I am "trying" to learn to use a flex dip pen (nib).
The thing that I am having trouble with is how much (or little) to press down to make the pen flex.
I am holding the pen at a lower pen angle, so it flexes easier.
But being "gun shy" I do not want to press so much that the tines splay and I damage the pen.
Does anyone have any guidance on working up to the correct amount of downward pressure to use?
I have been using a Mark Ferth #4, but I got a few more flex pens and have a few on the way, that I will try out in the next week; Spencerian #1, Gillott 303 and 404, Esterbrook 128 and 357, Hunt 22 and 56, Nikko Z, and a few others that seem like they are flex pens, but I don't have any documentation that lists them as flex pens.
Thanks
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