Really?? I have 5 or 6 kaweco sports all with B or BB nibs and they are pretty wet.

@@HandmadebyLorelei Yea, Kaweco nibs are famous for their inconsistency. But, they are an easy fix. EF/ F nibs seem to be the biggest culprits. I prefer the M and the Stub nibs. The former I've had to adjust the tines in all of them because they are much too close together. Same with the stub nib, I even took an exacto to it to slightly widen the channel for an even wetter flow. Now all are perfect. My Broad nib worked perfectly out of the box.

It's not only Kaweco.

@@Bazerkly i didn’t say that it was. It’s a good thing to know if you are a fountain pen owner, period. This is a great tip for those of us that like wetter writers across the board. Typically, EF/ F/ M Kaweco pens are drier writers. One thing I’d hate to do is imply that this is a rampant problem. I’ve seen people take a pen that has drier attributes and immediately treat it as a glitch, not the character of that pen. Research that pen and see what to expect and you’d be surprised how much you’d learn about it before you plunk down a dollar. I’ve been collecting fountain pens since 2014 and I can count how many times I’ve had to make adjustments to my pens on both hands.

3 Kaweco Sports, strangely the M nib needed the most work!

Exactly what I do. My first 'real' fountain pen was a vac700r and watched a video produced by TWSBI of the nib adjuster people that had special pliers that manipulated the nibs. If you go too far, just bend it back :)

The one problem you can sometimes encounter with that approach is that you can lift the tines off of the tip of the feed and end up with your tines floating slightly above it, which may create its own ink flow issues. Getting them back down and touching the feed can be a bit more difficult than bending them up, because you'll have to take the nib off the feed to do it properly.

Unfortunate name though. I’ve never had a decent Parker pen.

I think Parker's a he.

@@MrPeterpat Well, apologies for misgendering, if I have. I adore Parker and their attention-seeking ways whatever.

Goulet pens sells the size brass sheets she’s using.. packaged in the same small zip bag :)

@@Winterz54321 thanks 😊 but I live in Europe 🇪🇺 so goulet pens is not an option 😥

Thank you!

I feel like every nib needs tuning as each person writes different and no pen will work the same for everyone

Goblet pens has it. You can also use a spark plug gap gauge and use the .005 or .006

These appear to be from Goulet Pens, which are .002"

Goulet Pens sells them.

I bought a set of feeler gages at the local hardware store for a few bucks. You can pull it apart, clean up any oil residue and use these to floss and slightly widen the gap in the tines. It’s been working like a charm.

@@carloswilson977 I just purchased these and now have to clean off the oil before using them. I got the feeler gauges based on a tip from a highly regarded vintage pen restorer. But now I've seen other comments indicating that these can scratch the surfaces of the nib inside the tines, and that only brass should be used. So...I'm confused. I do know they should not be used on gold nibs because gold is softer than steel.

@@marilyngardner4269 Hi Marilyn, I should have added my personal rules when tinkering with my pens. If the pen has a gold nib or is above $100, I usually will not do major adjustements and will leave it to the pros. Maybe straighten out the tines a bit, but thats about it. If the pen has a steel nib or that can be replaced if things go wrong (i.e. TWSBI or Kaweco) and at a reasonable cost (my threshhold is around $30), then its game on... Also note that once the pens are tuned, they usually don't need any work unless they are dropped. Get or make a good pen flush to clean them out regularly, instead of flossing. In my expericnce, I have not had any issues using the feeler guages. You may want to pracitice on some Jinhao pens. A couple of options, (992, X750 or X450). They're really cheap, and are fully dissassembleable, with a #5 or #6 nib and only cost a $5-$10 each, and surprisingly they're actually not bad pens.

@@carloswilson977 Thanks for the clarification. I also make it a rule not to do anything with the gold nibs in my collection. I too leave those to the experts. I have had very good luck with the brass shims but would like to try a feeler gauge on one steel nib I have. The discouraging messages I saw about metal on metal might not make a difference in nib performance anyway. It sounded more like the metal on metal could damage the integrity of the steel. I'll probably try it once I get the oil off the feeler gauges. (I have also seen people use multiple brass shims stacked to get the same effect. Had I known the feeler gauges would be so oily, I would have tried that first.)

Seems to be working for everyone else? Is it working for you now?

I didn’t do it on purpose, I just thought of the name and liked it but I’m sure that could be subconsciously how my brain thought of the name lol

Ask my dog, Monteverde. (just kidding)