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Consult the Doctor Episode 11
With today:
00:35 What’s the purpose of the metal coil in some converters?
05:08 Special care and maintenance for permanent inks?
10:42 Do you dip the whole section or just the converter into the ink?
16:50 How do you clean and maintain ebonite? Should you wax it?
How Do I Select A Pen For A Review?
Let’s have another theoretical discussion.
Consult the Doctor Episode 9
00:40 What gives optimal line variation: flex or stubs?
04:31 How do you remove a nib and feed from an OMAS 360 Magnum
08:22 What to do about a loose section?
10:41 Conway Stewart Winston vs. Conway Stewart Churchill
Consult the Doctor Episode 8
Let’s answer some questions, with today: Greek roots, priming cartridge-converter pens, wet pen brands, and why psychologists like fountain pens.
What do I Look For in a Fountain Pen?
Let’s have a bit of a theoretical discussion.
Consult the Doctor Episode 7
Let’s answer some questions, with today: removing Visconti inner caps, pens that run dry after a few lines of writing, illegal celluloid and thoughts on cleaning Aurora piston-fillers.
Consult the Doctor Episode 6
Time stamps on YouTube. With today: why are finer nibs scratchy, wet ink vs. dry ink, good and affordable ultra-broad nibs, and why is a fountain pen called a fountain pen?
Consult the Doctor Episode 5
Time stamps can be found on YouTube. Today: thoughts on the Montblanc flex nib, modern vs. vintage flex nibs, swapping out Leonardo Grande nibs, and why does ink keep showing up in a cleaned pen?
Greatest of All Time 2020
Here is my annual list of favourite pens!
