I thought this post would be fun to show some flex while listing a few of the pen brands. My favorite happens to be Waterman, because my first vintage pen was a red ripple Waterman 52V with a F-BBB wet noodle flex nib. I’m still crazy about it. I later added a few Mabie Todds (Swan, Swallow, Blackbird), a Wahl-Eversharp (Skyline, Doric), Pelikan (400NN x 2), Montblanc (220, 22, 344), and in the Waterman range: 52V, …
It’s interesting to compare vintage flex nibs to modern flex nibs. My preferred, unmodified modern flexible nib is the OMAS extra flessible nib (in this case, an extra-fine). The OMAS nib is a 14KT gold nib, just like the nib on the Waterman 94 I compared it with in the writing sample below. The vintage nib felt softer, bounced back faster, had better feedback (i.e., it let me know when I was pushing it far enough), and …
Why not have some hand written posts? Some posts will be hand written using vintage pens with mostly flexible nibs because that’s the best part of gopens.com, isn’t it? Aside from producing line variation and offering softer, expressive writing experiences, you can use flexible nibs for calligraphy. I have certainly not produced anything in the way of calligraphy here, merely attempts at it. It’s a lot of fun and it’s something to work on. I really …
Hello again! I hope you have had a chance to check out the new blog here on GoPens. Gary and Myrna are currently expanding the GoPens community to try and help more vintage pens find their perfect homes. You can now find GoPens on Facebook, so if you’re a Facebooker, please head on over and give GoPens a like! What is your favorite vintage pen? Is there a vintage pen you’re looking for? Leave a …
Hello there fountain pen lovers, vintage fans, and anyone else who may have stumbled here! Welcome to the brand new GoPens blog. This blog will be written primarily by Azizah Asgarali (you may recognize me as Gourmet Pens), thanks to the kindness of Gary and Myrna. We met in The Netherlands and hit it off (I even took home one of Gary’s Watermans with me – it’s magical!) If you haven’t already visited gopens.com, do check it …
