My pilot metropolitan was all fine suddenly it starting to disturb when a draw line vertically.. but it is fine when i draw line horizontally... can you tell me what is actually the issue??
@sudiptoroy3929 So, as with fountain pen writing issues, it begins with a lot of questions... •What kind of nib do you have? •What kind of ink and paper are you using? •Is it only with drawing or writing also? •Is it on the upstroke, downstroke, or both? •Has the pen been recently cleaned and flushed as trouble shooting? *Especially well cleaning the Nib and feed, even with a soft bristle Toothbrush. Tines flossed with a brass sheet. All this eliminates the chance of a partical of sorts hindering ink flow. This is a good place to start.
Thank you very much! I much enjoy writing with these beautiful instruments and try to be purposeful in penmanship and practice a style that I can enjoy. It's fascinating to look back at a notebook from last year and see the development.
What a great video. I've learnt so much. I was googling this topic a few years ago and just didnt seem to find any information. 4 Leonardo pens and a Visconti Van Gogh. 3 new nib units for 2 pens,1 refunded and 2 never fixed and both sit in the naughty corner forever. So many pen flushes and ink changes. I decided to jump to next level pens and I was bitterly disappointed. But this video was super helpful thank you 😊
Thanks! So glad to hear this video was helpful! I really hope some of those fountain pens on the naughty corner can be adjusted to bring you joy and not disappointment!
Very nicely done video, very tactful and informative. I second all you said during the video and I think you have been very thorough. Of course there are more niche aspects not covered (such as vintage pens) but they are much less common. Also I completely agree with your comments about oily hands, I would not be able to to really come with a systematic description, but intuitively everybody will have at some point oily hands even when not using lotion, and indeed it will be felt at the bottom of a pad, probably less so with small pads but as the page format grows the likelihood will grow accordingly. Unless you or your viewers are vegans, and then it would not fit, I have taken a liking to Galen Leather products in general and in particular their Tomoe River notepads which they send with a leather blotter page which I use both as a mark page, blotter and support for my hand to prevent the accumulation of oil on the page. One more side benefit is when using fancy inks like sheening or shimmering or both, the piece of blotter can also protect part of the already written page from smearing (think about the opposite page). Well done and I look forward seeing more from your channel!
Yes, vintage pens, are there any aspects of vintage pens specifically that one should know about with skipping? I would love to try that galen leather leather blotter, very cool!
@@fountainPENdulum Not much really, just the general idea that vintage nibs are made of different alliages than what we see nowadays. At the time they were really looking hard for good nib material, obviously what makes them still very desirable today as they offer more wetness and flexibility than pretty much anything modern. The downside though is that their springiness makes them also harder to adjust, like simple tines alignment is not easy to do, takes time and of course you want to be careful with nearly irreplaceable nibs. But as you know vintage/antique pen is in a league of its own thus might not be too relevant for what you wanted to achieve. For Galen leathers I have only good things to say about their products :)
One way to check your cap, blow into it and feel if any air comes out. I did that and put some tape over the air hole. Temporary fix. But it worked. Nib stopped drying out. Checking my cap by the way was my last ditch effort, I was doing all the other stuff, and my nib was still not starting
Thanks! This is the Leonardo Momento Zero, Iride is the color way of acrylic, blue and turquoise with some white. Gold colored trim and gold coated steel nib in Fine. It's a cartridge converter filler with a blind cap. This is Leonardo's standard size offering and the "grande" is the next size up.
You can heatset a plastic feed?? I didn't think it was possible. How come the nib grinder didn't catch the space? Another very interesting video. I almost always wash my hands before I start writing. It was mostly to keep the finger prints and oils off the pen, but now I see there is another use.
I thought you could only heat-set ebonite feeds also. Then I reached out for fountain pen repairs at a pen show and was informed that success had been accomplished doing heat sets on plastic feeds and it sure was successful with my Stipula! I think they must have smaller tolerances than ebonite, perhaps in heat and adjustability but that they still have some capability to heat set, that's my guess and impression. It's unfortunate the nib meister didn't identify the issue.
Absolutely agree. Which is more than can be said for many ebonite pens out there. SCRIBO FEEL Fountain Pen in Palissandro Ebonite Limited Edition Hand-Turned rosewood mottled ebonite. Are you thinking about getting this now for your next Ebonite pen?
just a note on the hand oils: sometimes it happens even when you have really really dry hands (me)! i definitely recommend doing any tests for other causes on a piece of paper you havent touched the surface of. its interesting to see the beading that you were getting in this video, for me it just took the form of hard starts, especially on letters that start with an upstroke/curve, (like e, a, f ect)
Good to know, thanks for sharing! Yes I've definitely noticed at the beginning of a word and especially those on the upstroke- perhaps because there is already less ink flow and less pressure applied.
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My pilot metropolitan was all fine suddenly it starting to disturb when a draw line vertically.. but it is fine when i draw line horizontally... can you tell me what is actually the issue??
@sudiptoroy3929
So, as with fountain pen writing issues, it begins with a lot of questions...
•What kind of nib do you have?
•What kind of ink and paper are you using?
•Is it only with drawing or writing also?
•Is it on the upstroke, downstroke, or both?
•Has the pen been recently cleaned and flushed as trouble shooting?
*Especially well cleaning the Nib and feed, even with a soft bristle Toothbrush. Tines flossed with a brass sheet.
All this eliminates the chance of a partical of sorts hindering ink flow.
This is a good place to start.
@@fountainPENdulum I am using Fine nib of pilot metropolitan
Sounds like it might have something hindering ink flow in the tines or feed.
Try a thorough cleaning! Check out my Cleaning videos for helpful tips!
Myself and the community can continue to help troubleshoot if the issue still persists after that thorough cleaning!
Cleaning I & II
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Your handwriting is impecable! I love it!
Thank you very much! I much enjoy writing with these beautiful instruments and try to be purposeful in penmanship and practice a style that I can enjoy. It's fascinating to look back at a notebook from last year and see the development.
What a great video. I've learnt so much. I was googling this topic a few years ago and just didnt seem to find any information. 4 Leonardo pens and a Visconti Van Gogh. 3 new nib units for 2 pens,1 refunded and 2 never fixed and both sit in the naughty corner forever. So many pen flushes and ink changes. I decided to jump to next level pens and I was bitterly disappointed. But this video was super helpful thank you 😊
Thanks! So glad to hear this video was helpful! I really hope some of those fountain pens on the naughty corner can be adjusted to bring you joy and not disappointment!
I always learn so much watching your videos. Thank you!
You're welcome, that's very kind and encouraging to hear!
Very nicely done video, very tactful and informative. I second all you said during the video and I think you have been very thorough. Of course there are more niche aspects not covered (such as vintage pens) but they are much less common.
Also I completely agree with your comments about oily hands, I would not be able to to really come with a systematic description, but intuitively everybody will have at some point oily hands even when not using lotion, and indeed it will be felt at the bottom of a pad, probably less so with small pads but as the page format grows the likelihood will grow accordingly. Unless you or your viewers are vegans, and then it would not fit, I have taken a liking to Galen Leather products in general and in particular their Tomoe River notepads which they send with a leather blotter page which I use both as a mark page, blotter and support for my hand to prevent the accumulation of oil on the page. One more side benefit is when using fancy inks like sheening or shimmering or both, the piece of blotter can also protect part of the already written page from smearing (think about the opposite page).
Well done and I look forward seeing more from your channel!
Yes, vintage pens, are there any aspects of vintage pens specifically that one should know about with skipping?
I would love to try that galen leather leather blotter, very cool!
@@fountainPENdulum Not much really, just the general idea that vintage nibs are made of different alliages than what we see nowadays. At the time they were really looking hard for good nib material, obviously what makes them still very desirable today as they offer more wetness and flexibility than pretty much anything modern. The downside though is that their springiness makes them also harder to adjust, like simple tines alignment is not easy to do, takes time and of course you want to be careful with nearly irreplaceable nibs. But as you know vintage/antique pen is in a league of its own thus might not be too relevant for what you wanted to achieve.
For Galen leathers I have only good things to say about their products :)
Absolutely, nicely said thanks for your input! There is definitely nothing like a vintage nib!
Thanks for sharing what you've learned along the way! I found this very helpful!
You're most welcome! So glad to hear it was helpful!
One way to check your cap, blow into it and feel if any air comes out. I did that and put some tape over the air hole. Temporary fix. But it worked. Nib stopped drying out. Checking my cap by the way was my last ditch effort, I was doing all the other stuff, and my nib was still not starting
Nice trick thanks! Did the cap have a plastic insert in it?
@@fountainPENdulum Honestly, I don’t know.
Glad the issue got addressed! Perhaps it was a small crack from wear and tear...
_ Very useful and nicely illustrated.
_ Thank you.
Much appreciated, thank you!
What pen is this in the video? It is so beautiful!
Thanks! This is the Leonardo Momento Zero, Iride is the color way of acrylic, blue and turquoise with some white. Gold colored trim and gold coated steel nib in Fine. It's a cartridge converter filler with a blind cap. This is Leonardo's standard size offering and the "grande" is the next size up.
You can heatset a plastic feed?? I didn't think it was possible. How come the nib grinder didn't catch the space? Another very interesting video. I almost always wash my hands before I start writing. It was mostly to keep the finger prints and oils off the pen, but now I see there is another use.
I thought you could only heat-set ebonite feeds also. Then I reached out for fountain pen repairs at a pen show and was informed that success had been accomplished doing heat sets on plastic feeds and it sure was successful with my Stipula!
I think they must have smaller tolerances than ebonite, perhaps in heat and adjustability but that they still have some capability to heat set, that's my guess and impression.
It's unfortunate the nib meister didn't identify the issue.
@@fountainPENdulum Did you see the SCRIBO Goldspot exclusive Ebonite Feel?
Noooo, let me check this out!
@@fountainPENdulum Expensive as expected, but I think it really looks classy.
Absolutely agree. Which is more than can be said for many ebonite pens out there. SCRIBO FEEL Fountain Pen in Palissandro Ebonite Limited Edition
Hand-Turned rosewood mottled ebonite.
Are you thinking about getting this now for your next Ebonite pen?
just a note on the hand oils: sometimes it happens even when you have really really dry hands (me)! i definitely recommend doing any tests for other causes on a piece of paper you havent touched the surface of. its interesting to see the beading that you were getting in this video, for me it just took the form of hard starts, especially on letters that start with an upstroke/curve, (like e, a, f ect)
Good to know, thanks for sharing! Yes I've definitely noticed at the beginning of a word and especially those on the upstroke- perhaps because there is already less ink flow and less pressure applied.