What Methods Do You Suggest For "Hard Starting" Pens? And What Is "Baby's Bottom"?

What Methods Do You Suggest For "Hard Starting" Pens? And What Is "Baby's Bottom"? - Q&A Slices

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What methods do you suggest for "hard starting" pens? And what exactly is "baby's bottom"? Can anything be done about it?
Could be a variety of factors, it’s always good to clean the pen first just to make sure it’s working right
inspection of the tines is always a good next step, see Goulet Loupe video for reference
baby’s bottom is when a nib is ground with the edges of the slit too rounded, which prohibits capillary action from drawing the ink down far enough to reach the paper
pen will write really smooth, but hard start and skip a lot
it can be smoothed out, a hit on micro mesh will pretty much take care of it, see my Micromesh video for my method
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@natmickan 5 жыл бұрын

I’d love if Brian did a “what to do when you first get a fountain pen” video. I’ve been piecing together info from tonnes of videos, but there doesn’t seem to be a video dedicated to the topic (by anyone, from what I can tell). Will probably spare a lot of newbies from some first time disappointment if things don’t go exactly to plan out of the box too. Good tip about cleaning it first; hopefully it does the trick for mine (or else it’s back to the drawing board to work out if it’s something I’m doing wrong)

@drewtorchia 5 жыл бұрын

I bought a Monteverde Regatta Sport Gunmetal and had real trouble and false starts on pulling top-down lines like in capital letters. First things first, too out the feed and nib and gave them a good wash and right away it is writing super nice. I have watched a ton of these videos and they really helped me get into the hobby and and just enjoy a more premium writing experience. Thanks

@DoctorF1984 2 жыл бұрын

The baby bottom i have it actually on two pilot nr. 5 14k medium nips. It sucks completly. They writing super smooth but needs pressure to start and after a minute of no writing the problems come again.

@victoriahopkins1270 5 жыл бұрын

came for the pen advice, stayed for the nyoot nyoot

@martingutierrez2430 5 жыл бұрын

I recently got an Al-Star and before seeing this video my pen would sometimes stop the ink flow so I cleaned it out and it worked

@forjazznjava 5 жыл бұрын

This. Video. Totally. Fixed. My. Pen. Damn he's good.

@MrAndrew1953 3 жыл бұрын

I use some Monteverde pen flush on the back of the feed from an eyedropper filler. Just a drop can work wonders.

@13noman1 5 жыл бұрын

I just have to ask, Brian: does one have to make the "tweaking sounds" when fixing the nib? Just want to be sure I'm doing it right :-)

@CECS1 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@chantaldowling4342 6 жыл бұрын

I just got a new Lamy Al Star and the darn thing skips on certain down strokes and on the curve of certain a’s and g’s so frustrating.

@Gouletpens 6 жыл бұрын

Did you flush it out before using? LAMY does test the nibs before shipping out, so there may be residual ink causing the flow problems. - Colin

@the-realized-network8312 4 ай бұрын

flush it, clean the feed, take it all apart. // then if its not writing yet, make sure the feed is even on the tines, and nib isnt slammed in there, /// otherwise, still no ink? dip it, and write until the two sections of ink connect. (what you dipped) and the converter/cartridge.

@archblossom7321 5 жыл бұрын

The tines on my Pilot Namiki Falcon are splayed a little and therefore is VERY wet. It literally puts down a puddle without any pressure. How can I fix the flexible tines? I used Brian's method but it had little to no impact to the nib.

@Gouletpens 5 жыл бұрын

Using a loupe could be helpful (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLdibMRiyNqZiHU.html ) but with a nib like that, a nibmeister might be your best bet. - Colin