Flex mod on a cheap $4 Serwex pen

I bought this pen with a flex nib just to practise my flex writing. I decided to mod the nib to create extra flex, but the feed could not keep up and it would railroad at the slightest spread of the tines. I channelled out the feed groove a lot, but still it railroads too easily, hence my quick and dirty writing sample shows no flex.

This pen and mod is a primer to an eventual Noodler's Konrad mod. I wanted to make sure I liked flex writing first and was able to perform a half decent mod to the nib and feed. Still, a work in progress to eliminate the railroading. So far, the flex is a bit more soft than the stock FPR flex nib.

It also gives me a chance to practise my italic calligraphy writing. Fast and sloppy no doubt. :(

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Your writing is very dashy indeed, I'm impressed. :)

As for the flow, some inks just don't like flex nibs, so maybe it would be worth trying something else before going any further.