Ahab: How To Increase Ink Flow?

[BaronWulfraed]

I bought mine only two months ago. At least the same style reservoir in the Neponset didn't need work.

[NewPenMan]

yes, the ahab is still being made and sold.

[torstar]

yes, the ahab is still being made and sold.

 

hopefully with better quality control

 

i anoint you the FPN expert on Ahabs: "you have been chosen!!"

 

now I'm going to roll the dice on another Ahab.... (grumble grumbling grumblest)

 

edit: no way I'm rolling the dice if they want $29.50 CDN for it...

Edited November 28, 2018 by torstar

[NewPenMan]

there are way better Ahab wizards here...I think one is Randall? RandallC? who not only loves tinkering with Ahabs, but who I believe actually prefers it when they’re snarky..he truly relishes de-snarkifying them.

 

I’m more solidly in the camp of users who don’t want to fuss with pens other than proper hygiene, flushing, occasional smoothing. But for an Ahab or a Konrad, I’m willing to do a bit more because to me it’s an artist tool and back in olden tymes, artists did have to make their own artist tools...you didn’t have Dick Blick to run out to. you had a pen knife and a marsh full of reeds..maybe some horse hair if you were lucky...bird feathers and oak galls.

 

boy those were the days, uh?

[torstar]

there are way better Ahab wizards here...I think one is Randall? RandallC? who not only loves tinkering with Ahabs, but who I believe actually prefers it when they’re snarky..he truly relishes de-snarkifying them.

 

I’m more solidly in the camp of users who don’t want to fuss with pens other than proper hygiene, flushing, occasional smoothing. But for an Ahab or a Konrad, I’m willing to do a bit more because to me it’s an artist tool and back in olden tymes, artists did have to make their own artist tools...you didn’t have Dick Blick to run out to. you had a pen knife and a marsh full of reeds..maybe some horse hair if you were lucky...bird feathers and oak galls.

 

boy those were the days, uh?

 

 

it's okay if i (meaning well) appointed you, when there are others more worthy, which you have advised....

 

my days of tinkering are over, my pen better work just fine without having to accept defects

[bass1193]

But for an Ahab or a Konrad, Im willing to do a bit more because to me its an artist tool and back in olden tymes, artists did have to make their own artist tools...you didnt have Dick Blick to run out to. you had a pen knife and a marsh full of reeds..maybe some horse hair if you were lucky...bird feathers and oak galls.

 

boy those were the days, uh?

This is such a good thing to keep in mind! It is so easy to take our nigh-infinite modern conveniences for granted!

[NewPenMan]

it's okay if i (meaning well) appointed you, when there are others more worthy, which you have advised....

 

my days of tinkering are over, my pen better work just fine without having to accept defects

Thank you...I shall wear the mantle with pride and distinction!

Edited November 29, 2018 by NewPenMan

[dogpoet]

yes, the ahab is still being made and sold.

Don't you have trading standards boards in the 'States that could stop Tardiff from passing them off as a fountain pen with a flex nib?

I'm astonished he hasn't been sued out of business in a country as litigatious as yours.

[BaronWulfraed]

Provide a legally recognized definition of "flex nib". How much spread is mandated for any given down pressure (and at what angle must the pen be held when measuring both pressure and spread -- after all, some one using a near vertical hold is just going to mush the nib trying to spread it, while some one holding so flat the feed nearly touches the paper will have much more spread).

 

In the 70s, working at the Merchandise Pick-up desk at a Sears, we had a customer who'd bought a bicycle and paid to have it assembled. He complained that the bicycle was not the same color as the one on the show-room floor (the bicycle only came in one color per model/design).

 

They finally dragged the show-room copy out to show. Show-room used either "warm" or "daylight" fluorescent lights. Pick-up desk had industrial fluorescent lighting (heavy in green component). The difference in lighting made a big difference in how the bicycle looked. (And I once drove a red car -- that looked olive drab green/black under the lights at a 7-11, since the lights did not have a red component to reflect off the car).

Edited November 29, 2018 by BaronWulfraed

[NewPenMan]

Don't you have trading standards boards in the 'States that could stop Tardiff from passing them off as a fountain pen with a flex nib?

I'm astonished he hasn't been sued out of business in a country as litigatious as yours.

 

Do I mis-apprehend your issue?

Edited November 30, 2018 by NewPenMan

[dogpoet]

Do I mis-apprehend your issue?

 

No,you missed the winky that signified I wasn't entirely serious about it.

[NewPenMan]

 

No,you missed the winky that signified I wasn't entirely serious about it.

 

 

wow..you're right. I sure did. my bad!

[torstar]

 

No,you missed the winky that signified I wasn't entirely serious about it.

 

it's tough being the chosen one some times....