Pilot Parallel Pen 101: Use, Care, and Hacks

I'm covering everything Parallel: using the pen, caring for it and a variety of hacks--some you may have heard of and others, maybe not so much!

00:00 - Intro
00:55 - The Parallel
01:53 - Care
02:40 - Reassembling
03:41 - Gradient Writing (ombre)
04:37 - Using Puddles
06:45 - Modding for Looks
07:57 - Jake Rainis
09:26 - Scroll Cut
10:22 - Folded Nib Cut
14:19 - Eyedropper
15:02 - Opus 88 Demonstrator
17:08 - Opus 88 Flow
19:50 - Tramol
22:09 - PenBBS355

Another great hack: the whole section of the Parallel can screw into pens from the London Pen Company, the Tailored Pen Company, Wet and Wise and Benu Euphoria! Thanks to the IG account @Inks.and.Anchors

And yet another interesting hack: IG account @wwdotink adds a truncated "hat" on the top of the Parallel feed made from a Pilot cartridge to use in his Moonman M2. Check out his pics: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPravrTDu...

WEBSITES in order of appearance:

Red Dragon: IG @reddragonpenco for parallel nibs in pens

Nikola Pang: https://entropy.ink/ and IG @entropyink for scroll parallels

Jake Rainis: https://jakerainis.com/about/
Page for Parallels: https://jakerainis.com/blog/pilot-par...
Video for hacks:    • Parallel Pen Modification Tutorial  
IG: @jakerainis

Drewscape blog: https://drewscape.blogspot.com/search...

Eileen Goldenberg: https://www.goldenbergdesigns.com/ for classes using fountain pens for sketching. IG @eileenpg

JP's Pen Spa and Nibworks (Pen Doctor): IG @jppenspanibworks Facebook:   / pendoctor   for architect grind on the parallel and other nib work!

Pencil Case Blog (on the Opus 88 Flow): https://www.pencilcaseblog.com/2020/0...

Moonman pics: IG Katlynsnest

Toronto Pen Company also sells the curved Paralell: https://torontopencompany.com/index.html