Flex Nib Fountain Pens (Fountain Pen 101)

One of the most exciting things about fountain pens in recent years has been the rising popularity of flexible nibs. What makes them appealing is that you can write with a varying amount of pressure to change your line width from a finer line to a broader one, giving you a lot of expression and versatility in your writing. But did you know that flex nibs have been around for decades? How about the fact that there's a specific way you need to write with them to really get them to work properly?

As a retailer of flex nib fountain pens for the last several years, we've been asked a variety of really compelling questions about how they work and how to use them. Compiling knowledge from the members of our Media and Customer Care teams, online research, and speaking with manufacturers in the industry over the last several years, we've put together this video to try to explain everything you need to know to get the basics of flex pen use down. We hope you enjoy it!

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*PENS AND INKS FEATURED*

Noodler's:
Ahab - Diamine Emerald (01:29)
Nib Creaper - Organic Studio Glycine (00:29)
Neponset - Pilot Irokosuki Shin-kai (03:57)
Konrad - Organic Studio Alanine (00:00)

Conklin:
Duragraph 1.1mm- De Atramentis Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (01:58)
Omniflex - Noodler's Apache Sunset (02:46)

Pilot:
Falcon - Diamine Wild Strawberry (04:24)
Custom 912 - De Atramentis Aubergine (04:26) Noodler's Heart of Darkness (00:51)

Platinum:
PTL-5000A - Platinum Classic Sepia Black (05:30)

Pineider:
La Grande Bellezza - Faber-Castell Moss Green (05:30)

Edison:
Nouveau Premiere w/ JoWo Nib - Diamine Sapphire Blue (04:42)

LAMY:
Joy 1.1mm - De Atramentis Aubergine (02:34)

Vintage Pens:
Waterman Pink - Diamine Ancient Copper (00:00)
Mabie Todd - Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses (03:40)

Paper:
Rhodia No.18 (10:13)
Clairefontaine Classic Wirebound (10:14)
Tomoe River Loose Sheets A4 (10:15)

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