Can One Make A Feed Less "wet"?

[Randal6393]

Since the cost is minimal, I acquired a handful of Wing Sung 3008 pens. While the flow is faster on some than others, I don't think any of them are "fire-house" wet. Adjusting the nibs is a very good way to tweak the ink flow. My pens have Lamy B -> Italic Fine, Lamy 1.1 mm nibs, and Wing Sung EF -> Italic Fine nibs. All seem to work well and I have tried a variety of inks in the pens.

 

Inks used are J.Herbin Perle Noire, J. Herbin 1670 Stormy Grey, Monteverde Purple Reign, Monteverde Ruby Red, and Noodler's Blue. All are excellent for everyday writing and can be tweaked to almost calligraphic levels.

 

The Wing Sung is a fun little bit of a rip-off. Uses the Lamy feed with plastic edges that hold the nib, as mentioned above. The piston filler looks a lot like the TWSBI 580 piston filler. Works much the same as well.

 

For an everyday carry pen that may get lost, stolen, or broken, the Wing Sung 3008 has my vote.

 

Enjoy,

[Karmachanic]

 

Inks used are J.Herbin Perle Noire, J. Herbin 1670 Stormy Grey, Monteverde Purple Reign, Monteverde Ruby Red, and Noodler's Blue. All are excellent for everyday writing and can be tweaked to almost calligraphic levels.

 

 

This is OT and is probably suited to a new thread, but here goes! How does one tweak ink? Particulary to "calligraphic levels."

 

Thanks!

[pajaro]

I have a pair of 3008s, and don't find either of them too wet. In fact, I had problems with one, because part of the feed slit was too narrow, and I had to open that section up to get reliable ink flow. I swapped one of them with a Lamy Safari nib, and found no real improvement so I swapped back again.

 

I usually adjust my nibs so that the tips of the tines just touch. That way, I get enough ink through to show shading, and the true colour of the ink. Nathan Tardif, OTOH, recommends that there should be a teensy, tiny gap in the tines all the way to the end. That will give you a richer line of ink on the page.

 

The feed will simply govern the maximum amount of ink that will be fed to the nib. The tine gap will control how much actually ends up on the paqe.

 

Thanks. This is very helpful and clear.