to have to check the snap back on my one vintage flex nib

Hi, Wendi Sue. Great video. Very helpful.

This was super informative!

Another winner of video!

Fantastic! I had no idea!

Great video. These popped up on my feed and I am checking them out.

LOVE that little sushi notebook!!! And the BATS!!! 🦇🦇🦇

LOVE that little sushi notebook!!!

Love those two Esterbrooks! So gorgeous together!!!

Think it’s funny that his logo has an umbrella - Seattleites NEVER use umbrellas. It’s considered a sign of weakness 🤣🤣🤣

Elliott Bay! There’s an awesome pizza shop on Queen Anne Hill called Elliott Bay Pizza Company! We never get pizza there, though, because they have toasted sandwiches that are AMAZING!!! (Insider Seattle info…)

Elliott Bay! There’s an awesome pizza shop on Queen Anne Hill called Elliott Bay Pizza Company! We never get pizza there, though, because they have toasted sandwiches that are AMAZING!!! (Insider Seattle info…)

Oh, dude must be a Seattleite. Gasworks Park also a thing! VERY cool 4th of July fireworks event there every year.

YOUR handwriting is crazy??? Girl… You need a letter from me as a reality check 🤣🤣🤣

That is some SERIOUSLY beautiful packaging! Love the boxes!!!

I can't wait! Also - the colors look so good.

Thanks for bringing samples to the show, I grabbed Deception Pass and Gas Works Parks off the freebie table and love them. 💜

Thanks for this video, very informative!! I have been wanting to change the plastic feed in my 912 for some time, and now that I've seen how easy it is I'll have to buy the Ebonite feed. I'm guessing the number of slits determines the amount of ink flow - more slits, more flow.

Thank you for making an enjoyable video.

Thank you for this informative swatching video.

And here I thought you missed my favorite Wet Pen ink. Diablo Lake, but you just saved the best for last!! When I learned about that ink he was already out of it, but had mentioned another batch was going to be made. Well, I have my 50 ml's and loving the color. One sad thing is I read he won't be making any more going forward, such a shame.

“Get excited! Here we go!” You are just the best! Love your videos.

I love @thewetpen! I've only got 4of the inks because greens aren't my jam. I use a syringe to make samples since I have them anyway. I don't generally care about precision in the amounts in my samples. I think if I were making a lot of samples I'd be really interested in that pipette tool. So cool! Plus who doesn't love a great gadget. 🤣

OH MY GOSH THANK YOU IVE BEEN DOING HANDSTANDS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IN THE WORLD I WAS DOING WRONG BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT ANGLE I WAS TRYING TO REATTACH THIS THING I WAS HAVING ZERO LUCK I MEAN I SERIOUSLY WOULD GIVE IT THREE TRIES EVERY DAY .... UGH GLAD AND GRATEFUL YOU MADE THIS VIDEO I THREW MY MANUAL AWAY ALONG WITH THE PACKAGING IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING SO YEAH... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING US HOW TO .... HOW CAN SOMETHING SO SIMPLE HAVE BAFFLED US.. FOR A WEEK?!!! OH BTW I YANKED MINE OFF THINKING IT WAS A PULL OFF PULL DOWN METHOD LUCKY FOR US I DIDNT BREAK IT... HOLY COW.. 😅

Ooo, deception pass is very lovely! I'll need to see that color closer in person...♥I love that final yellowy green xD

Good video...informative and fun!

I am a big fan of him. You have to see his videos on his travels to Japan and his inksplorations!😊

Azizah and you are making me want all the crazy pens and swaps and play even more. I loved the inky messes lives she's been putting out and now you! So good!

I really love the topic „how I use…“ thank you for this video. It has inspired me.

Okay, now that is useful indeed. Subscribed !

Thank you so much for showing these fun ink sample holders!!!!! Hopefully they will still have them for sale when I'm able to purchase lol.

It's so cute right? It's a opus 88 Mini Sakura. It waa a goldspot exclusive

Wendi, what is the little pen sitting next to you with pink and white flowers? I love it! Great video!

I just found your videos today! I have seen you in chats...and you're in Denver. We've shopped at Meiningers for years, and live a little closer to the Springs, so now shop there too. Love all these Sailors! Nibs! Will you be at the pen show? We are going on Sat this year.

Great video! Glad to see you like them and the colors look great! You said everything correctly with the bases 😁 Don't be afraid to put a pen in the sample vial while its in the roulette system. I didnt know about those color liners. They're pretty cool. Great way to use FP ink with a more "normal" pen. With ISR you can fill 7 at a time hands free haha. I only made it to my home show this year (Atlanta Pen Show) as we just recently had our second child and that was the focus so traveling around wasnt as easy. Next year, I should definitely be able to get to more show!

Thank you for watching! Be sure to check out Ink Sample Roulette AND a Pen Roulette system that is felt-lined so your pens have nice, cozy homes! Pengineer3D.com!

Thank you for taking the time to watch this deeper-than-normal video. Did it strike you the same way it did me? Do you journal? Would something like this inspire you to expand your journaling? Have a great day!