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@dstdrummer 8 күн бұрын

5:26 WOW! I’ve been smoothing my nibs with figure eights and swirls for years. THIS! This method made my nibs more smooth than they have ever been. And FAST. THANK YOU!

@Whatismusic123 15 күн бұрын

why do you say "pin" instead of "pen" stop that

@pensinfocus 15 күн бұрын

It’s called an accent. Why do you put negativity out into the world? Stop that.

@denkerdunsmuir3370 14 күн бұрын

@@pensinfocus Accents r lovely! We all have ours! Just takes time for listeners to adjust their ears to tune in 100%! Just like nib adjustments! Takes patience!

@Joe29587 21 күн бұрын

High quality video, very well done!

@VladimirRobespierre 24 күн бұрын

Does it smell as old ebonite pens smell?

@pensinfocus 24 күн бұрын

I didn’t notice any smell.

@tabandken8562 Ай бұрын

Love the video. Was going to do this soon. Glad i was able to see someone else's experiments first. The longer video was fine. I prefer this over a short video without details. I can easily double speed or fast forward if i like. I didn't this time. I might have if it went 40 minutes or longer.

@hasansagol Ай бұрын

I bought a custom 823 and started using it with Pilot iroshizuku dark black ink on moleskine notebook how ever , the ink is bleeding so much … İs it a problem of ink or paper ?

@pensinfocus Ай бұрын

It’s probably the paper in the Moleskine. I’ve not had luck with it whenever I’ve tried. I’ve had better luck with the Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks, which are widely available in the US at retail.

@pensinfocus Ай бұрын

I mention the Leuchtturm only because it’s so commonly available. If you’re willing to look online, the sky’s the limit in terms of notebooks. I have a video just about paper if you want to watch that to see my favorites.

@lighturpl3 Ай бұрын

Did I miss you mentioning the nib width?

@pensinfocus Ай бұрын

I didn’t mention it in this video. I have a F in the Amber pen shown here. For the Clear 823 I stepped up to a M.

@lighturpl3 Ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus ok, thank you. I have the exact pen coming any day now. I hope your F writes well, I hear they can be hit and miss as far as their smoothness and ink supply. Almost every review I've watched of this pen the reviewers deliberated between the M and F nibs, with about 80% of reviewers owning both. Do you have any thoughts regarding the nib sizes of these pens?

@TheRonHockman Ай бұрын

@@lighturpl3 The F is a bit too thin for my tastes these days; the thin line doesn't give enough space for the ink's character to show and that playfulness is a big part of what I enjoy about the hobby today. But if you just want to write with the least amount of fuss, then F is actually a very good choice since it will write longer on a fill and you have the option to write smaller and still be legible if you're using a small notebook. When I'm doing long-form writing in a notebook, this particular 823 with the F nib is my work horse.

@lighturpl3 Ай бұрын

@@TheRonHockman hey, appreciate the response. This actually gives me some confidence that the pen will be quite well-suited for me, since my normal writing is quite small and I am looking for that daily workhorse. I hear you on the ink-shading issue with smaller nibs. In some of my favorite colors the ink appears to be several shades brighter when written with my fine nibs. And so, I've been using inks like Platinum Carbon Black in my fine nibs because it is most legible and also provides extra lubricity to some nibs which would otherwise be a little scratchy with a color ink. Less fun, but the writing experience is really good.

@fossilimprint2954 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this review, I like your style. Subscribed !

@belphegor_dev 2 ай бұрын

Can't wait for mine to arrive! And yes, I got the "right" color. I appreciate the writing sample. I'm glad I ordered the medium and not the broad.

@pensinfocus 2 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@K_rye 2 ай бұрын

This video was interesting and a lot of fun. (Found your site when looking at sheening ink videos). Appreciate that you show the fails as well as those that worked. I like the Brown, the Flame and the Fuji best. For anyone experimenting with mica powders, one brand Ranger Perfect Pearls, has a binder in it that has a resin, no idea what kind. I don't know if I would be willing to chance this in a fountain pen. Coincidentally I did a single experiment with Bay State Blue and Citrine PearlEx a few weeks ago. It worked well, even in a fountain pen. I did not experience any clumping. Yes it does stain, but it cleans up nicely using a standard bathroom bleach spray (1.84% Sodium Hypochlorite). I rinse well after. Safer than alcohol for a pen.

@donwagner6343 2 ай бұрын

You don't need an ink well or any special apparatus to achieve a full fill from an ink bottle. I own this pen, and it's quite easy to do. There are KZbin videos showing how to do it.

@pensinfocus 2 ай бұрын

Yes - it’s possible if you’re willing to potentially make a mess. Not something I personally recommend.

@donwagner6343 2 ай бұрын

I've never had that problem. But I've been using fountain pens for decades now. I think with practice, most people can master this.

@donwagner6343 2 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus I've never had that problem. But I've been using fountain pens for decades now. I think with practice, most people can master this.

@mohammedhussain1935 3 ай бұрын

What fountain pen did you use in this video?

@pensinfocus 3 ай бұрын

A TWSBI Swipe in the color called “Salmon”

@NickChristo 3 ай бұрын

excellent video. liked and subscribed and i hope to see more from you. cheers!

@Schein1307 3 ай бұрын

4:20 You know, you could try when using that inkwell, instead of fully pulling the vac filler, pull it part or half-way. That way it won't shoot out the inkwell. It can still draw ink.

@AreaCode4hoe8 3 ай бұрын

Would you say the pilot custom urushi is very picky in its angle to get that sweet spot in smoothness? I have one and can’t shake off how picky it is for it to right super smooth

@pensinfocus 3 ай бұрын

No more than any other pen. You may want to have the nib looked at. If you’re near DC, the DC Fountain Pen Supershow is in a few weeks and there will be people there who could tune it and make it write to your liking.

@AreaCode4hoe8 3 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocusthat’s what I was afraid of hearing especially since I just sent it out via mail and just got it back. Thank you for getting back to me.

@TheRonHockman 3 ай бұрын

@@AreaCode4hoe8 Is your PCU the largest pen you have by a significant margin? It's a big pen, and that may be causing you to hold it an a way that isn't what the tuner expected; different angle, slightly rotated, etc. Also, sometimes the nibmeister just gets it wrong. I had to send a Pelikan back to a very respected place because the way the Architect's Point - which is very sensitive to angle - was set up I had to hold the pen uncomfortably shallow. I contacted them and told them the angle I hold the pen (which was a totally reasonable number) and they fixed the problem free of charge.

@AreaCode4hoe8 3 ай бұрын

@@TheRonHockman yes it’s my biggest pen and it’s not necessarily the resting angle but the “pivot” angle from the nib (not sure if you understand) sometimes just lifting the pen to right the next word throws me off. I’ll just have to get it tuned in person since you made some good points about how one holds it plays a role didn’t even consider the nibmeister Hand size difference would play a role.

@laertica 3 ай бұрын

Excellent channel, please keep it up

@pensinfocus 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@jimkrieger776 4 ай бұрын

I've been looking for this kind of video for years. Two questions: If tines are not aligned, how do you know which one needs to be raised or lowered? Most videos show polishing with figure eights. Why do you avoid this?

@pensinfocus 4 ай бұрын

You look at the gap between tines. If it’s too large, you lower the highest one. If it’s too tight, you raise the lower. If it’s about right, then the choice is yours ( or you might need to tweak both to get alignment while maintaining the gap) When most people do figure eights, they keep the pen steady relative to the plane of the paper, so they’re only abrading a single point. This can create a flat spot on the tipping. Depending on the severity, the flat spot will make the pen more sensitive to position when writing.

@jimkrieger776 4 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus Thank you, sir. That's very helpful.

@capajensen5689 4 ай бұрын

I love this video! I had never diluted my inks ... though sometimes I've had to thicken them a bit with gum arabic so that the ink will "cling" to the nib a little better. Maybe I'll play around with dilution also. I'm curious -- which dip pen nib are you using in the video? It looks very smooth to write with! I've got some dip flex nibs, but I'm always on the lookout for more. :)

@pensinfocus 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! The pen I’m using is a Turned Wood Oblique Pen Holder from John Neal Books. The nib is a Zebra G Titanium.

@Yeseer_metropolitan 4 ай бұрын

You mean Nahvalur Not Nautilus.

@pensinfocus 4 ай бұрын

Yes

@shutupandcrochet 5 ай бұрын

If you ever wanna sale that pride pen, please let me buy it.

@pensinfocus 5 ай бұрын

I’ll try and remember… but I’ve never sold any of my pens and if I were to start, I don’t think that pen would be one of the ones I’d sell.

@shutupandcrochet 5 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus I had to try! 😀

@elude3808 5 ай бұрын

Cartridges for a vacuum filler? 04:05

@pensinfocus 5 ай бұрын

For the cartridge example I pulled out the Platinum Century 3776

@elude3808 5 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus oh, got you! I’m not well versed on expensive fountain pens, hope to be, one day

@pensinfocus 5 ай бұрын

No worries. I did a bad job making my point. What I was trying to say was that instead of buying a traveling ink well in order to completely fill your vacuum filler, just bring more than one pen or use a pen that takes cartridges. I cut it out of the script, but I originally had an anecdote about how I’ve only once been concerned about running out of one pen’s worth of ink. I was going on a cruise and expected to do quite a bit of writing. I took multiple pens and that was that. I also use a technique from Neil Gaiman where I alternate ink colors between writing sessions so that it’s easy to tell how much I wrote during any given session.

@elude3808 5 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus Don’t you worry a bit, thank you for the video! Wow, that tip about changing inks it’s very good, thank you :)

@davyj5216 5 ай бұрын

Man! You guys get screwed on price for this pen. Approx. $200 on the grey market.

@pensinfocus 5 ай бұрын

I quote the price from reputable dealers mainly as a point of comparison.

@davyj5216 5 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus The grey market has reputable dealers too, but I take your point on comparison.

@p3gasus233 3 ай бұрын

@@davyj5216 what is the grey market?

@1920s 5 ай бұрын

Glad you’re feeling better. I’ll be looking forward to your upcoming videos.

@alonsoteran3264 5 ай бұрын

It's been a while! Great to see you again with another great vid!

@randy-9842 5 ай бұрын

I can understand disliking the piston knob "unseated" while in use (it just seems wrong), but I like my pen well enough that I overcome that obstacle. Thank you for showing some disassembly. Yes, that undoubtedly disables your warranty, but I'm ok with that too.

@sandfly60 5 ай бұрын

I um-ed and aah-ed too long and missed out. Le sigh

@pensinfocus 5 ай бұрын

My regret is passing on the Bauhaus blue Lamy 2000.

@sandfly60 4 ай бұрын

⁠@@pensinfocus well, I’ve managed to find a Nebulous Plume and it’s on its way, so I truly hope you get the Bauhaus Lamy you want. 🤞🏻🙏🏻

@Ali4451_ 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Where did you get that big pen pouch/folio that holds all the pens?

@pensinfocus 5 ай бұрын

It’s a Girologio 48 Pen Case. I have two: the brown one I purchased from Goulet Pens and the black one I got at the DC pen show a few years ago.

@danroseberry 5 ай бұрын

Great review! I am a big fan of black inks and own several. I have ended up using and loving Pilot’s Iroshizuku Take-Sumi almost exclusively. It is wet and flows well even in pens with issues. But now after your review I am forced to try this new ink from Platinum. My only concern will be the possible lack of sheen after drying. I hope I will love it… Thanx!

@pensinfocus 5 ай бұрын

You could always try a sample. Though from a “color” perspective there’s not a lot to inspect: it’s just a super dark black. I don’t treat it differently than I treat any other pigmented ink - I don’t use distilled water, I just use my regular tap water, but YMMV.

@jonrutherford6852 6 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation. This should help many users -- including some long-time ones! -- to get a better writing experience out of their fountain pens. You've covered both what to do and what to avoid, in a very easy-to-follow way. Great job, thanks.

@pensinfocus 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@marcossakaguti 6 ай бұрын

You most definitely pronounced it wrong. It is Japanese, not Chinese. Here's a simple trick. Go to Google Translate. Type in "Chou Kuro" and notice that on the lower left corner of the Japanese side of the translator there is the Kanji equivalent of the words you typed then below that there is a microphone and speaker icons. Click on the speaker icon. You will hear how it is pronounced in Japanese.

@emanueledegiorgi1099 6 ай бұрын

Great video man. Been enjoying this style from the first secs. Using your channel for my personal interest: would you make a video about the custom 823? I was in the middle between that and the capless, then went for the latter one. Would love to see what you think on the 823

@pensinfocus 6 ай бұрын

Sure thing.

@apontutul 7 ай бұрын

You're right. Not all work. I'm too trying to get glitters into my unused inks. Not sure which color glitter to buy

@pensinfocus 7 ай бұрын

Can’t go wrong with a gold or silver. I personally like the cool ink (that is to say: blue, green, etc) and warm gold, so if I could only have one powder, it would be a nice medium gold.

@osirisgolad 7 ай бұрын

That's so funny, I use exactly the same things, down to every last detail including the large and small binders and the hole punch. In my opinion, the Sarasara loose leaf from Kokuyo is just a better version of a standard recommendation fountain pen paper like Rhodia, and it comes in a dizzying amount of rulings & sizes and there is even a thicker, textured version of it called Shikkari(the packaging looks almost identical to Sarasara, except the colours are darker). It's even cheaper than the papers you often hear being recommended, especially if you buy the 150 sheet reams. Another thing to add to the phenomenon of the whiteness of paper changing the colour of the ink is that the absorption is actually a major factor too. When the ink is absorbed into the paper, it sits between the fibres of the paper, and they are never perfectly white, even when heavily bleached. So if you get two otherwise identically coloured papers, but one is more absorbent than the other, the more absorbent paper will pull whatever ink you put on it more in the spectral direction of the yellow fibres, whereas the ink resistant paper will show the true colour of the dye more closely. This is especially apparent in the azure/cyan(teal)/mint area of the spectrum. If you put something like Pilot Iroshizuku Syo-ro on Tomoe River, it will look teal. If you put it on Sarasara, it will be solidly mint(half-way towards green).

@pensinfocus 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful comment. Another way to tell the two apart besides the color - assuming that like me you can’t read Japanese - is that one type has an oval in the bottom left, the other a square. I prefer the oval: sarasara

@osirisgolad 7 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus I hadn't even noticed that before. That's actually a nice touch, because the smooth oval and pointy square in turn also refer to the properties of the paper: the word "sarasara" in Japanese means smooth or slick and the word "shikkari" means firm or steady. I also prefer the sarasara, both for the shorter drying times and the writing feeling. I also find the sizing around the edges of pretty much all Japanese paper much more consistent. Clairefontaine and Rhodia seem to use a type of sizing that degrades as the paper ages, and then you get bleeding and feathering if you write all the way to the edge of the paper.

@apontutul 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. How much for 20ml ink would you suggest?

@pensinfocus 7 ай бұрын

There are no rules here :) How much sugar goes into a cup of tea? Though I’d suggest starting small with only a single ml to see how well everything goes and eyeball the ratio from there.

@rockridgechessclub8074 7 ай бұрын

I could watch this for hours.

@derosa1989 8 ай бұрын

Not sure if it was mentioned, but the distilled water comes with the ink because it says to not use tap water, minerals found in regular water can interact with the carbon in the ink when cleaning the pens.

@sahilmandalia7720 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the thorough video on cleaning a fountain pen, especially with such a challenging ink. It was presented in a way that even beginners like me can easily understand! Could you also tell me which pen model was demonstrated in this video?

@pensinfocus 8 ай бұрын

It’s a TWSBI Swipe. I’m glad you liked it!

@sharonatchley4760 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! This video popped up just as I discovered the need with two nibs . . .

@carolyncoppola974 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Fun humor! But on a serious note - this pen is on my grail list. My goal is to stop buying the Lamy, TSWBI, average priced pens and step my game with my first luxury pen. Thank you for this review.

@ThePempipot 9 ай бұрын

I wish I could learn this video by heart you are my new idol - finally someone with a REAL senso humour. You ROCK!!!

@garyconway439 9 ай бұрын

Great video, just what I need to see. I have 3 large compound microscopes including phase contrast …. None of which provide what you show with a stereo scope. Also lapping paper tells me that hey I can in fact grind and polish a $350 Pelikan nib if I want to.

@pensinfocus 9 ай бұрын

If you go slow and use fine grits then there's very little danger of doing irreparable damage. I've done tuning and polishing for every pen I own that didn't come from a nibmeister: everything from $4 shark pens to $1000+ Montblancs. I've yet to have a nib that wasn't improved by a little TLC out of the box - to my tastes, at least.

@mikeone2one 9 ай бұрын

That was illuminating! Just about on every other nib tuning video, we are encouraged to do the figure 8 to tune the nib which explains why I've ruined some good pens! You explain everything clearly and concisely, making it easy to grasp. My thanks to you! Please do more videos!

@pensinfocus 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Comments like these are super motivating. I’m working on a video on cursive italics and how to grind your own, but in order to get my point across I’m learning Blender so I have some animations to go with the video.

@gtrckt 9 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus Blender is so difficult. I switched to Plasticity for 3D modeling. But Plasticity doesn't have animation tool. By the way, what magnification tool do you use? And at about what magnification power? Your instruction is very clear and precise. Appreciate it a lot.

@pensinfocus 9 ай бұрын

Hah. Yes, Blender has been a challenge. If I don't have a breakthrough here in the next week or so I'm just going to shoot the video without the animations. I show my microscope in my very first video. It's a stereo microscope from Amscope with a magnification between 10x and 40x. I originally used the camera that came with it, but that camera was really not very good and the software was atrocious. At some point I switched to using one of my Nikon mirrorless cameras attached via an adapter.

@gtrckt 9 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus Thanks very much for your quick and helpful reply.

@elainenabors9832 10 ай бұрын

Love this!! Thank you♥️♥️

@user-sn4le2md9u 10 ай бұрын

I think the pen pressure is too strong.

@pensinfocus 10 ай бұрын

What do you mean? That I’m pushing too hard? I don’t believe that I am. I do pointed-pen calligraphy, so I have quite a bit of awareness and practice with applying different pressure with the pen.

@user-sn4le2md9u 10 ай бұрын

What you do with your pen is none of my business, but I do want to let you know that the people who made those big pens didn't make them for that purpose. @@pensinfocus

@pensinfocus 10 ай бұрын

I think you misunderstood me. I don't use the PCU for pointed-pen calligraphy. I use a dip pen in an oblique holder, or one of my dedicated calligraphy fountain pens that either hold dip nibs or have had their nibs specifically modified for the extreme flex necessary for pointed pen calligraphy. My point was that, trust me, I'm not pushing too hard.

@levon9 10 ай бұрын

Loved the video and explanations - thanks for sharing. How would you add a bit of feedback to a nib? I have a nib that's just too slippery (though I usually like smooth nibs). I'd like to add just a bit of feedback to it. I feel that it might help with some initial skipping (or at least that's my hope).

@pensinfocus 10 ай бұрын

Is this a premium pen? I ask because what you’re describing sounds like baby’s bottom, which I’ve found to be more common in premium pens. Fixing the baby’s bottom will likely add more feedback - since more of the nib will touch the paper, critically the inside tine edges. It should also fix the hard starts. But that’s just my off the cuff response. If you don’t have baby’s bottom, using a rougher Micromesh pad to “unpolish” the nib can restore some of the friction

@levon9 10 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocusDefinitely not a premium pen, but still annoying/disappointing, esp since I have another one with the same nib and it's my favorite writer. I'm not nowhere nearly as knowledgeable as you on these matters, but my reading/searching on the web makes me think that baby bottom might be the cause too. Once the pen writes, it's ok, but it skips on start, and sometimes (though much less often) when I'm writing. Do you have a video on baby's bottom? Also, in case that's not it, what number mesh should I use? I only have one sheet of 12000 (which I bought some time ago to smoothen a nib, so I doubt this would apply). I really appreciate you taking the time to have responded.

@pensinfocus 10 ай бұрын

I don't have a video on fixing baby's bottom since I don't have a pen with that particular issue - those one or two that had it I fixed before I started making videos. If you're not comfortable reshaping your nib tip - that's what's necessary to fix BB - then I'd suggest sending it off to a professional. If you have a loupe or microscope you can look at the nib to see if you can see the baby's bottom. 12000 micromesh is going to result in a finish that is still quite smooth. 8000 or even 6000 leave a nice tooth, still smooth, but with a touch more drag. A little goes a long way: just a swipe or two is enough to knock down the polish. I have an affiliate link in the description for the micromesh set I use and recommend.

@levon9 10 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocusSuper, thank you. Not worth sending to a nibmeister in terms of cost. I found a few videos on YT, and I may look into dealing with this a bit more over the holidays.

@cvcoco 10 ай бұрын

Good. I was taught this method 30-40 years ago and used it when I started making my own fountain pens. The figure-8, I was taught this in ancient calligraphy classes, meaning that what method you use depends on the type of nib and its material, that being writing, drawing or calligraphy nibs. Its very easy to overdo it so go slowly, tiny strokes, test, then STOP. Keep in mind too that the act of just writing on paper itself is abrasive and will wear/polish nibs.

@judyle4893 11 ай бұрын

Do you think you'd shimmer up your Chou Kuro? I have some shimmer additive coming (not mica powder) and I am eyeing my blacks and greys for it.

@pensinfocus 11 ай бұрын

That could be interesting. I’m not sure what would happen. I tried adding powder to Baystate Blue - another dense ink - and the ink completely overpowered the shimmer. BSB is a completely different formulation than CK, so it may work fine. I really like JH Stormy Grey, so a denser black with gold shimmer could look awesome.

@judyle4893 10 ай бұрын

@@pensinfocus OK I put some Wearingeul Silver Shoes in my Chou Kuro and I call it Chou Kurwhoa and while I am sorry about that I'm not going to stop. It is so sparkly! It's in a Jinhao 100 with a Kaigelu M nib right now and it hasn't clogged or anything yet (it hasn't been long) and I love it so.

@judyle4893 11 ай бұрын

I love your videos -- they're informative, hilarious and with excellent B roll. Good job!

@schniquer3283 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. Great overview of your Nahvalur pens. I have a few Narwhals myself, two Voyage styles, Miami and Mermaid Teal, and the Horizon in the same color as you. The Nautilius is probably next because there is just something special about those portholes.

@ThatJournalingGuy 11 ай бұрын

I can totally see how you could end up owning a few of these. Theyre gorgeous. Really really loved the Nautilus Rosewood ebonite. Thanks for the overview! Great video!

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