tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899208067192405909.post7969316290397488606..comments2024-01-12T05:14:51.534-08:00Comments on Pentulant: FOUND AROUND FRIDAY - Noodler's Fountain Pens EditionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899208067192405909.post-91749905403315999332014-11-19T05:12:20.261-08:002014-11-19T05:12:20.261-08:00I'll be happy to take the black and clear Konr...I'll be happy to take the black and clear Konrads off your hands! I enjoy tinkering with these pens!alejandro moraleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891036601312768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899208067192405909.post-20408621541358454292014-11-05T14:30:05.160-08:002014-11-05T14:30:05.160-08:00I hate them. I've got three ahabs, and none of...I hate them. I've got three ahabs, and none of them work. The material of the body is softer than the material of the converter, so the threads strip out. The nibs are crap. They look cool, but they're more frustration that they're worth. This whole "tinkering" defense is nonsense. It doesn't justify making pens that don't work most of the time. Mike Mattesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755258538798895260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899208067192405909.post-90387489414568552502014-10-21T05:54:19.915-07:002014-10-21T05:54:19.915-07:00Thank you for all of your comments.
I know there...Thank you for all of your comments. <br /><br />I know there are people on Instagram saying that they felt like they were the only ones who were having trouble with these pens.<br /><br />As for me, I'm going to clean the ink out of these six and then make a decision about their future. Stay tuned!Christine Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10878840890609223876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899208067192405909.post-47041195011659140562014-10-17T20:34:27.636-07:002014-10-17T20:34:27.636-07:00I have a noodler's Ahab and at first it was no...I have a noodler's Ahab and at first it was not working... I cleaned the feed with soapy water with a toothbrush... For about 5 minutes... I put it back on and it writes very nice and wet... I also replaced the nib for a Goulet nib and it writes super smooth...Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510377202025965493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899208067192405909.post-63665430668092225192014-10-17T17:57:50.217-07:002014-10-17T17:57:50.217-07:00There will always be a special place in my heart f...There will always be a special place in my heart for the yellow nib creaper from Noodler's - because it was my first fountain pen, very carefully selected. I learned a lot about pens, and I put a lot of things in it that do not qualify as fountain pen ink. And it still works pretty reliably. But because the cap has a hole in it, anytime I let it sit for a few days, I know I need to put a drop of water on the feed to get it going again. It's the same with a teal creaper, and it was the same with a red creaper I had ... Until it started leaking ink out the back end. Eek! I determined that I needed to replace the piston seal, which is a little rubber o, but managed to bend it out of shape instead. Oops. I also have two flex creapers, which work well. And an Ahab, which is the wettest writer I have, even fitted with a 1.9 stub from Gouletpens. I guess my track record is pretty good, with five success stories and just one loss.chewytuliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05628883331466583916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899208067192405909.post-12951428122729030732014-10-17T10:23:15.029-07:002014-10-17T10:23:15.029-07:00Love lots of the Noodler's inks (find they are...Love lots of the Noodler's inks (find they are also inconsistent, but he has such a variety) but have had no luck with the pens. Bought three creepers. I can mange to get them to write but they will dry out within days. I mean all the ink is gone--evaporated. Might as well pour it down the sink. So I never use them and never tried any other varieties of his pens. So, I guess I can't say that's a fair test, only buying one kind of his pens. But I have many bottles of Noodler's inks--adore Apache Sunset and Navajo Turquoise the best. Oh, and Black for drawing ink!Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899208067192405909.post-47346821148543008212014-10-17T04:52:27.808-07:002014-10-17T04:52:27.808-07:00I love them and hate them. It depends on the day o...I love them and hate them. It depends on the day of the week . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899208067192405909.post-30898004031879172372014-10-17T03:56:57.920-07:002014-10-17T03:56:57.920-07:00I love this post. Not because yours pen didn't...I love this post. Not because yours pen didn't work, but in a way, because they didn't work. I bought an Ahab and a Creaper of my own. Did EVERYTHING I could think of to get them work. Nothing. Sent them to SBRE Brown. He got them writing but they couldn't flex AT ALL. I bought a Konrad and it works. So my personal score is 1/3. I've been gifted a Creaper and an Ahab, both of which work, but those don't count :) I've tinkered and I'm not afraid to tinker. I did learn a lot about fountain pens while tinkering though. And about making messes in sinks after eyedroppering Ahabs that don't work. GourmetPenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364756460697132074noreply@blogger.com