Noodler's Ink Piston Fill Pen Review

[jniforat]

alright, now i'm getting one.

[doodlebug]

Does this pen have any less nib creep? Asks the girl with the Legal Lapis green fingers (courtesy of my Lamy Vista).

[Jimmy James]

Does this pen have any less nib creep? Asks the girl with the Legal Lapis green fingers (courtesy of my Lamy Vista).

I haven't stuck Legal Lapis in either of mine, but both have seen creep with other bulletproof/laserproof inks and even with PR Tanzanite.

 

A black-nibbed Lamy or a Platinum Preppy would be the best pens I could suggest for abating nib creep. I think there is also a Wality model with a black-coated nib.

[Ink Stained Wretch]

I wish I were able to order bulk quantities specifying this higher grade.

Why can't you?

[themax]

I ground the rough nib on the pen that I reviewed in this thread. I like the pen so much now that I think I may grind the nib on the black one that I also have which came with a nice, smooth nib.

 

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Edited July 18, 2010 by themax

[hari317]

I wish I were able to order bulk quantities specifying this higher grade.

Why can't you?

 

I just cannot afford to make the investment required to satisfy their Minimum order quantity requirement of 500Nos per model.

[yef13]

Hi everybody, I have recently bought a Noodler's standard flex piston filler. I washed it, got the feed deep to have a lot of flow. Nevertheless, I still need to apply more pressure than I'm used to or even getting a hairline. Is it normal? Also the nib is always stained with ink. Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot

[yef13]

Here's a pic

 

Edited June 5, 2014 by yef13

[WaskiSquirrel]

Hi everybody, I have recently bought a Noodler's standard flex piston filler. I washed it, got the feed deep to have a lot of flow. Nevertheless, I still need to apply more pressure than I'm used to or even getting a hairline. Is it normal? Also the nib is always stained with ink. Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot

 

I'll admit that this isn't my favorite model. However, I find that they write fine. I just don't like the size of the pen.

 

The ink on the nib is a function of the ink itself. Some inks do this, others do not. It's nib creep. I find it interesting that a particular ink may creep on one type of pen and not on another. I'm not bothered by this, but if you are, the only solution is to try a different ink in the pen.

 

The other problem is more difficult. I have one standard flex piston filler and it had the problem you described. I played with two things and got results. One was heat setting the feed. This actually helped a lot. However, the other thing that helped a lot was watching the nib and feed placement. The channel in the feed has to be lined up with the slit in the nib. Look at the channel itself, not the back of the feed. I have one pen (a Konrad) where I have to keep the feed slightly turned to line up the channel and slit. Another thing to play with is the relative placement of the feed and the nib. I know that I have less nib showing than you do.

 

The fun (and, to some people, annoyance) of a Noodler's pen is that they are designed to be played with. All those things I just described really helped me understand my other pens and why they act the way they do. I just wish I could fix a few of them as easily as I can a Noodler's pen.

[Oldtimer]

got this pen today and it worked from the start very smoothly, like a charm - and has a bit of a flex in it. It is lapis color and was advertised as "flex". Very well manufactured and balanced. I cannot find fault with the look,but would welcome a gold nib for it. For the female hands, very thin like mine, its the perfect fit. For such a price ($15 now) I think it's a very good daily work pen.

Edited July 25, 2014 by Oldtimer

[tinysnail]

got this pen today and it worked from the start very smoothly, like a charm - and has a bit of a flex in it. It is lapis color and was advertised as "flex". Very well manufactured and balanced. I cannot find fault with the look,but would welcome a gold nib for it. For the female hands, very thin like mine, its the perfect fit. For such a price ($15 now) I think it's a very good daily work pen.

I think I have the exact same model as yours, down to the colour! I got it on Monday and it has quickly become my favourite pen (compared to my Pilot V-Pens, Pilot Metropolitan, and LAMY Safari), mostly because it's the finest nib I have currently. Playing around with the flex is very fun, too. The thinness of the pen is a HUGE plus for me as well.

[doggonecarl]

Of the three Noodlers pens I have (this one, a Konrad, and an Ahab) the Standard Flex pen worked the best out of the box. But I still replaced the nib with a #2 Smoothline medium stub from a Conway Stewart school pen and it writes wonderfully!