Edison Nouveau Premier Video Review - Hard Starter, Scratchy

[fabrimedeiros]

For a pen at this price point, I would expect a good writer at least. It's dry like a desert and pretty scratchy. The Pen Pixie, thanks for the review

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsizVNmRRE

[tony1000]

I am not sure what is going on with your pen. I never had that experience with my 2 Edisons (Collier and Edison Nouveau Premiere). I would suggest that you soak the nib and feed in some water with a drop of dishwashing liquid for a few minutes, dry it with a tissue and then fill it by dipping the nib and feed into the ink bottle. It is best to totally saturate the feed with ink before trying to write. 

[hardyb]

Send this video to Brian at Edison and he will give you all the assistance you could desire in correcting any problem. I own one of these and it is flawless.

 

email - brian@edisonpen.com

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Edited April 17, 2014 by hardyb

[bgray]

Feel free to reach out, and we'll make it right.

 

brian@edisonpen.com

[Wolverine1]

I get the impression that the person making that YouTube video knows very little about how pens work, or how one needs to get a pen ready to write. And, it is surprising that a FPN member would re-post such a video to FPN like it was a video which has credible info in it.

[Bill Wood]

Feel free to reach out, and we'll make it right.

 

brian@edisonpen.com

 

Fabri - check above. In the past I've had a little trouble with Palladium nibs, but the gold plate have been wonderful. This is a very easy thing to fix. Its a rarity among Edison's. You have the Spring pen from Goulet I think. Easy peesy fix from Brian or Goulet.

[av8r172]

I have to disagree that this is a good review. Syringe filling the converter does not allow the feed to saturate instantly. On Edison type feeds with lots of fins, the feed will store lots of ink, and as such, will take a long time to saturate (if gravity is doing the job). She definitely should have dipped-filled the pen for review purposes. Secondly, I don't care for the way she aggressively taps the nib on the table (on a pen that isn't hers). Shaking the pen like a thermometer in the air would have achieved better results, and would not have compromised the nib. I would not base this woman's experience as anything indicative of what the Edison experience should be like (based on hundreds of rave reviews). Also, if she tried the pen before the review, she may have realized that maybe this ink and this pen do not get along. Personally, I look forward to doing business with Brian Gray in the future, and think I will stick with Stephen Brown's reviews.

[proton007]

This afternoon the video was available, now it's 'private'. I wonder why. Too sensitive to criticism?

 

And I seriously doubt a hand tuned nib fails to start and writes scratchy. It's most probably a user issue.

Edited April 17, 2014 by proton007

[GouletPens]

The Pen Pixie has done a ton of great videos, and I can fully appreciate how frustrating it is when a pen doesn't work like you expect. There were starting issues pointed out in the video (now private on YouTube), but this isn't something that I've seen a lot with Edison pens. Brian Gray is awesome though, and stands behind all his work. So even if this pen has legit starting issues (which is very rare with Edison) Brian will make it right. What complicates the matter is that this pen was purchased used, so there is an unknown variable of what the previous own may have done to it. But later in the video she does get the pen writing well, once the nib was primed and flowing. In any case, Brian Gray and I both really stand behind products with our name on it, and we'll make it right one way or another.

[fabrimedeiros]

I have to disagree that this is a good review. Syringe filling the converter does not allow the feed to saturate instantly. On Edison type feeds with lots of fins, the feed will store lots of ink, and as such, will take a long time to saturate (if gravity is doing the job).

Sorry, this pen is a cartridge-converter. Syringe filling the converter works the same as a cartridge. This pen should work flawlessly out of the box. The Pen Pixie has great videos about inks and FPs, so her opinion counts.

[dneal]

Sorry, this pen is a cartridge-converter. Syringe filling the converter works the same as a cartridge. This pen should work flawlessly out of the box. The Pen Pixie has great videos about inks and FPs, so her opinion counts.

And when using a cartridge, one has to wait for the ink to work its way through the feed before it will write.

[Sallent]

That video made me cringe in terror. I saw it last evening.

 

1. Syringe filling a brand new converter pen and expecting the feed to be instantly saturated with ink, and for the pen to start writing, is naive.

 

2. Every time she tapped the nib hard on the paper, made me cry. That is the way you misalign the tines or bend the nib.

 

3. I've never seen someone make such an inky mess with a fountain pen.

 

She may be great with pens, and may have great reviews, but that day definitely wasn't her day. Everyone has an off day.

[av8r172]

Sorry, this pen is a cartridge-converter. Syringe filling the converter works the same as a cartridge. This pen should work flawlessly out of the box. The Pen Pixie has great videos about inks and FPs, so her opinion counts.

Ah you must read what I wrote. She should have not syringe fill for review purposes, given that she wished to write immediately. When you insert a cartridge, you must wait for a period while the nib is down to let gravity and capillary action to do its work. You can't expect this to happen in seconds.

 

That video made me cringe in terror. I saw it last evening.

1. Syringe filling a brand new converter pen and expecting the feed to be instantly saturated with ink, and for the pen to start writing, is naive.

2. Every time she tapped the nib hard on the paper, made me cry. That is the way you misalign the tines or bend the nib.

3. I've never seen someone make such an inky mess with a fountain pen.

She may be great with pens, and may have great reviews, but that day definitely wasn't her day. Everyone has an off day.

Completely agree

[fabrimedeiros]

Ah you must read what I wrote. She should have not syringe fill for review purposes, given that she wished to write immediately. When you insert a cartridge, you must wait for a period while the nib is down to let gravity and capillary action to do its work. You can't expect this to happen in seconds.

That video has almost 30 minutes. The pen is nib down and inked almost all the time. We need to wait more? That pen has some flow issues. It's not normal period.

[kvz]

That video has almost 30 minutes. The pen is nib down and inked almost all the time. We need to wait more? That pen has some flow issues. It's not normal period.

Is this your pen? Why do you keep defending her? I completely agree with the others...in THIS video, she did not treat the pen well, nor did she display a high level of knowledge about the pen.

[proton007]

That video has almost 30 minutes. The pen is nib down and inked almost all the time. We need to wait more? That pen has some flow issues. It's not normal period.

You might want to read up on how to get a cartridge going. There are many threads on FPN which show up on a simple google search, all of which advise wetting the nib and not mishandling the pen or converter.

[av8r172]

That video has almost 30 minutes. The pen is nib down and inked almost all the time. We need to wait more? That pen has some flow issues. It's not normal period.

Obviously because she kept writing, which was exhausting what little ink was in the feed at that instant. Not sure why you're singling me out specifically, as many others on this thread agree with me.

[fabrimedeiros]

In THIS video, she did not treat the pen well, nor did she display a high level of knowledge about the pen.

I agree she should not hit the paper like that. However there are some videos in which Mr. Brian Goulet do the same to prime the feed. Another point: do we need a high level of knowledge to use a c/c fountain pen?

[Blue_Moon]

I've seen other reviews by the Pen Pixie and she generally does a good job for someone of her level of experience. However, she clearly stated that the video was her "first impression" of a pen. Now I can see a major difference from the first impression of someone like SBREBrown and someone like the Pen Pixie who doesn't have a whole lot of experience, but who enjoys fountain pens. People do like her, including me, because she comes across as a very nice person with a pleasant personality. However, her experience with inking a pen is clearly lacking. She wasn't aware that the nib unit had to be fully saturated in order to write. Syringe filling a pen should not be done for a review, IMO. She continued to express frustration because so much ink was being used. Someone with more experience would have expected that. Although I like her, this video is dangerous because it impugns the reputation of two people who make their living with fountain pens, when the problem was clearly user error. People with little FP experience could see the video and choose to not do business with these two companies. I have no affiliation with either, and I don't own an Edison pen.

Edited April 18, 2014 by Blue_Moon

[Blue_Moon]

I would add, to her credit, she pulled her review from public viewing on YouTube. Rather than thinking it was because she couldn't take the criticism, until I hear otherwise, I choose to believe that she realized that the ink flow problem was user error, and she rightly pulled it.