A new flex fountain pen

[Blotbot]

This fellow is selling a flex fountain pen of his own design. Someone will have to buy one of these and see if it works...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/196543940/wooden-flex-fountain-pen?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_query=fountain+pen&ga_order=date_desc&ga_ship_to=US&ga_ref=auto1&ga_page=1&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

[Starlee]

Ooh...great find! It's a little pricey for me at the moment, but if I didn't have a wedding to pay for...I'd be jumping on this!

[Blotbot]

I am wondering how well it really works.  The feeds of fountain pens often can't keep up with the demand for ink from a flex nib resulting in "railroading". 

[schin]

The seller, Pierre is a penpal of mine and he is also a calligraphy enthusiast! I will direct him here to the flourish forum and he can tell us more about it. It certainly looks great though, love that lacquered wood finish!

[JanisTX]

I've written him an email through Etsy, as I'm definitely interested!  I travel a lot and it's too hard to dip nibs into jars of ink on planes!!  I'll let you know what his response is!

[Heebs]

It'd be nice if you could use one of the more elastic nibs on this but I'm assuming it has to be a chrome plated nibs (pretty much only G nibs) to prevent rusting. Still curious to see how these work.

[PrestoTenebroso]

Thanks for letting me know about this, Schin.

How does it work? It works like any regular fountain pen, it just has interchangeable sections to accommodate a handful of nibs I built around the unit. Please have a look at my Facebook page, more information is there. The website is on its way. I have more elastic nibs than the Zebra G, but those will be available later after more testing. G nibs suit the vast majority of occasional flex writers. If you're a calligrapher, however, I'll have other ones available soon, including stainless options, and the Leonardt Principal EF.

I don't check this forum very often, so if you have direct questions for me, please email me at DesiderataPens(AT)gmail(DOT)com.

Pierre

[Starlee]

Thanks Pierre. Totally stoked for your LP EF version! Great work! I'm following on FB now.

[SueL]

I like the idea of this very much - a fountain dip pen plus wood. All my favourite elements.

I'm wondering if the flow of the ink will match up with the flexing. I have an Ackerman Pump Pen but the pump on that isn't ideal. I gather this one should work like a Namiki Falcon? If so, I'm game.

[PrestoTenebroso]

I like the idea of this very much - a fountain dip pen plus wood. All my favourite elements.

I'm wondering if the flow of the ink will match up with the flexing. I have an Ackerman Pump Pen but the pump on that isn't ideal. I gather this one should work like a Namiki Falcon? If so, I'm game.

I don't know how a Namiki Falcon performs, but I'm pleased. There's a writing sample on my Facebook page.

[SueL]

Thanks Pierre. Will definitely keep an eye out on your etsy shop for other variations you'll be introduciong.

[Faeleia]

Go for it!

[Blotbot]

A review of this pen has just been posted on the Fountain Pen Forum:

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/273059-desiderata-flex-pen/

[PrestoTenebroso]

The company website should be up around the beginning of November.

[AmyNeub]

Can't wait, they look amazing.