Fountain Pen 101: Flex Nib Fountain Pens

by The Goulet Pen Company
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Fountain Pen 101: Flex Nib Fountain Pens

 

One of the most exciting things about fountain pens in recent years has been the rising popularity of flexible nibs What makes them appealing is that you can write with a varying amount of pressure to change your line width from a finer line to a broader one giving you a lot of expression and versatility in your writing But did you know that flex nibs have been around for decades How about the fact that there s a specific way you need to write with them to really get them to work properly As a retailer of flex nib fountain pens for the last several years we ve been asked a variety of really compelling questions about how they work and how to use them Compiling knowledge from the members of our Media and Customer Care teams online research and speaking with manufacturers in the industry over the last several years we ve put together this video to try to explain everything you need to know to get the basics of flex pen use down We hope you enjoy it PENS AND INKS FEATURED Noodlers Ahab Diamine Emerald 01 29 Nib Creaper Organic Studio Glycine 00 29 Neponset Pilot Irokosuki Shin kai 03 57 Konrad Organic Studio Alanine 00 00 Conklin Duragraph 1 1mm De Atramentis Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle 01 58 Omniflex Noodler s Apache Sunset 02 46 Pilot Falcon Diamine Wild Strawberry 04 24 Custom 912 De Atramentis Aubergine 04 26 Noodler s Heart of Darkness 00 51 Platinum PTL 5000A Platinum Classic Sepia Black 05 30 Pineider La Grande Bellezza Faber Castell Moss Green 05 30 Edison Nouveau Premiere w JoWo Nib Diamine Sapphire Blue 04 42 LAMY Joy 1 1mm De Atramentis Aubergine 02 34 Vintage Pens Waterman Diamine Ancient Copper 00 00 Mabie Todd Noodler s Black Swan in Australian Roses 03 40 Paper Rhodia No 18 10 13 Clairefontaine Classic Wirebound 10 14 Tomoe River Loose Sheets A4 10 15