Thread: Any Fountain Pen Users?

Glad to hear it Zip

I think once you get into the habit of Journaling you'll stick with it. I know you'll enjoy it mor with a fountain pen

Here is another great short video By Jake Weidmenn

I hope you penmen enjoy this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvSyQDu49pI

Aloha!

So yesterday I got some Waterman Fountain Pen Refills. Popped one cartridge in and must have "Squeezed" it by accident and a good blob of ink went all over my left hand. I ran to the bathroom and washed it immediately, but it sets instantly, as you gentlemen know. I scrubbed but it remained. Tried all the internet remedies. Even Tea Tree Oil since I have that handy for making my own aftershave. No good. Last night took a long shower scrubbing the hand with a brush and about 80 percent came off. This morning's cleanup and shave removed another 10 percent or so. Now it's just a shadow on the hand. Lesson learned! Just carefully pop in those cartridges.

I journaled this morning and the flow from the Waterman was not good. Great for a few words, then I had to shake the pen to start the flow again. I am not sure if perhaps there is an obstruction in the point or some other issue, possibly caused by that large discharge of ink yesterday. I'll disassemble the pen, clean it out, and try a new cartridge tomorrow. The Waterman is a bolder print fountain pen. I am going to try my Parker pens and see if these are finer point. If not, I will order a fine point pen for journaling. The Waterman (unless it is an ink flow problem) is much too bold.

I do have the rechargable carts on the Waterman and Parker available. I can always try an ink well and refill my own. This may be better than the cartridges.

I am enjoying journaling and using a fountain pen. I just have to get the pen(s) "Dialed-In" to work well. They have been sitting in a drawer for a very long time. And I probably did not clean them out after the last use many years ago.

-Zip

Sorry to hear that Zip. But we all make mistakes. I'd soak the Waterman too in a glss of water or rubbing alcohol. That should help dissolve anything that could be causing a flow issue.
If you decide to refill on the our own, may I suggest Noodlers inks.
They were suggested here and I really like that ink. Flows very smoothly and dries rather quickly

Write on my friend

Originally Posted by Dieseld

Sorry to hear that Zip. But we all make mistakes. I'd soak the Waterman too in a glss of water or rubbing alcohol. That should help dissolve anything that could be causing a flow issue.
If you decide to refill on the our own, may I suggest Noodlers ink
They were suggested here and I really like that ink. Flows very smoothly and dries rather quickly

Write on my friend

THANK YOU!

I will definitely try that ink. And I'll soak the Waterman. I don't think I've ever used the Parker fountain pen, so that should be good to go.

-Zip

Here's a link to the one I bought. Great company with very good service

https://www.gouletpens.com/noodlers-...n-ink/p/N19207

Originally Posted by Dieseld

Sorry to hear that Zip. But we all make mistakes. I'd soak the Waterman too in a glss of water or rubbing alcohol. That should help dissolve anything that could be causing a flow issue.
If you decide to refill on the our own, may I suggest Noodlers inks.
They were suggested here and I really like that ink. Flows very smoothly and dries rather quickly

Write on my friend

Noodler's ink and pens have quickly become favorites for me.

ZipZop - I bought a cheap-o calligraphy fountain pen from the art store yesterday to get me through until some replacement nibs came in, and it had a similar problem. If you haven't sorted your pen out by now, I suggest giving this series a shot:



There's 3 videos for how to adjust your ink flow, align your nibs, then polish them if need be. My art store pen stopped writing every few words and was scratchy on paper. I didn't buy anything special, just used a wood carving blade I had lying around to spread the nib, aligned it with the loupe I use for sharpening razors, then polished it with a Welsh Slate and my CrOx strop. Now it writes fine with no flow problems or scratchiness.

Been a few Zip, did you get your pen working?

And if you got the Noodlers ink, how do you like it?

Thanks Dave.

I soaked the nib and the whole front section of the pen in diluted alcohol for about six hours. Then I used a Q-Tip to clean out the parts I could get to. Seemed to work fine. All flows well now. But the Waterman I have is much too bold for my liking. I have a Parker that is fine point. I have put this into use and like it better in the long run. The ball ends of the nib (I hope I'm saying that right) of the Waterman are twice the size of the Parker, so the Waterman glides over the page easier, but the width of the ink is four times that of the Parker. I guess this is personal taste.

As far as Noodlers, I am not a good judge of ink because I have no experience, but it seems like a great ink to me. I would not be able to compare it to Waterman Ink because after I cleaned my pen, I put in Noodlers and just started journaling. So I have no "good flow" ink-to-ink comparison to go by. That being said, it flows great, covers well, and dries quickly on my journal page. Looks wonderful to me. Yes, I'm still journaling. My longhand script (Cursive) is coming along. At least I no longer have to pause and think.... "Now just HOW do I make a capital G?" That scared me when that happened. And I'm taking my time and trying to make it look like the script was generated by someone beyond the age of 13. As I posted a while back, my Cursive has always looked juvinile. I really am trying to up that game. Hopefully it will pay off. I had to write a thank you note to someone that sent me a Proraso gift tin a few weeks ago and it was nice to be able to write it longhand script on a note card with my fountain pen. I'm sure the person that sent it gets very few US mail thank you cards these days. Most people these days just email a thanks.

-Zip

Great!!!!

Glad to hear it worked out for you. And yes, line thickness is a personal choice. Like our razors and soaps
To me, the Noodlers ink flowed real well and glides across the paper. And yes it does dry quite well.

I am also glad to hear you are still journaling. It helps to get things on paper, and keeps the brain working. Your cursive will come along with time. Like anything else, the more we do it the better we get. Many of us "back in the day" didn't want to write in school. So our writing didn't look nice, as we didn't care about it. Now that you want to write and take your time and put effort into it I believe it will improve greatly.