How to Fill A Platinum Curidas Fountain Pen

[@p4114v]

i don't even afford this kind of pen, but I am just watching this for Brian's soothing voice.

[@Gouletpens]

I'm okay with that ;) -Brian

[@peterhofmann8292]

Brian, this has been the most helpful video on filling this pen yet. Thanks for making it.

[@cherylthomae-barnes7852]

I love mine! It was a little scary the first time I filled it, hoping I would remember what went where 😆 but it really is simple. It's a dream to write with. Brian needs a wedding ring like my husband's it's Goulet blue, it would match his inky fingers perfectly. lol 🍁🌿🌻 Thank you for another great video!

[@Gouletpens]

That would be awesome, ha :) -Brian

[@TheSH1N1GAM1]

Good overview of the pen for those of us who don’t have it too!

[@suemackenzie4484]

Thanks, your video was very helpful! I just bought one of these yesterday and the instructions weren't quite clear enough for me to install a cartridge. Now I'm ready to write!

[@geekysenior4907]

My first order came today.TWSBI Diamond 580 Smoke Rose gold II woo hoo! love it. That was fast but no fish sticker oh well. You guys are great! Now I wait on AL Brown Kaweco. Thank you so much!

[@Gouletpens]

alright! Thank you for supporting us :) Sorry you didn't get the fish! -Brian

[@radiofreealbemuth]

How do you clean the nib? It doesn't look like you can flush it with a bulb syringe

[@DawnGold-p5s]

THANK YOU your video was so helpful to me

[@TheRealSk8rcruz]

Thank you Brian! I’m about to fill a stacked nib Curidas…

[@LisaCampbellMEDIA]

I just received mine today. This video is nice to have. Thank you, Brian!

[@rbmedd]

Thanks, Brian. Looking forward to ink up mine for the first time today. Got converter separately. I have a Pilot VP and love it. So hoping this Platinum will be enjoyable albeit less "solid" feeling than the VP. I got mine substantially less that the $100+ retail including separate convertor, so I'm glad I waited the year.

[@krishpatel-ud5dz]

Love this pen would probably pick it up at some point.

[@alexmanojmathews]

BRILLIANT!!!!!

[@quix66hiya22]

Thank goodness! Mine is in pieces from refilling, and I didn’t know how to re-assemble.

[@excaliburdg1762]

Awesome step by step instructions, Brian. Looks like a very nice pen.

[@Gouletpens]

Thanks! -Brian

[@bethanygraham427]

Thank you for the video. I have a large number of Platinum fountain pens...and this is only one I have regretted buying. I am only on my second cartridge and it is already unreliable, it will not retract without assistance.

[@vasilikielenienglezou5733]

I have a platinum curidas extra fine nib. I use the cartridge that came with the pen and i refill the same one using a syringe. Does it matter if i let the ink flow down with the nib inside the pen? And something else.... i don't know if it's the extra fine nib...but the ink doesn't seem to flow as it should be....it feels like there is no ink, even though the cartridge is full

[@RobinRhyne]

Thanks so much for this video. I'd have had fits attempting this with the.manual alone

[@alexmanojmathews]

Have U ever had any issues with the spring playing up and the retractable motion is not fluid and U have to apply a slight pressure to get the nib to retract ??

[@csd02130]

thanks Brian! looking forward to the review for Curidas. any initial thoughts? edit: i just realized there's a video posted on product page 🤦‍♂️i'm so out of loop. gonna watch it now

[@Gouletpens]

haha it's all good! All in all, I think this pen is exactly what I expected it to be. A lot of folks were expecting a Vanishing Point for half the price...and in core functionality, that's what it is. But the feel of it isn't on part with the VP, it's much lighter and doesn't click as firmly as the VP. it feels like it has a lot of plastic parts, which it does. And the VP feels like it has more metal parts, which it does. Both good pens, and both appropriately priced, in my opinion. So I'm a fan of both for different reasons. I really like the colored demo aspect of the Curidas. -Brian

[@csd02130]

@@Gouletpens oh wow! that's the best most thoughtful review I've read for curidas. Thanks so much!

[@GGoAwayy]

Using physical objects for dummies. It's reassuring to know videos exist to explain things to people that I could have figured out on my own when I was 8 years old.

[@shaustin22]

Your website is amazing. The close up shots??? Omg. Waiting for some things to restock.

[@ramdevsinhvala6407]

Very good

[@uttamzanke9006]

Hi hope you are doing well Actually I have a problem with my TWSBI GO it is not laying enough ink with upstrokes

[@Gouletpens]

Try a good cleaning first, that often helps. If not, try out a couple of different inks if you have them on hand and see if it's consistent with all inks. If you need to press down the nib a little on the page to open up the tines, that can increase the flow and help, just don't press it too hard to as to damage it. -Brian

[@uttamzanke9006]

@@Gouletpens I've already tried that but it didn't work

[@stevesurfaro]

Here in 2022 & I’m finally getting around to using my Curidas pens. Great video as always, Brian; here’s a strange question for you or anyone here. When I click to retract the nib, the nib door takes a few seconds to gradually swing the door closed. Sometimes it takes longer. This happens with all of the Curidas I own. Now I am a silicone lubricant freak, so when I get a pen, I flush it and then I apply a light layer on all cartridge parts and cap threads. It’s really a habit I’ve gotten into, as our water in AZ is extremely hard and I’ve had pen parts get calcium residue & hard to turn if I don’t lube them. BTW I use the Super Lube PTFE clear synthetic grease that’s NSF (former USDA) food grade, not petroleum based & made in USA. It looks & feels identical to the grease that some pen retailers sell. The other question is, are the nib units available separately? Thanks!

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

Just got a steel nib Pilot Vanishing point and it seems...a little easier to refill? But they're more expensive.

[@uttamzanke9006]

Hey have you ever used camlin fountain pen ink what is your experience with it?

[@Gouletpens]

I haven't, unfortunately. It's not easy to come by in the US -Brian

[@uttamzanke9006]

@@Gouletpens yes

[@Rodzilla-wi1yu]

Anyone having issues with the spring? I cant seem seem to reinsert the cartridge because of the spring

[@emobean]

I've had so many issues with this pen. I can't get it to work for the life of me. I accidentally put blackerase in there, and I'm praying it didn't ruin it. but hey, that's what I get for being new to this. any tips?

[@陸仁嘉]

Brain, thank you so much. When I got this pen today, it was scary to disassemble CURIDAS. I broke it almost. 'Casue I couldn't understand the instruction manual.

[@alanpareis734]

Great instructional video, from a great pen instructor maestro! Brian, you haven’t lost your touch over the last 10 years or so. Just the right pace for us old coots who don’t hear as well as we did 10 years ago. Only one suggestion: ditch the tacky background music it is not needed for an instructional video, nor helpful especially for this hard of hearing old coot, even though I am using earbuds. I kept wondering what is that noise, kept concentrating on figuring it out, instead of what your were saying. Ended up watching a second time to get all of your excellent spot on explanation. The end caution was great and needed, though I found the pen tolerant of assembly mistakes, others might not be so lucky. Now for the Curidas itself: Excellent pen at half the price of a VP and not as heavy and slippery. It hasn’t left my sight since receiving mine the end of August after returning my original. (A Valentine gift from my wife that arrived in June with the typical early release, cracked feed.) Thank you Goulet Pens for your as always great service. A fantastic EDC, even in these pandemic times, great one handed operation in Pharmacy and Bank Drive drive ups, no need to sanitize, which would not be good for the plastic. I quit carrying heavy all metal chrome pens or knock off 2 buck pens to spray. Love its fiddley complexity, that’s what I use and collect pens for: different solutions for a basic problem -carrying colored water safely and delivering it to paper as words. I’m wondering if the Curidas has more parts than a Sheaffer Snorkel? If so it has set a new record. I could go on but will do that on my upcoming IG review.

[@Gouletpens]

That's good feedback about the music in the background, I'll give that some serious consideration Alan. I definitely don't want to make it hard to hear. I think sometimes when I have a long video like this on a very specific topic, I feel like it gets a little boring just with me talking, which is why I wanted the music in the background. But not if it's making it harder to hear. Haha, I'm positive the Curidas doesn't have more parts than a Snorkel! That pen was amazingly complicated inside, but so very cool to fill ;) Thanks for sharing all your insights- Brian

[@NiceSkunk]

I bought one of these and had to return it. It was broken right out of the box. The little metal post Brian refers to slips. The pen is also uncomfortable. It did not quite live up to the hype. It also does not take a standard converter.

[@spiritus1512]

A common issue is a cracked feed under the nib. Mine had this and like others’ it didn’t worsen or really affect anything. Otherwise, it’s not the most comfortable pen for me and a bit temperamental to fiddle with.

[@abumpers7834]

@@d.s.5279 if you don't have 1 and are looking for a retractable, I would suggest shopping around for a vanishing point. Of the 2, I find my vp more comfortable and will buy another but won't buy another curidas.

[@Gouletpens]

Sorry to hear about that. They did have some issues with cracked feeds and they're aware of it and making improvements on it. Hopefully that's not going to continue to be something we see but it was an unfortunate results with some people's pens from the first shipment of pens we saw. As for the comfort, I think that's going to be a personal preference thing, and I think with any pen like this with the clip at the front, it's going to be that much more hit-or-miss for some people, I totally get that -Brian

[@haicautrang5304]

Can you do an updated budget pens, I know a lot of young students studying from home are really getting into stationary and I want to show them a student video on fountain pens. I've seen your other ones already but I was wondering if there were any updates to that. Thanks

[@Gouletpens]

that's a great idea, it's one I've been thinking about for a while. -Brian

[@haicautrang5304]

@@Gouletpens yes please im 21 and have been following goulet pen since around 2014 this channel got me into fountain pens, i am buying a fancy pilot pen from you when i finish grad school

[@arijitdey8365]

Somehow remind me of George Mallory. Why do we need a fp with so complex mechanism??! Because we can make it.

[@bentheben1145]

I am curious about this pen cause it’s the only pen remotely close to the VP

[@Sciguy95]

Way more complicated though. I love my vanishing point and this is on my wish list.

[@15vid]

One needs a mechanical engineering degree to fix this pen! 😂Without your video it would have been impossible, they could have made it simple

[@CorwynGC]

Aside: Any chance you can convince Nathan Tardiff to make an reusable international cartridge? Or any manufacturer for that matter, he just seems like the right first try.

[@x-changex-outx-oner8224]

He makes the 308 cartridge for his Ahabs. Reusable and can seal them as well for travel (or whatever other reason).

[@CorwynGC]

@@x-changex-outx-oner8224 Yes, that is why I thought he would be a good first try.

[@Gouletpens]

Nathan fundamentally hates disposable ink cartridges. Like X-change mentioned he did make one for Noodler's pens, but I don't think you'll see him make them for standard international pens. But then, I haven't really ever been able to predict what Nathan will design next, so who knows! -Brian

[@CorwynGC]

@@Gouletpens Right, and I agree with him. But I am looking for NON-disposable ink cartridges. One that can be reused over and over like a converter. But a larger volume since they don't need to dedicate all that space to mechanism. Thanks.

[@senzen2692]

Piston pen users gasping in unison: what a nightmare!

[@MrAndrew1953]

The biggest problem in Australia is that none of these pens are available and won't be until mid 2021.cracking problems in the rear of the filler.

[@Gouletpens]

I'm sorry to hear that -Brian

[@eadgbe6215]

Does brian age?

[@Gouletpens]

haha, I feel like I've aged a decade in 2020 ;) ha! -Brian

[@Harlem55]

I don't know if Brian ages, but I'm still trying to get him to sign my ass with a sharpie.

[@methamphetamememcmeth3422]

A tip when using cartridges: touch the tip of the nib with your tongue for a second and the pen will write straight away.

[@x-changex-outx-oner8224]

Or just dip the nib in water....no reason to explain to people why the inked up tongue😆😆😆😆.

[@SoumendraM]

Not needed...just plug in and out the cartridge once or twice and it will write straight out of the box! Lol!

[@Dobj319]

Don’t get this. Save your money and buy a real retractable. I have one of these and the one thing it doesn’t do is retract.

[@cd3694]

Same here. The second time I took it apart to refill and reassembled, it wouldn’t retract!!!

[@GeekRex]

Why the overly complex design? So many things to go wrong. I'll take a simple, even expensive ones, designs any day of the week. It is bad enough that there are so many cartridge sizes. For instance long international vs Lamy T10...UGH

[@spiritus1512]

I’ve talked with others on this. May have to do with not being sued by other companies, notably Pilot, for copying a design. I believe there was a past Platinum knock pen that was discontinued for this reason. This is just speculation of course.

[@spiritus1512]

Yeah, the thought is they came up with something different enough that they could make another knock pen

[@Gouletpens]

I get where you're coming from...keep in mind, in "real time", it takes me no more time to fill this pen than any other, I am over explaining it here because just not that many people are familiar with retractable fountain pens in general. But one thing I've learned is that fountain pens as a whole are deceivingly complicated by their very nature, it's essentially a controlled leak! There's a lot of engineering going on, and a lot of patents out there to dance around, for sure. I think retractable pen are much more complicated, too. The Vanishing Point, Lamy Dialog 3, Pilot Fermo, Vanishing Point LS, Stipula DaVinci, they're all quite complex inside, you just don't usually see their interior parts. With the Curidas, you do. It really does need to be complex to actually function. -Brian

[@isaacliu._.6899]

I don't even own one of these...

[@Gouletpens]

Few do, it's still a relatively new pen. But we were getting a lot of questions so I wanted to get this out there -Brian

[@lisavanwesel8630]

Damn I need to stop watching these videos, my wishlist is getting bigger and that's not good for my wallet

[@tomhsia4354]

Oh, dear... This is why I do not want a retractable fountain pen. A fountain pen, but with all the potential mechanical problems of a retractable ball-point/gel-pen and worse sealing.