Doc Brown reviews a pen I sent him

[KrazyIvan]

I was flattered when I received a PM from Dr. Brown today with a link to a review he did on a pen I sent him. It is of the Kaigelu 316 and it is ground to a stub. I must admit that maybe I ground it for writing at a slightly lower angle than he is used to based on his comments. It was basically a stab in the dark and not something I consulted him on beforehand. I just used comments he made in his videos and trying to see how he holds a pen in his videos. I still have lots to learn. It is nice to get a second opinion though. Up until now, there is only one other person that has tried one of my grinds and he said he liked it.

http://youtu.be/x_tdq4WQf8c

[manoeuver]

Great Scott!!

[ianmedium]

Excellent KI, I really love the line variation you have created by stubbing the nib, i am not sure you have lots to learn though as looking at the writing sample it looks remarkably like my vintage stub Duofold nib and higher praise I could not give. You obviously have a talent as a nibmeister sir!

[fountainpenkid]

Nice!

[Bogon07]

Well done KI. You've been perfecting you nib grinding skills for a while now. Another title to add to you signature.

[KrazyIvan]

Thank you. I don't consider myself a nibmiester. I think I need many more hours of practice before I could become comfortable with swinging the nibmiester bat around. How about Krazy grinding nibthusiast?

[writingrav]

Well done KI. I saw the video and it was great.

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[KrazyIvan]

Thank you writingrav.

[melissa59]

Oooh, how fun! Not only did he he say your name about 10 times he wrote it a couple times, too.

BTW ... I think it was REALLY cool of him to give you that wonderful note with his autograph. And I think it's totally way cool for you to send him that pen. I am constantly amazed at the generosity and thoughtfulness among fountain pen owners.

May THE FORCE be with you.

[Maja]

Nice job, KI!
I saw the video as soon as it was uploaded to YouTube (I subscribe to Stephen's channel). Too bad he wasn't able to get a good closeup of the writing sample, so we could see the line variation produced by your stubbed nib..... A few people commented on that afterwards, so I hope Stephen does a follow-up video on it ...

[KrazyIvan]

Thank you Maja. I still have my test pages from the grind somewhere here. I think.

[goldiesdad]

You stud you ... Congrats and from Mr. Brown himself ...

[KrazyIvan]

mmmmkay. Thank you?

[FP_GaF]

Strong the force is in this one...

Nice job KI.

[FP_GaF]

Or is it "the Flow"?

What is it that gives a Sith Lord Nibmeister the power???

[KrazyIvan]

It is both.

[Freddy]

Just saw the review as I am considering this pen for purchase. Beautifully done, KI.

[KrazyIvan]

Thank you Freddy. It is a good pen for simple grinds because of the way it comes out of the box. When I first saw the nib I thought it had been ground already because the top of the nib (out facing portion of the nib) was already flat albeit a little chunky. It gives an aesthetically pleasing look to the nib. It also helps guiding your top cut if that makes sense.

[caribbean_skye]

Heh KI, I haven't watched the video yet (watched about 12 of his vids yesterday so I'm a little Doc'd out) but I will say I was in the chat section on the FPGeeks Podcast when he said he'd received two pens, this one from you. I made a note of that one, I think I even asked you how to spell that and the next thing I know I'm bidding on one from eBay. Thanks KI, loving the pen!

[KrazyIvan]

That is nice to hear. What color did you get?