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For questions regarding the use and maintenance of pens. You can ask after techniques, corrections, the combination with other materials, calligraphy, and more.
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How to reduce ink flow of Pilot Parallel Pen?
With most fountain pens, adjusting the rate of inkflow usually comes down to adjusting the fit of the feed (the plastic piece that lies against the nib) to the nib. … But some modern pens may have the feed/nib secured (glued) to the section in some way, so you might risk breaking it. …
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How do I separate the barrel from my fountain pen when it's stuck from dried ink?
With vintage fountain pens, the section has been glued to the barrel with resin. … The glass-nibbed Japanese celluloid pens (e.g., Spors) can even combust. Please don't ask me how I know that. [facepalm].
The nib and feed may be stuck in the section due to dried ink. …
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Gold nibs vs steel nibs in fountain pens - Does it really matter?
Nibs are usually tipped with a harder substance (iridium was common on vintage pens), to make them harder wearing, and polished to make them write smoothly. … The main reason for the usage of gold and platinum in nibs used to be corrosion-resistance, but is pretty much as you suspected, for the "office jewellery" factor on modern pens. …
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Replenish the ink of a fountain pen by dipping
Most fountain pens require some mechanical means of sucking up the ink; typically a squeeze mechanism of some kind which can exchange air for liquid. … Most modern cartridge-fill pens are tip-fill, where you only need to partially submerge the nib in ink to fill, but most vintage pens are not (Sheaffer snorkels, which have retractable ink-intake tubes …
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