Nathan may drive some folks nuts but I find this fascinating and practical. This is all stuff from the days when pens weren't just things you dump ink in and write with. They were actually tools and you could do stuff with them. The things he can do with these dip pen nibs are things I would not have thought remotely possible! And I do miss the videos also. The critics aren't going to like him anyway, so go ahead and make a video. Easy for us to say, but if Nathan is still all there is of Noodler's, he already has all needs to do. Power on, Nathan.
everytime i watch a video of nathan, not only i see a man passionate about fountain pens, which has a value of its own, but more importantly, i see a man with critical thinking, the courage to conduct an experiment, deep knowledge of tools and in general a constantly-educated man. Someone who exists and thinks beyond the small world of fountain pens that makes us gather in this small "corner in the internet". He is a man i aspire to be, even though i am so different and would probably argue quite a lot. Its so exciting to me, that a -controlled leak-, that we call a fountain pen, can be so helpful in our everyday lives. Thank you, i use noodler's pens daily mostly for making art.
Nathan, thank you for the new pen material! I live in Phoenix and the cotton butyrate material dries the ink out so quickly in our dry desert air. I've had Zhivago in my Thule Creaper for a full month now and it appears to have almost zero evaporation. Fantastic! Please continue to make the airplane acrylic pens. They're beautiful and really great for those of us in dry climates. Also, your new Lucky Shamrock ink is a new favorite. Cheers!
Nathan, it is always great to see new videos from you. I'll have to watch this slowly over the course of a few days, but it will get watched. Hope you have a great 2024. I have filled many notebooks with Heart of Darkness, standard black and Legal Lapis (not to mention most of the semi-bulletproof inks) and I know I'll continue to do so in the new year.
OK, Nathan - you got me. Picked up a Thule Konrad via Pure Pens. Very cool to see my large bottles in that snapshot. Watched the whole video, yet again. Thank you for doing another long one.
Nathan, you didn’t bore me at all. I have greatly profited from all your videos, but this may be the most interesting and informative of them all. Thank you so much for this video; I hope you do more.
Genius mad scientist ... X Feather Blue is great. For those that love the bottle art and want to preserve it use wide clear packing tape. I found out after I smudged Winston. :(
Nathan, fantastic video! You know you are the only pen maker that makes pens that can be easily taken apart without requiring the customer to buy expensive parts and will show us how to hack the pen to use in different ways. I'm sick of all the proprietary crap. I bought the Dover and new Valentine ink, and the pen is absolutely beautiful. I'm waiting for the ink to be delivered and will use the two together. I plan on buying the other new pens as well. Two question please, would you ever consider selling the "bad" ink labels as lithographs as you did a long time ago? I would buy them all. Did Shahs Rose have two different labels before the catfish? Thank you so much for all that you do!
every time you drop a video it's a treasure - i love the history and the pen knowledge sharing. Hopefully I'll be able to do something and make a working pen with everything in my spare parts bin. Thank you Mr. T!
I haven't watched yet but wanted to tell you I hope you had a Merry Christmas and to have a fantastic New Year. I miss you Mr. Tardiff and Grinch is a beautiful ink and using it right now. I'm going to watch the video now!
Why was the beautiful and elegant Neponset video taken down?! The Film was charming and elegant. I guess that charm and elegance have no place in RUclipsia. Pity.
Only 6 minutes left in the video to watch, already longing for the next one. I love all the info you cram into a video. I love the longer format! I have missed you and your videos no matter what the length. Hope you had a very merry Christmas, and a healthy, happy, and prosperous new year.
This video inspired me to fix a nib creeper that's probably about 6 years old and the piston was stuck I disassembled the whole thing cleaned it up and put a touch of silicone grease on the threads of the piston and it works like new I really love how easy it is to keep noodlers pens alive even after abuse
I was Army, but flew into Frankfurt and in-processed into Germany through Ramstein back in 2004. Loved being stationed in Germany! I love the pen colorways and history lessons as always. That looks like some form of bandoleer - maybe shotgun shells? I seem to recall seeing the Battleship New Jersey channel post about some primer bandoleers for the 16 inch guns, though that seems unlikely to be the answer. I could also see those being the pen loops on a map case of some form, though in none of those guesses do the metal staples make sense. Also look about the right size to hold chemlights, although I don't know when those came into service.
@@InkNeedLastForever Definitely stumps me! Those loops look too small to hold much more than a pistol magazine, or maybe shotgun shells on the outside of a magazine carrier? Doesn't look like US style construction, at least from the web gear of that era I have seen. Combloc is my guess, but with no real confidence.
I'd love to see a video of how you go about making inks. Obviously I'm sure you have secret ingredients, but I'm fascinated to know your general design process. No one really talks about that aspect
They change all the time, most often a prototype being tested. Some of the pens shown have been used on a daily basis - easiest way to find problems and get them fixed before anyone else finds problems. ;-) Most of my writing is scribbling - just testing for flow, depth of line, etc....random drawings and scribbling. Things like: "Why was the computer always late for work? - It had a hard drive." or "Why couldn't the roll of toilet paper cross the road? - It got stuck in a crack."
Thanks for the amazing video! It was worth watching just to learn the soapy water test. I'm going to have to find a store that has ebonite feeds in stock, I need to experiment with comparing the stock fit, to a heat set nib and to a nib with a larger channel to see how each change affects performance, I only have the original feed for my Ahab, and I need to order spares in order to experiment. I was having trouble finding pliers that looked like the ones you showed. However, eventually I found some searching for "Concave/Convex Ring Bending Pliers,". Not sure if they are an exact match, but I'll order them and give them a try. BTW Someone gave me a bottle of Grinch Garnet for Christmas and it was the best present I got. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and recording your experiments for all of us to see!
If Cotton Butyrate is biodegradable why aren't all the grocery bags and drinking straws made from it? Even if it smells funny I'd rather drink from a Noodler's Drinking Straw than constantly peel my lips off a paper straw. Someone needs to test how long it takes a 0.1mm film of Cotton Butyrate to dissolve in the ocean.
It is not as inexpensive as the material currently used. There are many biodegradable options for grocery bags...but many are too costly...and some are not as easy to store in confined spaces/compact rolls...etc..
I've always liked it...smelled like a kind of laundry detergent. Whereas the current favorite plastic of purists...celluloid - smells like camphor - yet nobody remembers that when it was new that camphor smell could be very strong (early celluloid plastics were still slowly curing after they left pen factories....which is why some cap bands would slide out of their slots years later as the base celluloid shrank in size by a few microns).@@Julian-bq9qv
In 1953, American servicemen could get a Rolex watch for $150 (still costly, but not as costly as today because the dollar was then so strong), a custom tailored suit when on leave in London's Savile Row, custom leather dress shoes....and the finest wines and meals of the Azores (famous the world over for Madeira since colonial times, Ben Franklin's favorite wine) - in short....it was a very different world. The islands were also a paradise of resupply for the Yankee whalers of the 19th century.
Wonderful demonstrations Nathan. I applaud your foresight in designing such “hackable” pens. Brilliant!! I’m looking at my Noodler’s pen collection. I currently own, 7 Ahab pens, 6 Konrad pens, 4 Nib Creeper pens and I have 6 Charlie pens. I may have a problem. Edit: I know you’ve probably been asked before, but I don’t recall hearing the question answered. Is there any chance you’ll be selling the Charlie pen separately? I tend to give mine away when I meet an individual that is curious about my Charlie pen when I’m signing things or writing notes. I usually give them the pen, a couple sample vials of ink (if I have them) and a pipette (again, if I have it on me). I found someone on eBay selling Charlie pens for about $9.00 each with no shipping cost. I’m not sure how they are getting them. But they appear to be properly marked “Noodler’s” from what I can see. I would like to get more Charlie pens to give away without accumulating more bottles of ink than I can ever use.
I’d love to receive some ERO-Charlie nibs to experiment with! How do I go about receiving. Thanks for that and thanks for the informative video. BTW what is the piece of kit shown in the start of the video?
Nathan: received my Thule Konrad today. I see the 'NB' on the end, which you said stands for Non-biodegradable. This particular Konrad does not have the end cap I'm used to. Are we able to service these Konrads? I tried unscrewing the end to remove the piston unit, but it doesn't seem to want to come out.
Nathan, an update: I just realised now that Pure Pens sent me a Creaper Thule, instead of the Konrad I had ordered. Have sent them an email to hopefully rectify the error.
And, Nathan -- just in case you're reading this: Pure Pens sent me the Thule Konrad, and let me keep the Thule Nib Creaper, so got two Thule pens for their price of a Konrad alone.
Hello Nathan, I hope this comment finds you well and I hope you can help me. I've been trying to find out the properties of a few inks that aren't on the noodlersink website, I did contact them but they weren't...especially helpful. The inks in question are: 1. The Sun Never Sets 2. Victoria's Royal Mint 3. Britannia's Blue Waves 4. House Divided 5. Tiananmen I am trying to do an ink journal of all the Noodler's inks I own with a detail of their properties (bullet-proof, archival, fluorescent etc etc).
Nathan, have you ever considered making a “pocket sized” pen? I love your pens and use my ebonite Konrad and nib creaper on a daily basis. Something a little shorter would be awesome and work with more pockets. Glad to see you’re still uploading videos here and there😁
For those who want to carve crescent shaped cut outs on nibs, I’ve had much more luck with the long slitted Noodlers nibs. Haven’t seen any signs of cracking after years of use, it is probably highly dependent on how extreme you go with the cutouts.
I have a question, I own two Ahabs, on one of them I managed to bend out of shape the little plastic tube inside the converter. Do I need that for the pen to function or do I need to replace it? If replacement is needed cand someone tell me where to purchase parts?? Thanks in advance.
I had the opportunity to visit the Azores, although briefly, because it was the first stop on the East Coast rotator to Diego Garcia. (early 2014) Navy AC2 (AW)
Not sure, but they were sent out weeks ago. Somebody has got to have some...somewhere.. I do know that PurePens in the UK has had them since before the holidays - and I was recently told by them that the bi-colored ripple/black ebonite Dixie piston fill Konrad pens - several people that view this channel have repeatedly asked for - are actually still available for sale (they sold out years ago in most other locations). It was news to me, as I had the impression that the only way to make them again available was to manufacture more of them - and they were a limited production.
Yes, the Charlot, is FREE w/the 4 1/2 .oz bottle BUT your Friends at Pure Pens are selling them for $11 US. Is that why SOMETIMES the 4 1/2 bottle...does not come with a Carlie. That's a shame. Thank you for all you do.
I use Carbon Paper everyday! I keep it in the same drawer as I keep my Blotting Paper and spare Typewriter Ribbons. Of course though, I DO NOT keep the Corrasable Bond Paper in the same drawer! That would be NUTS!
Very informative, thank you for sharing the knowledge. It made me think of several comments/questions. 1. If the ink you were using (NI Black I think) were given an extra shot of surfactant (I use Triton or photoflo or “white lightning”, don’t know what “eel” compound NI uses) would it have enhanced the flow to start ? I thought maybe the vintage nibs had a patina of oil inhibiting flow?…, 2. Would you make a vid on acid etching nibs? Would Muriatic acid work? 3. Should FP enthusiasts start buying up ebonite feeds in view of their upcoming scarcity? 4. Have you seen the series of vids titles “Masters of the fountain pen”? There were originally 8 of them on RUclips. They are an AWESOME documentation of WW2 era Japanese pen craftsmen in the early 2000’s. Some have now passed. I will share links with anyone who asks on this comment feed. Final question: 5. Would you consider Ver.2 of the Ahab redesigned to post more deeply? No cap alteration, only barrel redesign? Happy new year sir.
This is wrong based on quick reading. Polished ebonite is hydrophobic. It is the machining which creates favorable capillary action. Plastics and surface treatments can in turn be controlled to preference. If a manufacturer's product is restrictive, it is probably by design to avoid leakage which would damage workplace acceptance of fountain pens and embarrass the user.
whats even the point of your comment? you call something wrong based upon you're on admitted 'quick reading'...? i really don't even know what you're trying to call wrong. nothing in the video description suggests to the contrary. really really weird comment.
@@Th3Arbiter666 Didn't I write that polished ebonite is hydrophobic? It's clear as fucking crows on snow that I'm contradicting the author's claims about ebonite.
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Nathan may drive some folks nuts but I find this fascinating and practical. This is all stuff from the days when pens weren't just things you dump ink in and write with. They were actually tools and you could do stuff with them. The things he can do with these dip pen nibs are things I would not have thought remotely possible! And I do miss the videos also. The critics aren't going to like him anyway, so go ahead and make a video. Easy for us to say, but if Nathan is still all there is of Noodler's, he already has all needs to do. Power on, Nathan.
everytime i watch a video of nathan, not only i see a man passionate about fountain pens, which has a value of its own, but more importantly, i see a man with critical thinking, the courage to conduct an experiment, deep knowledge of tools and in general a constantly-educated man. Someone who exists and thinks beyond the small world of fountain pens that makes us gather in this small "corner in the internet". He is a man i aspire to be, even though i am so different and would probably argue quite a lot. Its so exciting to me, that a -controlled leak-, that we call a fountain pen, can be so helpful in our everyday lives. Thank you, i use noodler's pens daily mostly for making art.
Nathan, thank you for the new pen material! I live in Phoenix and the cotton butyrate material dries the ink out so quickly in our dry desert air. I've had Zhivago in my Thule Creaper for a full month now and it appears to have almost zero evaporation. Fantastic! Please continue to make the airplane acrylic pens. They're beautiful and really great for those of us in dry climates. Also, your new Lucky Shamrock ink is a new favorite. Cheers!
Nathan, it is always great to see new videos from you. I'll have to watch this slowly over the course of a few days, but it will get watched. Hope you have a great 2024. I have filled many notebooks with Heart of Darkness, standard black and Legal Lapis (not to mention most of the semi-bulletproof inks) and I know I'll continue to do so in the new year.
I need more of this kind of video please. No pressure, just talking whatever you want and doodling for 3hour, I'll watch it.
Firstly, thanks for a long video. Secondly, thanks for any video.
Is this guy great or what?
the best- a true genius.
OK, Nathan - you got me. Picked up a Thule Konrad via Pure Pens. Very cool to see my large bottles in that snapshot. Watched the whole video, yet again. Thank you for doing another long one.
Nathan, you didn’t bore me at all. I have greatly profited from all your videos, but this may be the most interesting and informative of them all. Thank you so much for this video; I hope you do more.
so great to see news from you! Merry Christmas to you and yours, and may the coming year be good, for a change!
Doing handwork instead of using power tools is definitely Type 2 Fun. I hope you and yours had a peaceful holiday season. Here's to the new year!
Nathan, so glad to hear from you again! I’ve missed your videos so much. Love the long format and all of the information. God bless!
Genius mad scientist ... X Feather Blue is great. For those that love the bottle art and want to preserve it use wide clear packing tape. I found out after I smudged Winston. :(
Nathan, fantastic video! You know you are the only pen maker that makes pens that can be easily taken apart without requiring the customer to buy expensive parts and will show us how to hack the pen to use in different ways. I'm sick of all the proprietary crap. I bought the Dover and new Valentine ink, and the pen is absolutely beautiful. I'm waiting for the ink to be delivered and will use the two together. I plan on buying the other new pens as well. Two question please, would you ever consider selling the "bad" ink labels as lithographs as you did a long time ago? I would buy them all. Did Shahs Rose have two different labels before the catfish? Thank you so much for all that you do!
Thank you Nathan. Especially that part about the Korean War. My father was a veteran as well, and this video clicks all the boxes. Very informative.
Having purchased a Creeper already, I could not resist so I just ordered a Triple Tail for even more fun. Thanks for a top shelf product.
every time you drop a video it's a treasure - i love the history and the pen knowledge sharing. Hopefully I'll be able to do something and make a working pen with everything in my spare parts bin. Thank you Mr. T!
I haven't watched yet but wanted to tell you I hope you had a Merry Christmas and to have a fantastic New Year. I miss you Mr. Tardiff and Grinch is a beautiful ink and using it right now. I'm going to watch the video now!
I'm so happy I decided to go with the Ahab as my first fountain pen. It's been a steep learning curve, but I feel so bonded to my writing tool.
Thanks for releasing another video, and for producing X-Feather Black, my favorite black ink, hands down.
I always tune in when Nathan is teaching! Great video..thanks for sharing…Cheers from Nova Scotia. MikeR. ( Happy New Year! 🎉)
Why was the beautiful and elegant Neponset video taken down?! The Film was charming and elegant. I guess that charm and elegance have no place in RUclipsia. Pity.
Only 6 minutes left in the video to watch, already longing for the next one. I love all the info you cram into a video. I love the longer format! I have missed you and your videos no matter what the length. Hope you had a very merry Christmas, and a healthy, happy, and prosperous new year.
This video inspired me to fix a nib creeper that's probably about 6 years old and the piston was stuck I disassembled the whole thing cleaned it up and put a touch of silicone grease on the threads of the piston and it works like new I really love how easy it is to keep noodlers pens alive even after abuse
I was Army, but flew into Frankfurt and in-processed into Germany through Ramstein back in 2004. Loved being stationed in Germany! I love the pen colorways and history lessons as always.
That looks like some form of bandoleer - maybe shotgun shells? I seem to recall seeing the Battleship New Jersey channel post about some primer bandoleers for the 16 inch guns, though that seems unlikely to be the answer. I could also see those being the pen loops on a map case of some form, though in none of those guesses do the metal staples make sense. Also look about the right size to hold chemlights, although I don't know when those came into service.
An earlier commenter said a canvas ammo pouch....sort of correct - a magazine carrier....but which army in 1953??? ;-)
@@InkNeedLastForever Definitely stumps me! Those loops look too small to hold much more than a pistol magazine, or maybe shotgun shells on the outside of a magazine carrier? Doesn't look like US style construction, at least from the web gear of that era I have seen. Combloc is my guess, but with no real confidence.
If I remember correctly Chemlights started being issued in the late 70's early 80's.
@@InkNeedLastForever Only replying to get your attention to my latest post. PLEASE READ!!!
I'd love to see a video of how you go about making inks. Obviously I'm sure you have secret ingredients, but I'm fascinated to know your general design process. No one really talks about that aspect
Great to see you doing videos again. They're always informative and worth the watch. You've temped me to try some of this just for the fun of it.
Would you ever consider making a video about what pens you use on a daily basis and what you use them for?
They change all the time, most often a prototype being tested. Some of the pens shown have been used on a daily basis - easiest way to find problems and get them fixed before anyone else finds problems. ;-) Most of my writing is scribbling - just testing for flow, depth of line, etc....random drawings and scribbling. Things like: "Why was the computer always late for work? - It had a hard drive." or "Why couldn't the roll of toilet paper cross the road? - It got stuck in a crack."
This is so cool Nathan!!!
Love to see new videos on this channel noodler's ink is the best thanks for the information
Enjoying this video. Glad to see you again!
Is it a Medical kit bag I remember seeing something like this once
Hello @MissMarilynDarling! Always glad to see a fellow traveler from HJ's channel pop up!
Thanks for the amazing video! It was worth watching just to learn the soapy water test. I'm going to have to find a store that has ebonite feeds in stock, I need to experiment with comparing the stock fit, to a heat set nib and to a nib with a larger channel to see how each change affects performance, I only have the original feed for my Ahab, and I need to order spares in order to experiment.
I was having trouble finding pliers that looked like the ones you showed. However, eventually I found some searching for "Concave/Convex Ring Bending Pliers,". Not sure if they are an exact match, but I'll order them and give them a try.
BTW Someone gave me a bottle of Grinch Garnet for Christmas and it was the best present I got.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and recording your experiments for all of us to see!
Thank you! Your work is marvelous. Old nibs are bent down to control flex and flow too and let a hairline possible.
thanks for showing all of these, love, the long videos, too!
Maestro…. Great to see you… you’ve been really missed. 💎 💙
Will there be any new pens or nibs from noodler's in 2024?
If Cotton Butyrate is biodegradable why aren't all the grocery bags and drinking straws made from it?
Even if it smells funny I'd rather drink from a Noodler's Drinking Straw than constantly peel my lips off a paper straw.
Someone needs to test how long it takes a 0.1mm film of Cotton Butyrate to dissolve in the ocean.
I actually like that smell - it reminds me of something from my childhood but I don't remember what! Still like it, though!!
It is not as inexpensive as the material currently used. There are many biodegradable options for grocery bags...but many are too costly...and some are not as easy to store in confined spaces/compact rolls...etc..
I've always liked it...smelled like a kind of laundry detergent. Whereas the current favorite plastic of purists...celluloid - smells like camphor - yet nobody remembers that when it was new that camphor smell could be very strong (early celluloid plastics were still slowly curing after they left pen factories....which is why some cap bands would slide out of their slots years later as the base celluloid shrank in size by a few microns).@@Julian-bq9qv
Açores or in English Azores is a island that are part of my country Portugal. Is where the base of Lajes is used by the USAF.....
In 1953, American servicemen could get a Rolex watch for $150 (still costly, but not as costly as today because the dollar was then so strong), a custom tailored suit when on leave in London's Savile Row, custom leather dress shoes....and the finest wines and meals of the Azores (famous the world over for Madeira since colonial times, Ben Franklin's favorite wine) - in short....it was a very different world. The islands were also a paradise of resupply for the Yankee whalers of the 19th century.
Wonderful demonstrations Nathan. I applaud your foresight in designing such “hackable” pens. Brilliant!! I’m looking at my Noodler’s pen collection. I currently own, 7 Ahab pens, 6 Konrad pens, 4 Nib Creeper pens and I have 6 Charlie pens. I may have a problem.
Edit: I know you’ve probably been asked before, but I don’t recall hearing the question answered. Is there any chance you’ll be selling the Charlie pen separately? I tend to give mine away when I meet an individual that is curious about my Charlie pen when I’m signing things or writing notes. I usually give them the pen, a couple sample vials of ink (if I have them) and a pipette (again, if I have it on me). I found someone on eBay selling Charlie pens for about $9.00 each with no shipping cost. I’m not sure how they are getting them. But they appear to be properly marked “Noodler’s” from what I can see. I would like to get more Charlie pens to give away without accumulating more bottles of ink than I can ever use.
Is that a canvas ammunition pouch?
It carries containers of ammunition...hint - magazines of it... Is it: US army, UN forces, comblock, PLA, North or South Korea?
Given the color of it would guess Chinese/North Korean. 🤷♂️
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I’d love to receive some ERO-Charlie nibs to experiment with! How do I go about receiving. Thanks for that and thanks for the informative video. BTW what is the piece of kit shown in the start of the video?
I would like to purchase some in bulk as well.
Nathan: received my Thule Konrad today. I see the 'NB' on the end, which you said stands for Non-biodegradable. This particular Konrad does not have the end cap I'm used to. Are we able to service these Konrads? I tried unscrewing the end to remove the piston unit, but it doesn't seem to want to come out.
Nathan, an update: I just realised now that Pure Pens sent me a Creaper Thule, instead of the Konrad I had ordered. Have sent them an email to hopefully rectify the error.
And, Nathan -- just in case you're reading this: Pure Pens sent me the Thule Konrad, and let me keep the Thule Nib Creaper, so got two Thule pens for their price of a Konrad alone.
Wish I had a pen that would draw like that Ahab did with those flexible nibs.
Hello Nathan, I hope this comment finds you well and I hope you can help me.
I've been trying to find out the properties of a few inks that aren't on the noodlersink website, I did contact them but they weren't...especially helpful.
The inks in question are:
1. The Sun Never Sets
2. Victoria's Royal Mint
3. Britannia's Blue Waves
4. House Divided
5. Tiananmen
I am trying to do an ink journal of all the Noodler's inks I own with a detail of their properties (bullet-proof, archival, fluorescent etc etc).
Listening to this as I write using my newest Charlie pen and Polar Black ink.
Just went to pure pens and ordered 4 konrads....
I keep hitting the local antique shops and can never find pens, you beating me to them?
Nathan, have you ever considered making a “pocket sized” pen? I love your pens and use my ebonite Konrad and nib creaper on a daily basis. Something a little shorter would be awesome and work with more pockets. Glad to see you’re still uploading videos here and there😁
Try a Charlie.
I have a few. they are almost the exact same size as the creaper@@EarlHebert-c8w
For those who want to carve crescent shaped cut outs on nibs, I’ve had much more luck with the long slitted Noodlers nibs. Haven’t seen any signs of cracking after years of use, it is probably highly dependent on how extreme you go with the cutouts.
I have a question, I own two Ahabs, on one of them I managed to bend out of shape the little plastic tube inside the converter. Do I need that for the pen to function or do I need to replace it? If replacement is needed cand someone tell me where to purchase parts?? Thanks in advance.
Sometimes I like to make really generous lines and the ahab brush ain't enough so I use the ink as finger paint. Should I be worried?
I had the opportunity to visit the Azores, although briefly, because it was the first stop on the East Coast rotator to Diego Garcia. (early 2014) Navy AC2 (AW)
How are you Nathan? I miss you! I hope all is well.
Which retailers in the states carry the new pens? I can’t find them at the usual places.
Not sure, but they were sent out weeks ago. Somebody has got to have some...somewhere.. I do know that PurePens in the UK has had them since before the holidays - and I was recently told by them that the bi-colored ripple/black ebonite Dixie piston fill Konrad pens - several people that view this channel have repeatedly asked for - are actually still available for sale (they sold out years ago in most other locations). It was news to me, as I had the impression that the only way to make them again available was to manufacture more of them - and they were a limited production.
The Dixie Konrad is my favorite pen of all. I have four of them and if they're still in stock somewhere I may need to pick up another!
I have been looking for a Dixie Konrad for years and I have never been able to get my hands on one! @@monkpato
Yes, the Charlot, is FREE w/the 4 1/2 .oz bottle BUT your Friends at Pure Pens are selling them for $11 US. Is that why SOMETIMES the 4 1/2 bottle...does not come with a Carlie. That's a shame. Thank you for all you do.
I use Carbon Paper everyday! I keep it in the same drawer as I keep my Blotting Paper and spare Typewriter Ribbons. Of course though, I DO NOT keep the Corrasable Bond Paper in the same drawer! That would be NUTS!
Whatever happened to Baystate Cape Cod Cranberry ink in the 4.5 oz size?
One more thing you should make an ink and call it 1776, 1861, to go with the 1984!
Are the pens made in US too?
IIRC it's from India
@@NuryPPanaligan oh ok.
Very informative, thank you for sharing the knowledge. It made me think of several comments/questions. 1. If the ink you were using (NI Black I think) were given an extra shot of surfactant (I use Triton or photoflo or “white lightning”, don’t know what “eel” compound NI uses) would it have enhanced the flow to start ? I thought maybe the vintage nibs had a patina of oil inhibiting flow?…, 2. Would you make a vid on acid etching nibs? Would Muriatic acid work? 3. Should FP enthusiasts start buying up ebonite feeds in view of their upcoming scarcity? 4. Have you seen the series of vids titles “Masters of the fountain pen”? There were originally 8 of them on RUclips. They are an AWESOME documentation of WW2 era Japanese pen craftsmen in the early 2000’s. Some have now passed. I will share links with anyone who asks on this comment feed.
Final question: 5. Would you consider Ver.2 of the Ahab redesigned to post more deeply? No cap alteration, only barrel redesign? Happy new year sir.
Post the links please
😅Is it a hand grenade holster?
I are gonna make me buy a Azores Fountain Pen......
The thing holding the pens in the pictures looks like a medic's vial holder
This is wrong based on quick reading. Polished ebonite is hydrophobic. It is the machining which creates favorable capillary action. Plastics and surface treatments can in turn be controlled to preference. If a manufacturer's product is restrictive, it is probably by design to avoid leakage which would damage workplace acceptance of fountain pens and embarrass the user.
whats even the point of your comment? you call something wrong based upon you're on admitted 'quick reading'...? i really don't even know what you're trying to call wrong. nothing in the video description suggests to the contrary. really really weird comment.
@@Th3Arbiter666 Didn't I write that polished ebonite is hydrophobic? It's clear as fucking crows on snow that I'm contradicting the author's claims about ebonite.
1:01:03 and now for something completely different.