In less than 10m you clearly explained - w/ comparisons I included in my notes using the letter "n"! - what I've spent literal HOURS searching for in YT Vidz. Brilliant!
Thank you for such a thorough tutorial. I appreciate the time you took to make this, and the fact you actually **speak** to instruct us. (So many have no audio…I cannot learn in that way!)
Good video, thanks! I was confused because I thought you had to hood the body of the pen in your hand at a 45 degree angle. But the nib at 45 degree makes so much more sense.
So many of my students make that same assumption about the 45 degrees before the come to me for lessons. It makes a big difference once you realise that’s it’s the nib angle that must sit at 45 degrees and not necessarily the pen itself
Do fountain pens write better when held at 45 degrees in the hand. I have a Mont Blanc EF that is less scratchy when the pen is tilted to 45 degrees. I just don’t find it comfortable writing at that angle and I can’t control it as well. I probably hold my pen at around 65 degrees.
@@jamesfahey7188 I think its best to keep the pen at an angle that suits your hand, and some pens work better at different angles to others. I do find in general that the EF nibs are quite scratchy (compared to an F), so I'd advise keeping the pen at the angle that suits you.
