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Wettest pens
I am feeling very frustrated because I have tried a number of fountain
pens and none of them are nearly wet enough for my taste. I find the Waterman Phileas and Laureat for example far too dry, as are a wide selection of cheap vintage pens I've got on ebay. I've always used Sheaffer cartridge pens, with a fine nib. I would buy 6 or 8 and tinker with the nibs until I found one that would gush out ink like a dip pen, the way I like. I know medium nibs are a little wetter, but I like fine nibs, and even the mediums I've tried seem much too dry to me. The rOtring Freeway was just as miserably dry as all the others I tried, but after flexxing the nib for a while it loosened up and gave me a nice river of ink. Unfortunately it only comes in a medium nib, which is not for me. I'm thinking of getting a rOtring Initial in a fine nib, and hoping I my be able to coax it into being a wet enough writer. Does anyone know of a really WET writing pen with a fine nib, so wet as a matter of course (not by accident or as a defect) that you would never want to use it? That would be my dream pen. Gregg |
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You may have wandered astray here. Any pen, F, M, or B, can be made to
write wet with a simple, properly-done tine adjustment. Disallowing damage and sprung nib, both QC problems or evidence of the pen being a repackaged/reshipped return, a pen from the factory is a wet (or dry) writer only insofar as its tine adjustment has made it so, with certain infrequent exceptions for engineering errors/peculiarities that may shrink the window of adjustability at the heavy-flow end. There's a 99% chance that every one of your dry writers suffers from tines closed at the tip, which is absolutely unacceptable in a nib that is not designed to flex with light-to-normal writing pressure -- and those nibs are nearly nonexistent today but were common several decades ago. Closed tips are one of the main scourges of modern fountain pens; they work against all writers except the heavy-handed ones. |
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QuarterHorseman wrote in message ...
You may have wandered astray here. Any pen, F, M, or B, can be made to write wet with a simple, properly-done tine adjustment. Disallowing damage and sprung nib, both QC problems or evidence of the pen being a repackaged/reshipped return, a pen from the factory is a wet (or dry) writer only insofar as its tine adjustment has made it so, with certain infrequent exceptions for engineering errors/peculiarities that may shrink the window of adjustability at the heavy-flow end. There's a 99% chance that every one of your dry writers suffers from tines closed at the tip, which is absolutely unacceptable in a nib that is not designed to flex with light-to-normal writing pressure -- and those nibs are nearly nonexistent today but were common several decades ago. Closed tips are one of the main scourges of modern fountain pens; they work against all writers except the heavy-handed ones. Yes, I seem to remember writing with one of my professor's Watermans years ago, and being surprised at how very wet it was. It dribbled ink all over the page. It was fascinating to play with. I have never found any modern pen like it. Perhaps they expect people nowadays to write with very absorbent, cheap paper, for which a dry writer might be acceptable. But I like nice, smooth, hard, ink resistant paper. There is nothing like a ribbon of ink on such paper. Personally I HAD to change to fountain pens. Ballpoints were wearing out my hands. I write for 3 or 4 hours a day and NEVER press down at all on the nib. If I did, I would pay for it with numb fingers the next morning. And while a computer is fine for chatting, for really creative work I have to use a pen. I am thinking that rather than waste more money on overpriced modern pens, I should find a skilled pen person such as scaupaug to adjust the nibs for me on some vintage pens. |
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"Mike G." writes:
I'm wondering, too, if the perception of 'dryness' in modern pens is made worse by the relative inflexibility of modern nibs. Especially in the case of 'loopy upstroke' cursive letters such as 'h' where a relatively inflexible nib (most modern pens) will give the appearance of 'dryness' simply because of their lack of flexibility in responding to the nuances of loopy upstrokes or downstrokes... You're loopy! ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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"Mike G." wrote in message et... This is true. However, I think the original point is valid. Actually, I think both points are valid. And I need a drink... I'm lupie and loopy. I've found lately that regardless of the nib sort or ink, I'm lifting the pen slightly off the page for those "loopy" bits. I dunno why i'm doing that but it makes my writing look a bit spidery even with a firm fine or medium nib. kcat lupus pages http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/ASLFAQ/ kcat pages http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/kcspages/ |
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 01:11:06 GMT, "KCat" wrote:
I've found lately that regardless of the nib sort or ink, I'm lifting the pen slightly off the page for those "loopy" bits. I dunno why i'm doing that but it makes my writing look a bit spidery even with a firm fine or medium nib. You obviously need a desk top that lifts to meet your pen. With an initial deposit of $ 5000 and the understanding this will be an open-ended project, I'd be glad to take a shot. I like to think of my lack of experience in ever doing anything like it to be 'open to all possible solutions'. Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on two wheels... |
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"Curtis L. Russell" wrote in message
... On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 01:11:06 GMT, "KCat" wrote: You obviously need a desk top that lifts to meet your pen. With an initial deposit of $ 5000 and the understanding this will be an open-ended project, I'd be glad to take a shot. I like to think of my lack of experience in ever doing anything like it to be 'open to all possible solutions'. Cute, Curtis. When I can afford an LE Pen, I'll consider an LE Desk top. :-) I have one of those lovely editor's desks from Levenger (well, from a wonderful friend who decided it was not getting enough use) and I try to do a lot of my snailing there. But the lift problem occurs when I'm being lazy and curled up in a recliner as cats have a tendency to do. For now, I'll hold off on the magical desk that keeps pace with my pen... But ya know, it sounds fascinating as a design project. Pointless perhaps - but fascinating. :-) |
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