How to fill and clean a Nahvalur (Narwhal) Original Plus Fountain Pen - Quick Tips Ep. 30

[@jessicamifsud8910]

I love this video. Totally explained the inking/cleaning process for my first Nahvalur vac filler. Thanks Goldspot Pens!

[@Budda648]

Thanks for the video! A Nahvalur Original Plus just arrived and it's my first vacuum pen. The filling instructions were for the incorrect model, unfortunately, so I was very confused until I found this video.

[@GoldspotPens]

Great, I'm glad the video helped! Nahvalur really should put the proper instruction card with the pen.

[@nickklett]

Thank you Tom! I've always wanted a vacuum filler but I've been afraid to due to hearing horror stories about cleaning. This really makes me feel better about getting one and keeping it clean!

[@GoldspotPens]

Vac fillers are so much easier to clean if you can remove the section.

[@archivist17]

I have a PenBBS 456 vac-filler, which is really cool. I also have a Narwhal Peter Draws piston filler. I love both pens, but a vac-fill Nahvalur is an even better idea. I'm not convinced by the acrylic, though.

[@pugup]

one thing i do with piston fillers that have removable grip sections is i fill them with water with a blunt syringe the same way, then put my thumb tight on the opening and shake it vigorously to dissolve all the residual ink. it speeds up the cleaning quite a bit

[@clansiri]

Thank you so much for these instructions! I received this for Christmas and the instructions that came with the pen do not work. Your video solved the mystery!

[@trisha4797]

I just bought this pen (from you) in blue and purple. The blue is visual delight! They both write super well.

[@GoldspotPens]

Thank you. Glad you like them both!

[@anitavela-johnson1757]

this was so helpful. Thank you!

[@fountainpensandinkforartis6050]

Thanks! Just got one today! Very helpful as it is my first vac fill

[@copasetic1]

Nice fill video. It’s hard to imagine doing so with a pen that’s any dirtier than the inky mess you start with, but the filling technique is spot on.

[@oldladywithacamera]

Thanks. Learned a lot.

[@herrsteppenwolf]

How timely. I ordered this very pen from you 4 days ago and it arrived yesterday. I flushed the nib and barrel 1st off with water and filled the pen with ink. The more I looked at this vac filler (my 1st) I wondered how to clean it between inking. Now I know. Thanks.

[@davecharvella4854]

Excellent! 👍👍

[@nisithranjanhazra9298]

Satisfying 🖤

[@brucebourne737]

I watched just to learn how to pronounce their new name! As a fountain pen enthusiast, I could not show this video to a non FP user, as I feel they would wonder, "Can't you just use a normal pen?"

[@SophiaRester]

I put my freshly cleaned parts in a box with silica packs, to help them dry completely

[@GoldspotPens]

Thank you, that is an excellent tip. Great way to reuse those packs.

[@rievic81]

I've noticed a build up on the post inside the pen behind the rubber gasket of the vacuum mechanism on my pen. Any tips on how to get that part cleaned?

[@paulmchugh1430]

Great video, Tom. Can you remove the piston to clean it and grease the piston seal?

[@GoldspotPens]

No, Narwhal did not include a wrench for disassembly of the filling mechanism. Nor does the other one that was included with the piston-fill pens fit.

[@paulmchugh1430]

@@GoldspotPens Thanks. When do you think you will get a restock of the blue pen?

[@GoldspotPens]

We should have more tomorrow.

[@jimk8353]

Awesome video! Off topic but who makes that shirt you're wearing? I need some of those!

[@GoldspotPens]

Thanks, it's Chaps. I probably got it on the clearance rack at Kolhl's or Marshalls.

[@tiantuatara]

When I get a pen as clean as I can, I then stuff a paper towel in a cup and then let my pen sit in the cup, with the nib touching the towel. It helps eek out whatever is left.

[@GoldspotPens]

That's my usual strategy if I can't take the pen apart. -Tom

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

I just cleaned my Original Plus pen. It flushed out easily enough but I noticed a pink ring on the inside of the acrylic; near the piston knob. The ink was Sailor Manyo Nadeshiko, which has a slight pink shading. I'm not about to attempt to disassemble the pen to get at that ring. I just wanted to know if you've had that to happen?

[@raegeesu]

i just cleaned mine and had the grim ring. i think i got most of it by shaking water in the barrel a few times!

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

@@raegeesu thank you. It's not a huge problem. I think a lot of us pen enthusiasts are OCD about those type of things.

[@whimsy6072]

What if instead of water you used diluted isopropyl? Would that make any different in cleaning residual ink?

[@GoldspotPens]

Please don't use alcohol to clean your fountain pen. If anything, use a pen flush like the one Monteverde makes here - goldspot.com/products/monteverde-fountain-pen-flush-to-clean-stubborn-build-up-30ml-bottle

[@subhadipmaji4987]

Please review pelikan m1000

[@archivist17]

Do they supply a piston wrench with the pen?

[@a22lotti]

In the same vein, how similar in size is this to the TWSBI Vac Mini? And would the TWSBI wrench work on this pen as well?

[@GoldspotPens]

No wrench is supplied. The wrench that accompanies the other Narwhal piston-fill models would not fit. Twsbi wrench would not fit, either.

[@Planner_girl_kel]

I watched this because I can’t even get my angular to fill in half as much as your first go. I can’t use one hand though as I have arthritis. The ink well only fills to about 4/5mm in height.

[@calvinrhodes8996]

I have a Narwhal Original plus. Cant get ink to fill barrel. Help.

[@GoldspotPens]

Does following the instructions on this video help? Are you making sure to submerge the nib all the way into the ink?

[@Shiruvan]

'Yeah its cool but I just kind of want to eyedrop, and have the piston make for travel-safe shut of valve' oh you can do that? sweet!

[@plkrtn]

I thought Nahvalur was still pronounced Narwahl and the spelling change was more about SEO and surfacing their product than anything?

[@Planner_girl_kel]

I read it was supposed to be pronounced narwhal too