Pilot Falcon / Fa Pen With Added Flex

[Inky.Fingers]

Who have a Pilot Falcon/FA pen with added flex and increased ink flow mod?

 

Can you take a picture of the nib? Can you take a picture of the feed? What was the modifications specifically to the nib and feed that made it sing "Alelujah!"

[Mauricio]

I have owned several of these pens with different modifications and I was not pleased to write vintage flexible calligraphy with them. Ended up selling them all (at a fraction of what I had paid for) and giving them away. Those modifications made the nibs have a very "mushy" feel. All the heat applied grinding the nibs altered the factory original metal memory, their elasticity, and their responsiveness (ability of the tines to quickly return to the original position) was seriously compromised. The nibs also seemed very weak after all that nib grinding with certainly compromised the nibs from an structural standpoint. I do not think the should last that long if flexed hard. My main issue was that they still skipped a lot and had lots of bad starts. The gap in between the feed and the nib persisted despite the modifications. They only seemed to work well if you wrote very slowly, only applying little to modest pressure and with a very light hand.

 

I do not have pictures, but I am sure you can find some pictures of the nibs if you google them.

[Cryptos]

#_InkyFingers, seen these?

 

Link-1

 

Link-2

 

 

There was also a note somewhere to the effect that using a cartridge instead of the CON-70 seemed to solve some of the ink flow issues that were reported. I haven't tried this yet as I haven't experienced significant problems in this regard.

[Inky.Fingers]

@Mauricio Thank you for your views. Much appreciated.

 

@Empty_of_Clouds Thanks for the link. Not much of a flex user myself.

 

 

Just wanted to add ink flow, not flex.

[max dog]

Ive yet to see a vintage flex nib that has shoulders cut out to get more flex. That should be a good clue its not a good idea. It compromises the structural integrity of the nib leading to easy misalignment and all sorts of issues.

[Inky.Fingers]

Thank you. I just wanted to see the feed, how it was mod to get more ink flow. Thanks.

[Bo Bo Olson]

I'm going to have to dig out my 790 maxi-semi-flex EF and see if I can learn to write.

The last nib linked, would be what I think I could expect, or close.

Edited March 26, 2017 by Bo Bo Olson