Can I Resolve my Pilot Vanishing Point?

[@MarcellHobbs]

I love the comparison of with or without a pencil board. I find that I often take mine out of the Hobonichi because of the gap between the gutter and the edge. I end up using it as a page marker.

[@scribblesandinkstains]

Thank you, Marci! Yup, that’s how I’ve used my pencil boards in the past, bookmarks. Hope your academic year is wrapping up smoothly. I bow to you staying so consistent with your channel content. Still trying to figure out a workable balance around here. We lost a teacher and I picked up an additional 3 classes right before Spring Break. #feelingburied but the year-end is in sight 🤣🤗

[@PlanBudgetDisney]

I had a similar experience with my VP F nib. I originally inked with Diamine Earl Grey. I switched inks to Pilot Iroshizuku Take-Sumi and it made a world of difference! I was very close to swapping to a M nib.

[@scribblesandinkstains]

Hi, Adriana--it does make me hesitant to try additional Pilot EF gold nibs. I'm going to take mine to the Triangle Pen Show in June and have a nib smith work on it. From other commenters here, it seems there is a lot of variance in smoothness of the EF Vanishing Point nib.

[@pleestationeryteahouse]

Oh Mari, I completely relate. That finicky EF vanishing point! I have a love/hate relationship with it. Currently I love it for writing down appointments in the hobo cousin since the spacing is quite narrow. I still use a very wet ink in it and it helps. Takes so much experimentation for this pen that I thought I was going crazy lol

[@keithallen97]

i had a similar experience that i dont like the pen at all , actually was more a dissapointment , i had 3 pens in my collection kinda new in the world, my fisrt and favorite pilot metro in M , a kaweco classic sport in B ,a cross century classic in M and i want to move to the next level with a more expensive fountain pain (i live in mexico so the prices are not that great as in europe or usa) , i see in a store a pelikan m200 and remember hear that the pelikan m800 is one of the best pens in the word so i wanted to try and bought it , was like 200 bucks , the package arrived and i try it , to my sorprise i hate the feel of the nib and think about it , like its a lot of money and its lightwaigt , dont have a good nib at all even my cheap kaweco is better . With the time i give it another try , now know about when you use the pen , the nib losses and feel beeter and one of the things i hate was a misaligned , i fixed and put one of my favourites ink (mont blanc 80 days arround the world blue) , and know is one of my favorites hahaha , a lot the people told me that is strange since pelikan make good nibs and they were correct , im not that good in english hopefully you understand my comment

[@scribblesandinkstains]

You’re perfectly understandable! And I love that YT allows people to chat across borders. There are so many variables with nibs, feeds, and inks that it’s really difficult to isolate what the real issue is when you come across a problem. Are you happy with your nib now? I have a friend who teaches in the classroom next to mine who has a completely different experience than me just based on the angle she writes with. Good luck to you as you try to figure out whether the Pelikan is right for you, and you should have NO PROBLEM selling it even if it doesn’t suit you.

[@keithallen97]

@@scribblesandinkstains yeah i like the pen now , but only with some specifics ink , bc if i put like a dry ink (i don't know the proper term) feels really bad ,but in general im pretty happy with the pen. Have a great day :D

[@KendallW]

Great video and topic, thank you!

[@scribblesandinkstains]

Thanks, @KendallW; not sure how I missed this. I'm more than a little miffed that of all my EF nibs, the worst experience is the Pilot gold nib on the Vanishing Point. Note to us all: gold nibs do not always equal a superior writing experience.

[@ramonafirehorse]

I bought a Broad Lamy nib to replace a Fine that I didn’t like only to discover that nib will not come out of the pen. I even had a very strong nib moister try to get it off for me and he couldn’t either. So I swapped out the Fine in another Lamy pen but that one wasn’t bothering me. So now it’s bothering me that I switched out the good Fine nib 😂

[@scribblesandinkstains]

Oh no! That sounds like my own princess-and-the-pea scenario 😜. I hope you’re able to eventually get that bad fine nib unstuck, or at least to feel less bothered by your nib-troubleshooting troubles 🫣. I’m thinking a really interesting addition to the 8 pen questions tag going around would be pen or nib obituaries. Or breakup letters.

[@MarkHaxify]

Great video!! I have been researching about this pen because I really like the extra fine nib and look of this pen. I currently have hobonichi weeks and have no problem if there's a friction my only concern is that will fountain pen cause any smudges when writing on Tomoe paper? Many thanks and thank you for the review

[@anmarein4608]

I have learned to work on nibs with micromesh and brass shims. Of course you have to decide if you can improve the nib with this methods because you obviously can't send a pen back to the seller when you've worked on it. 😅 But so far I had good results, often with just some minimal smoothing on micromesh.

[@scribblesandinkstains]

Excellent point. I've worked on less-expensive pens, so I am willing to do some light smoothing on that extra-fine. No regrets on buying the medium VP nib, though--it's fantastic.

[@cathiejo2165]

Love my vanishing point, I do have an EF that is scratchy, and I have many EF that are not. Maybe that's why, I am a travelers notebook junkie! (I would have bought the pen, that finish is on my wish list

[@scribblesandinkstains]

Not sure why TNs don't get more love. I love how fountain pen ink plays with that paper... Maybe I'll take my EF to a nibsmith at the Triangle Pen Show and have it professionally tuned and smoothed. It's such a handy pen design, and I love the feel/heft of the body.

[@twisteddyekitchenmyfiberjo4577]

Hi there, I do have a couple EF nibs. Maybe I should consider a pencil board too! Who knew!! I do have a question, unrelated to the pen investigation...where did you get the cutie that holds ink vials? I have been searching high and low...

[@scribblesandinkstains]

Hi! That little cat is a Harapeko pen holder from Jetpens.com. The vials don’t fit the hole it came with, so I had my husband drill it out to a slightly larger diameter. Here’s a link (not affiliated): www.jetpens.com/Decole-Harapeko-Animal-Pen-Stand-Calico-Cat/pd/32383. There’s also a company called inkypets that 3-d prints vial holders, and I’ve seen some KZbinrs who paint theirs to make them cuter. Thanks for watching 😙🖋

[@teresaslaughter1546]

I love Pilot fountain pens, but I find they are very picky about the inks you use. Even medium-sized nibs can be difficult to use with some inks. I'm not talking about waterproof, sheen or glitter inks. I have to use wet inks for Pilot fountain pen in my experience.

[@cathiejo2165]

Mine are filled with noodlers bullet proof inks and usually I have no problems

[@scribblesandinkstains]

Yes, I think they also have that disclaimer on their labeling. I’ve had some ink flow issues with my Custom 74 medium nib. I think I’m remembering not liking the Sailor HaHa in that pen.

[@karens-j2231]

I originally had bought the decimo with a very smooth and rather broad medium, then I got a fine nib for my TR papers and finally the EF for the very small grid in the Hobonichi, but I so far haven't gotten warm with the EF nib. I am not sure I is scratchy, but soo fine that my handwriting looks like chicken scratch and it keeps digging into the paper. I might try your suggestions of midori paper and pencil board. Although the pencil board gives a rather hard writing surface that I don't enjoy as much. I am still on the fence of selling that EF nib.

[@scribblesandinkstains]

Agree, @karens-j2231. I'm on the fence regarding selling it or having it worked on at a pen show I'm attending in June. I do feel like a gold nib should have much better quality control, given the price-range, but I don't think that's the reality. ALL of my EF steel nibs are amazing, although I must admit I've never done a side-by-side comparison. Thanks for your comment.

[@anil4nature]

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