Portable Dip Pen

[minddance]

I am in desperate need of turning all of my pens to 10/10 or even 15/10 wetness - That kind of lines that glisten on paper and beg not to dry.

 

I have tried widening the tines and and hacking feeds but still not getting there. Pelikan M1000 fine is quite close to what I want with the correct inks.

 

I am extremely sick of undersaturated inks like some of the lighter Diamines and Iroshizukus.

 

Any kind soul here please advise.

[ac12]

I question your desire to tune ALL your pens to be so WET. as it will take a LONG time to dry and become impractical for "normal" use.

 

Use a WET ink.

Saturated inks are by nature dry, this is because the heavy dye load makes the ink thicker.

 

A Pelikan with Waterman ink might do what you want.

Some of the Noodler's inks are very WET.

 

After this, you will have to send the pen to a nib meister/pen tech.

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

In concert with dear Member ac12, I reckon one should have array of pens with different flow (wetness) properties.

(On duty I use rather lean-running pens + dark dry inks, so that even when encountering naughty_word paper there's not too too much bleed- show-through, and the inks are sufficiently absorbent to make a legible line.)

 

Myself personally prefer to manipulate the ink rather than work on a pen's nib+feed. See https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/268124-inky-t-o-d-improving-ink-flow-make-a-dry-writing-ink-wetter-or-help-ignition-problems/?p=3016908

 

Kindly consider the inks with a high dye-load, which are in very very broad brand-wise terms Noodlers and Private Reserve. I like the PR DC SSBl, even though it is beyond tedious to clean-up. As such, when working with those inks, I suggest matching them with pens that are easy to cleanse, and can withstand a chemical clean-up if needed. Don't fall asleep at the wheel when using high dye-load inks - keep your pen/s full of fresh ink and never ever let them dry-out. (I do not want to see you posting in the Repair Forum!)

 

Bye,

S1

Edited October 22, 2017 by Sandy1