Drew, glad to see your back. It's nice to see Conklin and Monteverde working to improve their Omniflex nib. Hopefully they will keep working on it. Maybe some people want / except the Omniflex nib to go from a fine point to a stub nib. Maybe I'm wrong or over simplifying it. I would still consider myself a fairly newbie. Is there any pen company that makes a truly flexible nib that provides a high degree of line variation? Only item that would have made this video better would have been to do a writing comparison between the old and new Omniflex nibs.
The omniflex nib was never great, but the feed not being designed to keep up was always the root of the problem. The new nib looks nice, but we still have a feed problem!
@LaBeGa GSCt the nib looks great, but he says in the video that the feed won't keep up, then demonstrates the feed not keeping up. The result is a flex nib you can't actually flex.
@@mkompan there’s also some ebonite feeds that you can get from Fountain Pen Revolution not sure the exact price but last time I check I believe it was a less expensive then the ones you mentioned
Goulet Guys and Girls is it fair to say it’s more like a cheaper steel version of the quil nib on Pineider? Soft but not a great deal of line variation? And Drew it’s good to see you back.
I just got am Omniflex from JoWo on a Conklin pen. The thing is this: when I write normally, I apply a force of about 50 grams (I measured it with an electronic kitchen scale), either with a fountain pen or a mechanical pencil. With the Omniflex, in order to obtain a variation in line width I must apply a force of over 175 grams, which is A LOT.
So I got a new Conklin Endura Abalone with the Jowo omniflex. It's my first omniflex, and I'm not a fan. There's no flex at all - at least on my pen, even with a lot of pressure. I also get 'start skips' on the beginning of letters. I think I'm going to swap it out for a regular medium.
I love the Omniflex on my year-old Conklin pen (I draw with it, not too fast for the feed), and would have been curious to see the lines compared to those made with the Jowo.
Grief-a-plenty from the non-JoWo Conklin Omniflex nib (All American Courage). Thanks for this video. After finding a compatible ink, some nib tuning, I may just swap it for a replacement FPR nib.
I don’t suppose that there might be any way to get one of these JoWo flexible nibs onto a TWSBI 580? (I’ve yet to find a way to get a flexible nib onto my TWSBI 580-but I haven’t yet given up hope!)
I know this is 11 months old but maybe someone can answer if the nib can be removed from the Monteverde housing? I just want to brass shim my stub to make it a little wetter but don't want to damage the nib trying to remove it if it is affixed into the housing that screws into the section. Any assistance or knowledge on how or if I can is very welcome.
Hi I hope you are doing great. I have a problem with my twsbi go there is very little ink coming with upstrokes it is great with downstrokes please help
Extremely cool. Can i ask about that one comment in the video ? Why nobody makes flex nibs like they were in vintage pens designed for crazy caligraphy ? Is it some ancient lost knowledge ?
I *think* there is one company left that still has its old flex nib machines . I want to say aurora but I’m not sure. Anyway, they actually made some special edition flex nibs a couple years ago that might be closer to what u want...
Different types of materials. Those true ‘flex nibs’ in dip pens are the only ones that produce real hairliens and *swell*. Thats becausr they were made with flexi materials and were “disposible’ after some short duration of use. The *fountain pens* cant be used that way because nibs are expecgrd to stay and also because the feed cant keep up With how those nibs ‘flex’ and how their tines open all the way up to give those swells that you called *crazy*. If you are into That stuff then go dip pens. Just give it a go with a cheap nib-holder and you will know why The fountain pens cant habe those crazy flex nibs.
The companies assume most people don’t know how to use them and they don’t want the hassle of RMAs when the nibs get sprung. Basically the only way to get true flex is from vintage or dip pens.
Flex nibs never were about how much love variation the nib gave. It was and is about how easily it flexes. I'll never understand why people today are incapable of doing what their grandfather's could with less. Not only did they make great flexible steel nibs, but they also made feeds that could keep up with them. Today we are lucky to get today's pens to even write. Yesteryear steel nib is better than today's gold nibs. I'm guessing that's why these pen companies keep the same pen and just release them in different colors, because they are incapable of doing anything else.
Conklin nibs were terrible, anyway. That's why I stopped buying their pens. As for Jowo, I'll bite, but they really need to bring back their #8 gold nibs. They were springy & smooth, had an ebonite feed and no trouble keeping up with ink flow, and they were 18K to boot. If the feed can't keep up, I don't really see the need.
very cool but i can just take a minute and shout out how amazing that Horizon Blue looks. My favorite ink ever!
Drew, nice to hear your voice and to have some new posts from the team. Well done.
Drew, glad to see your back. It's nice to see Conklin and Monteverde working to improve their Omniflex nib. Hopefully they will keep working on it. Maybe some people want / except the Omniflex nib to go from a fine point to a stub nib. Maybe I'm wrong or over simplifying it.
I would still consider myself a fairly newbie. Is there any pen company that makes a truly flexible nib that provides a high degree of line variation?
Only item that would have made this video better would have been to do a writing comparison between the old and new Omniflex nibs.
The omniflex nib was never great, but the feed not being designed to keep up was always the root of the problem. The new nib looks nice, but we still have a feed problem!
You are correct! I do though think that the original omniflex nib was terrible; but the feed needs improvement too!
Agreed. It is quite useless to have better flex nib if the feeder can't keep the ink flow.
@LaBeGa GSCt the nib looks great, but he says in the video that the feed won't keep up, then demonstrates the feed not keeping up. The result is a flex nib you can't actually flex.
Since it's a #6 Jowo, you can get an ebonite feed from flexible nib factory (flexiblenib.com) that keeps up for 30$.
@@mkompan there’s also some ebonite feeds that you can get from Fountain Pen Revolution not sure the exact price but last time I check I believe it was a less expensive then the ones you mentioned
Ahhh Drew is back! Fantastic :) welcome back. I guess you could hack the feed for more ink flow?
Goulet Guys and Girls is it fair to say it’s more like a cheaper steel version of the quil nib on Pineider? Soft but not a great deal of line variation? And Drew it’s good to see you back.
Can we get a side by side of the old and the new being compared
Whoop Woo ... YAY! Drew’s back on UA-cam.
Will wait to see what Pen Boy Roy has to say about it. If he writes another tribute song, then we know it is golden.
I just got am Omniflex from JoWo on a Conklin pen. The thing is this: when I write normally, I apply a force of about 50 grams (I measured it with an electronic kitchen scale), either with a fountain pen or a mechanical pencil. With the Omniflex, in order to obtain a variation in line width I must apply a force of over 175 grams, which is A LOT.
So I got a new Conklin Endura Abalone with the Jowo omniflex. It's my first omniflex, and I'm not a fan. There's no flex at all - at least on my pen, even with a lot of pressure. I also get 'start skips' on the beginning of letters. I think I'm going to swap it out for a regular medium.
I love the Omniflex on my year-old Conklin pen (I draw with it, not too fast for the feed), and would have been curious to see the lines compared to those made with the Jowo.
Grief-a-plenty from the non-JoWo Conklin Omniflex nib (All American Courage). Thanks for this video. After finding a compatible ink, some nib tuning, I may just swap it for a replacement FPR nib.
This is the nib I've been waiting for! Now to find a pen to pair it with...
Is it compatible with the pens that came with the previous Omniflex version?
"Listen to the Nib"
How does this compare to the flex on the Noodlers Ahab? My Ahab has great line variation, but in this video it looks like the omniflex barely has any
I don’t suppose that there might be any way to get one of these JoWo flexible nibs onto a TWSBI 580? (I’ve yet to find a way to get a flexible nib onto my TWSBI 580-but I haven’t yet given up hope!)
I know this is 11 months old but maybe someone can answer if the nib can be removed from the Monteverde housing? I just want to brass shim my stub to make it a little wetter but don't want to damage the nib trying to remove it if it is affixed into the housing that screws into the section. Any assistance or knowledge on how or if I can is very welcome.
Hi I hope you are doing great.
I have a problem with my twsbi go there is very little ink coming with upstrokes it is great with downstrokes please help
So tldr, think of it as a soft nib more so than a flex nib? It makes the writing experience bouncier without offering some major line variation
Extremely cool. Can i ask about that one comment in the video ? Why nobody makes flex nibs like they were in vintage pens designed for crazy caligraphy ? Is it some ancient lost knowledge ?
Such a good question...
@Palash Person And.....Probably from gold.
I *think* there is one company left that still has its old flex nib machines . I want to say aurora but I’m not sure. Anyway, they actually made some special edition flex nibs a couple years ago that might be closer to what u want...
@@asimmons6936 can you give us the specific name of the company and maybe the pen your taking about ?? I’d really appreciate that
Different types of materials. Those true ‘flex nibs’ in dip pens are the only ones that produce real hairliens and *swell*. Thats becausr they were made with flexi materials and were “disposible’ after some short duration of use.
The *fountain pens* cant be used that way because nibs are expecgrd to stay and also because the feed cant keep up
With how those nibs ‘flex’ and how their tines open all the way up to give those swells that you called *crazy*.
If you are into
That stuff then go dip pens. Just give it a go with a cheap nib-holder and you will know why
The fountain pens cant habe those crazy flex nibs.
Jowo stub 1.1 stub nib is great as well!
Good information I hope the pen I just ordered last night has the new nib! If not do I now have a collectors nib?
How does it compare~
to the ultraflex✒
from Fountain pen Revolution🎃
0 downvotes, perfection, just as it should be.
Pretty!
Drew ♥
Is this size 5?
I wonder if this guy will kill off the Noodler's flex pens.
Nah, I don't think so. They're fairly different. Noodler's has many other things about their pens that make them unique -Brian
I know I can trust him because he has ink on his fingers
Why is it called “vintage flex”? Is the recipe gone, or something? Why aren’t modern pens made with vintage flex anymore?
The companies assume most people don’t know how to use them and they don’t want the hassle of RMAs when the nibs get sprung. Basically the only way to get true flex is from vintage or dip pens.
you said big fun D 🤔
Flex nibs never were about how much love variation the nib gave. It was and is about how easily it flexes. I'll never understand why people today are incapable of doing what their grandfather's could with less. Not only did they make great flexible steel nibs, but they also made feeds that could keep up with them. Today we are lucky to get today's pens to even write. Yesteryear steel nib is better than today's gold nibs. I'm guessing that's why these pen companies keep the same pen and just release them in different colors, because they are incapable of doing anything else.
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Conklin nibs were terrible, anyway. That's why I stopped buying their pens. As for Jowo, I'll bite, but they really need to bring back their #8 gold nibs. They were springy & smooth, had an ebonite feed and no trouble keeping up with ink flow, and they were 18K to boot. If the feed can't keep up, I don't really see the need.