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Common Fountain Pen Myths & Misconceptions!
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Even if you're a regular user of fountain pens you may believe one or more of these 5 misconceptions about the hobby! No worries - Drew is here to clear some things up. Number 6 will REALLY surprise you!!!! Because it's not there. ;)
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
0:23 A New Fountain Pen Doesn't Need to be Cleaned...?
1:14 An Expensive Pen Will Write Better Than a Cheap Pen...?
2:07 Nib Sizes are Universal...?
3:05 Fountain Pen Nibs Should Always be Smooth...?
4:14 Writing Issues are a Result of the Fountain Pen...?
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If you watch Gentleman's Gazette's videos on fountain pens, almost everything that they say are myths. Including "the more expensive the ink, the better it is." And they continue to use the Montblanc myth about single use loaning of a pen will significantly change the way it writes. My 1912 Mabie Todd would like a word with them... 😈
In fact, now that you mention it, I remember feeling there is serious Montblanc preference over on that channel.
@@humlab9998 From Raphael regularly talking exclusively about his 149, to general misinformation, they come across as a Montblanc advertisement.
If you think a second about it, the "if you loan a pen, it will change" is really stupid. The tip is of Iridium, super hard. Steel nibs, super hard. And even the Gold nib will not change from the simple pressure of writing. Unless, you have a very heavy hand and bend it. But then it is broken 😅. I don't know who started that rumour...
Yeah I watched like half of one video and noped out from the clear bias I saw. Channels like the gentleman's gazette annoy the shit out of me. I'm a writer I know how to research, meaning I know how to identify when someone is clearly biased, but that can't be expected out of everyone. TBH people who spread false information to begin with annoy me.
@@thomasa.243 It's pre fountain pen. Leroy Fairchild did the first tipped pens with dip pens in the 1870s, I think.
I've grown to love experimenting with ink and paper combos - the spectrum of results never fails to surprise me!
"...overpolished nib-tipping leads to hard starts, skipping, sadness and despair." Drew, you just advanced behavioral health a full decade! Thank you! I'll be sure to add a question about perceived nib-smoothness to my intake questions at my therapy practice!!
LOL glad to help! - Drew
Learning about wet vs dry inks was a revelation. It “transformed” some of my pens!
Likewise!
I would like to add a misconcepcion: That artists who want to use fountain pens should go for Flex Nibs. Goulet Pens is guilty of this as you guys tend to push the Pilot Falcon which I find misleading and costs a pretty penny for artists...
Flex Nibs are NOT always the right choice for artists. I sketch a lot and I cycle between the Lamy 2000 B and Platinum 3776 Sf. Neither are flexy (ok the SF a little but I don't flex it). If you really want varying lines as you sketch, a brush pen would be better, NOT a flex pen. You'll most likely not be able to use the flex nib to its full potential, and if you keep drawing and drawing with varying lines, you'll break the nib. But hey, in the off chance a flex nib works for you, go for it. My point is just it might notalways be the case.
The best nib for artists? It depends how you use, grip, draw, outlines, shade etc with the Pen. Best to explore different nibs and inks before you aim straight for an expensive gold Flex Nib. 😅
I introduced my friend to fountain pens and Kuretake Brush pens, he prefers brush pens for certain art and my platinum desk pens for quick sketches.
@@jamescustodio3094 nice! I also use Kuretake Brush pens (loaded with platinum casrbon ink via platinum converter). They're awesome.
A Falcon for drawing? I don’t know shit about drawing but I’d use a Noodlers or a Monteverde flex nib instead, not a gold nib!
I'm an artist that uses a small variety of fountain pens for drawing- none are flex nibs, it just depends on what type of line you're going for :)
using watercolor like marker replacement, those cold pressed papers don't do well with flex and usually with it, feedback and wet flow. I love stiff smooth-ish nib from Sailor's cheap steel MF(where it writes drier and finer than Platinum preppy 02!) using pigmented inks. I have a cheap Indian flex that works for flex, but in the end, I'd rather layer and thicken line with multiple thin strokes
The topic of how nip sizes vary between brands, and in the same brand (!), was excellent. I learned that when I was comparing and changing nibs in TWSBI pen models. Now I am at peace with the whole situation versus being frustrated and annoyed. Deep breathing helps, too. The Nib Nook is a fantastic resource that I use regularly. Keep up the great content!
Thanks a bunch, Ron! - Drew
Thanks for another great video Drew!
Another factor often overlooked when troubleshooting fountain pen writing issues is air pressure and relative humidity. The same pen/ink/paper combo will behave very differently in the winter in Colorado Springs, than in the summer in Washington, DC. The air pressure and relative humidity differences between these two cities/seasons have a tremendous effect on how fast ink (i.e. water) evaporates (i.e. dries) - potentially having an effect on hard-starts / skips.
Great point, Dan! - Drew
Point #2: "An Expensive Pen Will Write Better Than a Cheap Pen...?"
Many, many years ago when I was making a fair amount of money I bought a beautiful Montblanc fountain pen, but never enjoyed using it. I bought a Lamy Safari in the early 1980s not long after they first came out and it is still my basic, go-to pen. I have several of them, a couple of which are more than 30 years old, my favorite is an all-black with an EF nib. I know many pen aficionados turn up their noses at the lowly Safari and consider it a "beginner's" pen, but I find it a workhorse and I very much like its simple beauty. Is that not what bauhaus design is all about? I still have the Montblanc; it's stored away in a box in a closet.
This is all so true and helpful even as a reminder. I suggest adding a link to your video on first things to do on receiving a new pen. Those steps on checking the nib before you ink it saved me a problem on a pen who’s feed was misaligned.
I also remember you suggesting changing ink during one of the pen casts spared me sending a new Pelikan 800 with a fine nib to a nib master. All it needed was a wetter ink.
And I can vouch for the Diplomat Aero being one of the best writers I own plus I don’t have to worry about carrying it around as if it were also a work of art.
Which Nib? I'm crossing my fingers 🤌 that the steel one is the one that you are referencing to.
The "fountain pen nibs are universal" myth has an evil twin in some European countries: every model of pen only has one nib size. As in, a Lamy Safari always has the same line width, you can just get it with a "normal" nib, a "beginner" nib or a "left handed" nib. If a clean pen has issues, you need a different nib grind. Also "all inks write the same".
Had lunch with a mom of a left-handed school age child who is a side writer two days ago. Kid is deeply unhappy at being forced to use a fountain pen: the letters smear, the ink gets all over his hands... Mom is very frustrated no one is forcing him into a different writing position. I mentioned she could get him an extra fine, dry nib and a dry ink, minimize smearing that way. After telling me "blue ink is blue ink" (*Don't tell Brian*) and "the only thing affecting writing experience is the grip section configuration of your pen", she was, however, still liking this fantasy world of mine in which her child was slightly less blue, on every possible level.
Anyhow, the kid is probably getting Pelikan 4001 cartridges and a shiny new Jinhao shark. Even if my outlandish theory is false, it's like €5, and no third grader is gonna complain about getting a cool new shark pen.
@@contentsdiffer5958 No negative feedback yet!
All good advice well presented, Drew! Thanks for another bitesize video which I hope will demystify our hobby, and draw in some who are teetering on the brink.
The smoothness of the nib can also depend on the ink used. There are so many inks on the market, it is a very difficult process to find an ink that works well with a nib. It may not work well with other nibs which to me is very frustrating.
Very, very helpful for a newbie, too. I am watching this before going out to get my first pen since childhood, and I now understand to not spend crazy and to come home and clean it first. Thanks.
Thanks Drew! this explanation was clear, substantial and short! I like very much your reviews.
Another interesting video from Goulet Pens. Very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! - Drew
Omg the pic of Brian in the intro is gold!
Thanks for making this video Drew! Now I can just link it for my clients instead of re-explaining each time a misconception arises.
Also… tip size variance is to the point where I recommend clients include a writing sample. Thanks for mentioning that even my beloved Pilot isn’t consistent across the brand. 👍
Haha! It's definitely good information to know! - Drew
Outstanding! Thanks.
Thanks guys, I enjoyed watching this. 🙂
Thanks for watching! - Drew
Excellent points!
Well done, Drew. This is not always an easy topic. Thanks!
Thanks a bunch, Randy! - Drew
The point about feedback is a good one. The fine nib on my Twsbi 580 has more feedback than the fine nib on my Eco-T but I’ve come to like it. On super smooth paper like Rhodia or Tomoe River it works out well.
I actually really like that nib sizes are not consistent across brands or within brands. It helps add character to every pen and makes the fun of collecting them to find the ultimate pen for your values part of the experience.
very well done!
Great video!
Interesting. Thank you
Nicely put, Drew, thank you. Erm, myth No. 6: I watch all of your and Brian's 2- hour fun-filled features. Alas, no, sometimes life gets in the way, so please forgive me. Mea mythica culpa
Mythconceptions… 😊
Helpful! Thank you. I find that ink pairing can be all the difference w some pens’ performance.
Thank you for the video.
Thanks, Drew!
Thank YOU! - Drew
The ink thing is definitely key.
I thought I was going crazy because I had bought 3 different nibs for my Diplomat Aero (which are known for smooth, well-tuned nibs) and all of them had _too much_ feedback. Like, so much that it wasn’t enjoyable to write for long with them. I polished one of them with Mylar paper and a silver polishing cloth but it didn’t help at all.
Turns out the ink I was using was causing the weird sensation (which is a bummer because it matches the pen).
I put some Platinum Carbon Black ink in them (the ink I normally use) and all three of those nibs are now very smooth writers.
A big "myth" I've encountered, while people generally know super cheap pens/paper/ink will write poorly, it's also assumed you can't get "good" for $10. My daily driver is a Jinhao 777, Diamine ink, and Clairefontaine or Mnemosyne paper; absolute joy to write. I also love my more expensive pens, but sometimes you just need to scratch out some notes.
Your shirt rocks, Drew!
My favorite shirt so far.
I love your Robin Hood shirt, Drew. Nice!!
Thank you! - Drew
Same!!
That is one of the best shirts I've ever seen, it made me so happy :)
@@ettoliram8116 💯💯💯
Why does fast drying ink feather more on super absorbent paper? I was thinking it'd dry fast enough that it wouldn't feather...
Drying speed is heavily influenced by how fast it absorbs into the paper, any ink is mostly water and water only evaporates so fast. What we perceive as dry is really about how much is still liquid on the surface of the paper.
Thanks for anotger interesting video! When can we expect a review of the ferris wheel press inks? Something similar to the chromo-shading inks of Sailor but with the shimmery inks of fwp, maybe? Or by collection?
Oh yes please! FWP has such gorgeous color variety of inks!
your shirt is so wonderful!!!
Video on a good stsrter kit combo based on your last point. Favorite value options to get writing without a headache
Good points here!
Thanks Drew for the video and hard work! Indeed It crushed me to have a 200 dollars Pilot CH92 that doesnt write well and a 15 dollars Metro that does flawlessly. Saludos desde Peru!
Thanks for watching, Juan! - Drew
Where did you get a CH92 that doesn't write well? I've got two of them, a broad and a medium fine and both are among my favorite pens. They are the Japanese models, not US imports (and were significantly less expensive than two hundred bucks). They always start and always write without skipping or drying out, right to the bottom of the tank. Metropolitans and preppys are nice enough but, to me at least, a Metropolitan is the equivalent of a Prius--it works and it gets you there--while the Pilot Custom Heritage 92 is closer in performance to a finely-tuned BMW. (Of course some people hate BMWs as well.)
The one expensive pen with which I've been sorely disappointed is my Pelikan M600. It's not bad, it does write but it is nothing special and not anywhere near worth what they're asking for them. If I'm going to be writing for any length of time, I'd rather pick up a TWSBI 580 than the Pelikan.
@@jankafka7330 Not from GPC that's for shure. I bought It from Amazon, but it was brand new. I also have a Custom 912 with the FA nib and have some issues.
The expensive pen not necessarily writing "better" is exactly why I won't buy a pen over a certain price point without being able to try it first. If I spend $250 on a pen and when it arrives, it doesn't perform the way I want it to, that's wasted money.
❤ your shirt!
Drew has the best shirts! Robin Hood is one of my favourite movies.
Mine too! Not the best, but definitely my favorite. - Drew
Looking forward to see unboxing of the new twsbi swipe color
Good stuff and nice shirt. Yes, I own it. Odelay.
Myth No. X: Ink colors are consistent.
Inks do perform differently on various papers, and the colors can look different even when they're wet & dry.
Very true! - Drew
As a relative newbie I have started to pay more attention to paper and ink. Would LOVE to have a vid on some favorite pen(with nib size)/ink/paper combos!
I miss seeing and testing in person but I find they're somewhat limited to brands that you can try and such
Now I watch videos, read reviews and Google writing samples and joined pen Groups online.
I miss seeing and testing in person but I find they're somewhat limited to brands that you can try and such
Now I watch videos, read reviews and Google writing samples and joined pen Groups online.
I do not like silky smooth nibs. I prefer a wee bit of feedback. In a quiet room, writing on good paper, the sound of a Sailor 1911L nib gives me joy. The sound of the paper when you move it, the sound of the nib as it puts thoughts on paper...it's almost like the nib is speaking the thoughts. I know, weird...lol
Lamy, Twsbi, Pilot, and Platinum all have a range in prices where they have the same nib and feed, the very inexpensive will write as well as the more expensive.
A Jowa, or Bock nib system will deliver the same writing experience no matter how exclusive or expensive the pen is.
Width of the line, depends on the ink if it is dry or wet, even more so with Fine or EF.
And of course the nib itself, Kawako write very wet, Schmidt nibs write wet, Lamy are chaos from nib to nib from dry to wet.
So it takes experience to match a nib and feed to an ink to get the writing you want.
I've never had a good experience with a Bock or Bock-sourced nib and feed other than in a Faber Castell Loom.
LAMY are chaos. Absolute truth, especially on the Safaris.
Had to watch the video twice as the first time I couldn’t take my eyes off Drew’s sweet shirt
Haha! Thank you! - Drew
Thank you for making this video! There really is so many problems with fountain pens, and many things we take for granted like a new pen does not need to be cleaned (Im scared it wld dilute my ink if Im not patient enough to wait for it to dry fully!)
Thanks for watching! - Drew
even if it did dilute your ink after cleaning, unless you left a sizeable amount of water in the pen, it would only dilute it a little bit for a little while.
Number 5 is a big one for me: I work retail but have to hand write quite a few things during the day, and the paper I write on is often very inexpensive, and I prefer quick drying inks, so there is a lotnof feathering going on lmao.
I thought that all fountain pens just skipped sometimes because my first pen was defective. I thought that I'd have a much more limited selection of paper than I do (it's not always ideal, but I use fountain pens on regular paper all the time now). I didn't know about some pen companies like TWWBI and Platinum having really excellent seals, and now I'm spoiled and don't put up with that nonsense from pens that dry out quickly. 🙃
A misconception I had afters using removable chinese, then pilot nibs was that I should remove all nibs which would
Second misconception I had was using a bulb syringe would clean out the non removable nibs. I learned that all or most nibs which screw into a collar often need to be unscrewed with their collar from the section. Ink often gets stuck between the collar and section, the Conklin for example.
Sick shirt🎉
Thanks! - Drew
I love these shorty videos. 💝💖🌹
I bought some Writer's Blood and when I used it in my Vanishing Point it feathered like crazy iny notebook. I chanced it to my Lamy Studio and the ink is behaving a lot better in the same notebook.
Writer's Blood almost gushes out of every pen I've put it in. I love the color but the ink seems near unusable in fountain pens.
I was hoping this would cover some of the myths and mystique on flex nibs. As a person that is new to the fountain pen hobby it's been a very odd journey and flex nibs are one of the topics that still arise even after all of these years that feels like folks are talking about a dirty secret when they discuss if they like them or not.
Wonderful video! Also, sometimes the issue with the pen not working is honestly the writer. Not all pens work the same for all writers. The way I naturally hold my pen to write is basically incompatible with the Pilot Metropolitan (and I've tested a variety of inks and papers). But does this mean it's a bad pen? No, but it is a bad pen for what I need. I have a friend who absolutely adores Metropolitans and is pretty unimpressed with my Lamy pens (which are my go-tos!).
True on price. I find preppy a very perfectly fine writer. Is it my absolute favourite? No, but it is high on my list, it has a very nice writing experience for a cheap price and very much bang for your buck in write experience and price. I still love my preppy and it has a fun pink ink inside. And while not prettiest it is still better than some pens I spend more on in writing. So would recommend people getting it if they don’t care about looks too much (or get the slight upgrade from the platinum brand like prefounte for example).
Yes! The Preppy is such a good recommendation for a first fountain pen, as they write pretty well and are inexpensive, so if someone decides they don't like fountain pens, it's not a huge amount of money wasted.
I find Lamy and noodler has feedback the most.. favourites are gold nibs and waterman
nice shirt
Sadness and despair 🤣 and my husband wonders why I'm so dramatic when it comes to my fountain pens 🤣
Is there an ink that is especially good to use in extra fine nib Pilot pens? I write small & generally not too slow( but I’m not a speed writer) either & I’ve had so much trouble with the nib drying with a pause of just 20 seconds during writing. I even ordered Noodlers Polar Purple for the lubrication benefit. I took the chance that it might help but it hasn’t made a perceptible difference so far - except for being a lovely dusty purple! I’ve also done my paper homework & found that Rhodia dot pad is my fav. The paper handles fountain pen ink like a champ with no feathering or sinking through unless I’m trying to get the ink to start flowing with just a tiny bit of pressure & a second or two to get down the feed. The Rhodia also feels like satin under the hand & I haven’t had it losing fibers to my XF nibs. Just the incessant slow or no flow problem with the extra-fines (my favs!).
Any ink suggestions or something else? I’ve only been using fountain pens for about a year now but I love them & I’m not ready to give up on the EF nibs.
Iroshizuku by Pilot.
Try Platinum Carbon Black. All my Iroshizuku and Namiki inks do well in my Pilot EFs. I have a VP that I keep inked with J. Herbin Eclat de Saphir and I have never had an issue with that either. Good luck.
That shirt!
Good video
Thank you! - Drew
I was assuming that the reason my Sailor doesn't feel as smooth as my Metropolitan was because of the teeny-tiny nib size (I use it in my Hobonichi Weeks.)
I use a Twisbi Go fountain pen, and I love the spring filling mechanism. However do you have any tips for getting more ink out of a jar, I get about half way though a bottle and then it is hard to submerge the nib enough to fill the pen. I still have so much ink left, but how can I use it?
There are several options. You could get an ink syringe and use it to refill empty cartridges. Or you could use the syringe to fill a sample bottle if your pen fits in one. You could also get one of the ink wells that lets you attach the pen to the opening, turn it upside down and fill that way. Another option is to use Noodler's ink or buy get an empty Noodler's bottle (I think Goulet sells empty bottles) and get an Ink Optimizer insert for the bottle. It is a cone with a slit at the top that fits inside the bottle under the cap. Turn the closed bottle upside down and the cone fills with ink and makes it easy to use nearly all the ink in the bottle.
Goulet has a QA slice about this! Search "how to fill pen when bottle is low" or similar.
Taking a look at the Go, the best way I can find is to get an inkwell, such as the Ink Meiser.
The relatively unique filling system is not condusive feed saturation (using an ink syringe to flood the feed with ink, then retract the piston to suck it up, and then again) - that's more appropriate to screw-pistons. And the Go does not have easily removable nib units, so direct syringe/eyedroppering is not recommended.
An ink well, the Pineider Pen Filler, TWSBI ink bottles, the cone-shaped bottle inserts marketed by some companes or inks by companies that include such inserts in their bottle.
Now i know that i have to clean my new fountan pen
Drew where did you get that shirt?
💛
Quick tip : Dollar store notebooks are surprisingly good for fountain pens.
For your fifth misconception, I'll add a fourth player to your trifecta (making it a quadfecta? a quartet?): the one between the chair and the fountain pen. A particular combination of pen/nib, ink, and paper may be heaven for one person and hell for another. When I started out, I was looking for pen/ink combinations that were suited to me and my style of writing. Over time, I learned to adapt and many combinations that I swore at are now pleasant if I just change how I write, whether by writing larger or smaller, with more or less pressure, faster or slower, or by rotating the pen differently. As a result, I can enjoy writing experiences, nibs, and inks that I missed out on when I was limiting myself to a narrow set of pre-existing skills. With paper, I branch out less. I'd rather pay more for good paper and stick with that than try to find a combination of pen and ink that's tolerable on bad paper. If the paper is bad (or good, but not suited to fountain pens), I'll pull out a rollerball, ballpoint, or felt tip pen that I tote at the bottom of my pack for just such emergencies. Sometimes, Noodler's X-Feather with an extra-fine nib can save the day on bad paper, but settling for "meh" isn't why I got into fountain pens.
I love that brands do not have universal line sizes. I think is really fun to compare and test all different features that they have to offer.
The thickness of the line and its characteristics also vary depending on the environment and cultural development of the brand.
Out fountain pen journey would be less fun without those surprises
What Paper do you recommend?
You can't really go wrong with Rhodia! - Drew
Don't know how helpful it is... BUT from my dip pens, the first "ritual" with a new pen, tip, or anything out of the box is as follows...
1. A "dry writing session"... Just drag the thing over paper as you normally would while writing. FEEL the tip and paper interact... That's going to tell you more about the pen's Character than just about anything... AND DRY because ink also LUBRICATES the nib... It doesn't sound like much, but it's a liquid sandwiching between the metal nib and the paper "substrate"... Don't forget to pay attention to the "side strokes" and LISTEN... scratches that sound obnoxiously different from what you'd expect are probably (not necessarily always, and it takes time to "tune your ears") but PROBABLY evidence of a "bur"... easily taken care of...
2. IF (and ONLY IF) there seems to be a bur or for some reason the pen is legitimately destructive to the paper (and I do regularly write on typing and printer stock...nyah...lolz) I'll "polish"... A casual look through a loop or sufficient magnifier (I have quite a collection, but none were excessively expensive)... can let me know if there's tuning issues or if the bur is "egregious" (which might need sent back to service)... BUT a slab of leather with jeweler's rouge rubbed into the smooth "skin" side (that's NOT the suede side) is my preferred buffing surface... I used a heat gun and ordinary green rouge from a Wally-world Dremel Kit, so it's not especially fancy or expensive either... AND literally ANY piece of leather will do the job... AND the buffing process (for me) takes about 4 or 5 minutes... involving mostly "Figure-8's" exactly like the writing drill, except we're not pushing ink around, so you don't have to move anywhere... JUST do the figure-8's... AND slowly work the pen to a vertical position (or as close to vertical as you can manage) and then back down to as nearly horizontal as it will allow, with the nib still laying on the leather... No need to press down or spread the tines... we're ONLY smoothing the exposed surface to remove machine scratches, burs, bits of wiry what-not sticking out...
3. CLEAN THE D*** PEN... This SHOULD go without saying, but rather like the video... Here we are. It's not going to hurt anything. Besides, if you went with polishing because you just LIVE for the "baby's butt smooth" sense of a writing instrument, so long as you don't over polish, you STILL smeared wax and grit from the jeweler's rouge into the tines and all over the nib at the tip. The more you buffed or shaped, the more debris is now mashed into the tip of the nib...
Even if you didn't there are no guarantees from the factory, packaging, or shipping to bring that pen to you... Dust, grit, grease from their machines, packing tatters and whatever else have been banged around and the pen has rolled or bounced through them all... You're FAR better off to just go ahead and clean it out, clean it up, and be SURE you've not left some dog hair, rat feces, or skin oils from Bubba who only ever pushes wrenches on the nib grinding machine in the feed, converter, or somewhere obnoxious...
NOW it's ready to ink up, and you'll probably be tickled to death with the feel and functionality of the new pen, regardless of what you might've read or seen online... Obviously there are occasional lemons. It happens to the best of us... I've got a Hero 926... JUST a recent acquisition at $10... no frills... nothing exceptional... BUT it's how I treated it... AND I get plenty of mileage out of it, including on typing and printer paper, and it's STILL slick as silk stockings on a wet marble floor... minus the broken legs... ;o)
What is it that can cause an overly smooth nib to skip compared to a not so smooth nib?
'Baby bottom' when a pen has been overly smoothed it can cause a slightly too wide gap between the tines where the nib meets the paper (resembling a baby's butt cheeks under magnification) causing a break in capillary action - - skipping.
TWSBI is affordable but writes fantastic. Visconti Homo Sapiens is smooth but Rembrandt it's not.
.... Heads to dollar tree to buy wrapping paper...
😂
Cream colored wrapping paper! 😂
LOL noooooooo! - Drew
I'm just putting this out there: I think Drew and Stephen Brown are the same person. He puts on some glasses, changes up his voice and accent and have YOU ever seen both of them in the same room together? I'm just saying.
Actually I think one other myth is that over smoothing is what makes babys bottom and issues... It's bad shaping and soft pads
The Holy Trinity: The Pen, The Paper, & The I Wish There Was a Word for Ink That Started With "P"
you shouldn't feel bad if you don't like a pen that everyone likes , maybe that pen it is not for you and its is ok.
This guy looks like Chris Evans and Bruce Willis combined
I’ve got another misconception: “all inks write the same”. This is not true. NOT all inks write the same. Some are wetter than others, some have sheen, some have shimmer, some have BOTH sheen and shimmer, and some have neither sheen nor shimmer. All these variables will determine how an ink performs. Also, the type of paper you use can make different inks perform differently.
ROI: Return On Investment
Two misconceptions that seem to go hand-in-hand: 1. Fountain pens will automatically improve your penmanship, and 2. They're all calligraphy pens.
Neither of these is true.
No.1 is true, my writing has been bad since I have to force to write on cheap, disposable ballpen my whole life, which half of the struggle is to make sure ink actually come out of the pen, into the paper. My whole life is about hard-pressed, hard-scratched, and rushed to finish. Writing is a pain and I just want it to be over. My writing is barely readable.
As a result a lot of bad habit of using ballpen, still applies when I'm using a fountain pen. Had same ugly writing. Currently trying to improve.
Please explain this common myth that one should never loan our fountain pen to anyone else to write with it. It spoils the nib.
Never give your pen to someone who writes with a ballpen. They will ruin your pen.
Only lend your pen to people that appreciate fountain pen.