1. Glass pens are specifically for clog and stain prone inks that don't play nice with fountain pens. If they clog up, you can just swish them in water or scrub them clean with a toothbrush if the ink is particularly stubborn. If you look at J. Herbin's inks, the dip pen inks are all the kind you would never use in a fountain pen. Things like white pigment and metallics. You can certainly use a glass pen for general writing, and many people do, but they're often used for art when a finer line is needed than can by made by a paint pen. Dip pens in general are used a lot in comics for inking with archival and water-resistant inks that might clog a fountain pen. You would never dunk a fountain pen in acetone, but you could certainly pop the nib off a dip pen and drop it in, and glass is fine with solvents too. 2. Paper bags work for polishing because of the silica content in the paper. For something like the cheap J. Herbin pen shown after the Rohrer und Klingner, start with sandpaper, finish with the bag. I'd check periodically with a loupe and use wet-dry sandpaper so you can keep any glass dust down with water.

me too, I thought that was really interesting. Wancher does some impressive stuff.

There are some very nice ones to be had. I have a visconti with a glass nib which I got on the second hand market. From the research I did its from the mid '90s. Uses std international cartridges or converter and writes amazing.

The trouble is that it is fairly expensive. Does not seem that complicated to make. You also have to wait a while for shipment from overseas to the US.

Water meters?

Were they not about $300 USD each, if I may say so?

Thanks...I figured it was that.

and it was upside down in the video XD

Yeah i was about to say that too it was upside down lol

He wants to make us all rounders

I’m ahead of the curve, just to test inks, lol!

The hustle man

RIGHT!!!! I just bought 4 of them!!!!

I used glass pens before I got into fountain pens. This review reminds me of how much I loved them. They’re wonderful, quick and easy! Just don’t drop it!

Samee price!! In fact it also looks more beautiful than every single one of those expensive ones in this video

do you remember what the title on amazon was? i’m looking for one and i was wondering which one you got haha

Em Few it was called the Yolaki glass pen.

Pres NEODESMO thanks!

I have family who works in the museum workshop...where they build the planes for the museum, and for other museums around the country.

@@FigbootonPens Neat. I got to visit there once. Maybe not the same now but it was a hangar on the east side of Gillespie Field at the time.

OMG that sounds so freakin amazing, eh, you do mean a titanium model like the glass pen?

@@Pebblesmas hi, it’s a 3D printed holder with a fountain pen feed and large titanium fountain pen nib attached. It holds a lot of ink in every dip. I did end up getting one!

@@TheRealSk8rcruz wow thx for replying and have fun with it. Would be cool if it would ne one like the glass pen too 😂

Gowri Warrier it’s a fine and still writes very nicely. It needs a wet ink.

That is interesting. Have not thought about onion skin paper in a long time! :)

@@c.catlover4080 Yup. It's so smooth, effortless, it just floats, like a boat sailing on fountain pen ink, it's so relaxing, the ghosting is tolerable w/ medium, though photo paper is the ultimate best (but way more expensive to make as a fountain pen notebook):-) Onion skin is a bit hard to get but it's 2nd best.

@@c.catlover4080 I highly recommend pouring a a few drops of oil (baby oil is that's availble) into the ink cartridge if it's cartridge (using a syringe, or pour an amount on a graduated cup or container and pour the drops of oil there) if one is not an ink purist, coz' the nib is metal, this helps lubricate it but ask first if if this is safe for feeds like Ebonite. This technique is used in technical pen community by draftsmen.

Which brand?

I was just thinking how it needs to be a font. :)

You don't want to press too hard...but they are very firm. There is no give in them at all. Think of it more like writing with a pencil rather than a pen.

Figboot on Pens Loved the Wancher dip in glass pen that came in the wooden pencil box but had trouble finding it on their website. Do you have the Japanese name. Only able to find the Dream Pens.

There's a link to the Kunisaki pens in the notes below the video... kzfaq.info?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wancherpen.com%2Fcollections%2Fkunisaki-glass-pen&v=uK-Mz-EFrwk&redir_token=7V2eMnuutoXt8a4o4e-orD7HTXR8MTU3ODY2MDE0OEAxNTc4NTczNzQ4&event=video_description

Jason I make glass beads. I’m guessing they use borosilicate glass, a hard glass, so you’d need a significant torch temperature to melt the end, and definitely some experience in glass to melt just the tip and not the entire nib.

They are only something I use in specific cases...not a regular use item for me either. But a useful tool to have.

@@FigbootonPens Wonder why the vintage ones (with a convertor or filling system) are so popular, though. Recently tried to buy one on Ebay and it was swiped from me at the last minute. I hate that. :(

On the pen with the black handle, it was more like it was chipped. Through normal use, I haven't experienced glass nibs wearing down. I don't believe it's something you need to worry about.

@@FigbootonPens The only wear that glass nibs experience is sanding to get rid of chipping on the very tip.

I tuned mine using wet and dry. Micro mesh is just to fine to for the super hard glass. Instead of figure of 8, I pulled it in a straight line rotating the pen at all times to prevent a flat. I also only did this at a steep angle. In affected creating a dome on the end.

Its glass- and therefore subject to the law of thermal expansion. If subjected to temperature change too quickly, Glass will spontaneously break on it's own. Its the same line of reasoning as to why its a bad idea to put cold water in a heated coffee pot, or why its a bad idea to put an empty coffee pot on a hot plate.

@@Harlem55 yeah, except it was summer and in its case.

@@pjfsr7024 It doesn't take a lot to do it to a glass pen which is relatively thin glass compared to most uses of glass. It's also not necessarily heat itself that will do it, but rather "change" that happens too fast, rather it be from "hot to cold" or "cold to hot" - so the good ol' AC could have been the offender.

There's a link to the Kunisaki pens in the notes below the video... kzfaq.info?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wancherpen.com%2Fcollections%2Fkunisaki-glass-pen&v=uK-Mz-EFrwk&redir_token=7V2eMnuutoXt8a4o4e-orD7HTXR8MTU3ODY2MDE0OEAxNTc4NTczNzQ4&event=video_description