TWSBI IRIS Vac 700-R Fill and Twist Tip! / Fountain Pen

My TWSBI Iris Vac 700-R is a beautiful pen. The rainbow detailing is stunning. The Iris was a gift from my kids. It has become a favorite pen, but when I first started using it, I was so disappointed because it kept "stopping" writing for no reason. None of my other pens do that! I'm used to pens that seem to "always write." Maybe I'm just lucky so far. The TWSBI Iris was a more expensive pen than others I use, and it didn't write consistently. Even worse, once it "stopped" writing, it seemed almost impossible to get it to write again. I was convinced I had a defective pen, and I was really disappointed.

I finally found a tip from Goulet Pens about the endcap, and that seems to have solved the problem. [Update - I am glad that many of you discovered this on your own or via the manual!]

I filled the pen in this video with Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-Budo. It's a bit darker than the magenta I want, but the Yama-Budo is beautiful in this pen, writes like a dream, and has become my standard pairing for the Iris. Samples shown on office paper and Tomoe River (Hobonichi Techo Weeks).

#TWSBI #fountainpen #fountainpentip #TWSBIiris #yamabudo

Music: Tenderness, courtesy of Bensound.com

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:55 Clean pen and ready to refill
3:09 Magenta talk and comparison of TWSBI Iris and Eco nib sizes
3:44 Fill the vac-fill pen
5:00 Sample of the Yama-Budo on office/copy paper
7:55 Sample on Tomoe River paper (Hobonichi)
8:50 The problem I had (but how pretty the pen is, too!)
11:08 Tip to improve your vac experience

Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-Budo ink: https://amzn.to/2QkZQqY
TWSBI Iris Vac 700-R - "rainbow" - hard to come by
Other TWSBI Vac 700-R: https://amzn.to/3ao9rVd
TWSBI Eco: https://amzn.to/3dWQMRc (comes in many colors and nibs)
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