axolotl66
April 24th, 2012, 07:00 AM
Hi all
In answer to the latest poll question: "What do you do when your brand-new pen has a nib that doesn't write well?" I said "I scowl in frustration and go back to a favorite pen." This isn't strictly true. What I actually do is keep perservering with the new pen trying to convince myself that it is actually alright, and that the scratchiness, poor flow, skipping or hard starting are just figments of my imagination and simply usual behaviour for that pen/nib/ink combination. When I finally give this up, then go back to my favourite pen, which now has flow issues due to being left inked for a while without use and which now feels somehow disappointing. This disappointment in turn leads me to buy another pen to cheer myself up and so the cycle starts anew...
I don't usually have work done on my nibs, but I have recently started to after the realisation that if I can have a nib made to write the way I want it to, then I should! So I get "new" pens that I know I like with nibs that do the job for me! How did I not see that before!!!
Graham
In answer to the latest poll question: "What do you do when your brand-new pen has a nib that doesn't write well?" I said "I scowl in frustration and go back to a favorite pen." This isn't strictly true. What I actually do is keep perservering with the new pen trying to convince myself that it is actually alright, and that the scratchiness, poor flow, skipping or hard starting are just figments of my imagination and simply usual behaviour for that pen/nib/ink combination. When I finally give this up, then go back to my favourite pen, which now has flow issues due to being left inked for a while without use and which now feels somehow disappointing. This disappointment in turn leads me to buy another pen to cheer myself up and so the cycle starts anew...
I don't usually have work done on my nibs, but I have recently started to after the realisation that if I can have a nib made to write the way I want it to, then I should! So I get "new" pens that I know I like with nibs that do the job for me! How did I not see that before!!!
Graham