In case no one else explains, the nob at the back is designed to cut the ink flow, which makes it safer to carry around, or if you take it on a flight wth differing atmospheric pressures. There is a smaller reservoir in the fore grip (can't recall the proper name) that you can fill and then close it off, or just leave it flat open if you need a lot of ink. Shut it off when not using it or it can get drippy. It's a beautiful pen, btw. As for flex, it takes a fair amount of pressure to spring a steel nib. Please don't worry about it.
My birthday tomorrow, I am turning 51. I swear time is speeding up. For all those with a list of dreams that you plan to do in the future - get on with it, now.
Yep. Don't waste your money partying or spending it on useless crap - that is money you will never see again. If you want a home of your own, allocate a percentage of your wages every week, without fail, to your savings.
Love your videos, Peter. Watching your coffee slurping, ramble-filled doodling is a great way to relax and has inspired me to get back into doodles of my own. Thank you for that.
Before I watched your videos I thought the way that I drew random lines and such was just something I did, cause everyone else would say I wasn’t really making art and etc. but I’ve been watching all your videos for the past week and you do exactly what I do and all your drawings are crazy awesome and it’d be awesome if I could show u some of my stuff too. But thanks for helping me know I’m not alone and teaching me a lot of unique useful material with all your videos. Thanks man
What Peter does is far more than our "doodling". Check perspective, proportion, shapes, etc. Far more to it than our random, or mine anyway. I shall speak for myself.
Peter, you seem so sincere and genuine. Plus your rambles make me smile. -havnt bought a fountain pen.. yet. I like this one, though. Keep up the good work!
After watching your last fountain pen video I spent over $50 on various cheap pens from aliexpress. Please don't give me ideas for more pens to buy. These fountain pen videos are addicting
@@palefox7212 Some good pens in that price range are the Lamy Safari/Al-Star (although not everyone likes the grip, me included), the Faber-Castell LOOM, the TWSBI Eco, and the Pilot Metropolitan
Peter I am stressed as all hell, this video was exactly what I needed. I love the way you talk and act, there’s something so relaxing about it. Thank you.
I don’t draw as much as I would like to, life gets in the way. I like to watch you draw, I am nowhere near as good as you, but watching you gives me inspiration. I think the picture looks like a satalite (sp?) that kept evolving because it looks like something that or many times people have added the newest technology right on top of the last version. Keep drawing Peter.
The clear acrylic opus 88 you have isn't designed to post the cap. It also uses a #6 nib. The normal model is a bit smaller, made from acrylic and ebonite, uses a #5 nib and the cap posts. You unscrew the tail to let ink flow. The rod inside is an ink shutoff valve. Screw it down to shut the ink flow off. This is called a Japanese eyedropper. With the valve shut, you can take the pen on a plane safely. But to write with it for more than a few sentences, you need to unscrew the tail a few turns. I have a Japanese eyedropper that my mom salvaged from a sunken Japanese battleship that had been underwater for 30 years. It needed almost nothing to start writing again. As for flexing, be careful, you can spring them (they don't bend back) if you press too hard. Not all gold nibs are soft. But you'll get a feel for what kind of limits each nib has for like variation. DO NOT PUT A SHIMMER INK IN THAT. Eyedropper pens hold so much ink that they can plug with the shimmer and cleaning it is a nightmare. One last thing, eyedropper pens have a massive ink capacity, but they can start to burp blobs of ink when they get below about 25%. So if it starts burping, refill it.
At 11:00 you said something that I will keep in mind whenever I put my pen on paper. I think it will help me break out of my little shell. Thank you Peter!
I like demonstrator pens quite a lot, though I only have a handful of them in my decent collection of FPs. This Opus 88 Koloro clear demonstrator is a really cool pen that I’m on the verge of buying soon. I reckon this particular Opus could be my second favourite demonstrator pen. My best ever remains the outstanding Conid Bulkfiller. What a fascinating video with the those intricate, amazing drawings. It takes a ton of talent to be able to do it. And with a fountain pen, to boot.
I know I'm late to the party, but I just bought my clear demonstrator with a B nib on it. I usually reach for slim pens (like the Sailor 1911 Slim or the PGS) with Japanese EF, F (and maybe when I want a broader line an M) nibs, so this is way outside my usual spectrum. It's my first Japanese-style eyedropper pen (the one-way shutoff valve makes it one). For someone with small hands, I find this a surprisingly good fit ergonomically. I also have a Picnic with an F nib and love it. I'll definitely look at the other models in their lineup. Thanks for a nice review and an interesting drawing.
Nice pen With an eye dropper filling and valve mechanism to prevent burping ( gushing out ink as air inside get expand with heat from your hand), so to control ink to pass to a small reservoir before the nib, which is a good idea.
That’s called “posting” Peter, when you put the cap on the back of the pen. It probably doesn’t post because you have to unscrew the end cap. To be able write with it.
It reminds me of my uncle and his house. He hoards a lot of things which isn’t such a bad thing because he’s actually working on getting rid of the stuff. It just looks like a bunch of things stacked on top of each other and fairy lights strung about.
Found your review sweet, particularly your refusal to read the instructions... DO try shimmery or sheening inks, they will be spectacular in that barrel, I would recommend Diamine's Shimmer Inks - there's a huge array of colours. Its a good thing this pen doesn't post as it wil be like writing or drawing with a barge-pole! Your artwork is amazing, hopefully Studio Ghibli will have snapped you up by now. Peace to you. 🙏
Just for the fun of it, I think it looks like something from either a comic book or an episode of Dr. Who or Steampunk arsenal... :) Keep up the drawing, I LOVE your vids!!
I use shimmering ink in my clear Twsbi Eco. The shimmery part of the ink settles to the bottom all the time and needs to be remixed in and doesn't shimmer in the pen, but it looks great when drawing and writing.
The knob is to release a stopper inside the pen. It's an eyedropper, so it is more prone to leaking as the air in the pen heats up in your hand, particularly as the ink gets lower. So you let ink into the section, then twist the knob again to stop it flowing. Otherwise it could leak in your pants or something like that. Old, old design, only advantage is ink capacity.
Although it does not look like it the drawing puts me in mind of the magnifying glass on a stand with the clips on it to hold whatever you are looking at
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In case no one else explains, the nob at the back is designed to cut the ink flow, which makes it safer to carry around, or if you take it on a flight wth differing atmospheric pressures. There is a smaller reservoir in the fore grip (can't recall the proper name) that you can fill and then close it off, or just leave it flat open if you need a lot of ink. Shut it off when not using it or it can get drippy. It's a beautiful pen, btw. As for flex, it takes a fair amount of pressure to spring a steel nib. Please don't worry about it.
The section that you're calling the fore grip is typically known as the section. Not exactly a memorable term, is it
nerd
Eric Greystone shut up dweeb, you wish you were that intellectual about anything
Eric Greystone Nerds are hot.
Isn’t it a vacuum filling pen
My birthday tomorrow, I am turning 51. I swear time is speeding up. For all those with a list of dreams that you plan to do in the future - get on with it, now.
Any advice for the younger generation?
Yep. Don't waste your money partying or spending it on useless crap - that is money you will never see again. If you want a home of your own, allocate a percentage of your wages every week, without fail, to your savings.
Happy Birthday!😄🎂💙
Happy birthday! Workin on my dream to be reality already but thanks!
Happy birthday
Blood on his hands from killing his last victim before chilling out and making a pen review
It's good to find a way to kick back and take a load off
Well, you know what they say ... the pen is sharper than the sword.
The ink does look a bit like old blood
In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3, early on, a high school student gets stabbed in the eye by a fountain pen
@@kiwifruit5165 What do you mean Ink? That's definitely blood.
"I like the way it looks, very square, it's just pretty much a big cylinder"
Square, cylinder.
Megan Latham hahaha I never noticed that. I kinda which he would have continued on to say. It’s very round.... kinda like a triangle,
To be fair, the side view of a cylinder is a rectangle
You know what they say if you can't be the first to watch a new Peter draws video be the 30th.
true, nothing to look down upon
very common saying; disliking for unoriginality.
whining is unoriginal too, so join our club :P
Peter Draws I love you
Peter Draws look at the size of this roast, an absolute unit
Thicc and Slicc
obvious meme comment is obvious
Was looking for that comment
I love the energy movement and line quality of your artwork. The eye dances through the intricacies of the forms in your work.
I just found your channel, and I’m glad I did. You’re a groovier, funkier version Bob Ross
“this looks kinda like a blood vial... I like it” okkkkk
Love your videos, Peter. Watching your coffee slurping, ramble-filled doodling is a great way to relax and has inspired me to get back into doodles of my own. Thank you for that.
Before I watched your videos I thought the way that I drew random lines and such was just something I did, cause everyone else would say I wasn’t really making art and etc. but I’ve been watching all your videos for the past week and you do exactly what I do and all your drawings are crazy awesome and it’d be awesome if I could show u some of my stuff too. But thanks for helping me know I’m not alone and teaching me a lot of unique useful material with all your videos. Thanks man
What Peter does is far more than our "doodling". Check perspective, proportion, shapes, etc. Far more to it than our random, or mine anyway. I shall speak for myself.
Why not upload your stuff to TH-cam.
crunch9876 I’m not quite there yet but I’m gonna end up making an instagram and such to put my art on and just different art and pictures in general
this is better than a large falafel meal for two
Owen Cain hummus and a WOW
High praise.
Indeed
Peter, you seem so sincere and genuine. Plus your rambles make me smile. -havnt bought a fountain pen.. yet. I like this one, though.
Keep up the good work!
Have you bought a fountain pen yet?
Do more pen reviews they're so cool! Love watching the drawings you do with them!
That's a sexy pen.
Sexy:? Tempting, desirable? I can see that.
After watching your last fountain pen video I spent over $50 on various cheap pens from aliexpress. Please don't give me ideas for more pens to buy. These fountain pen videos are addicting
Spending this money was your own decision tho.
I would recommend spending $30-50 on one high quality pen next time. It will perform much better than any of the cheap pens.
@@inertial_observer will do! I got caught up in the excitement and got carried away haha. No regrets though
@@palefox7212 Some good pens in that price range are the Lamy Safari/Al-Star (although not everyone likes the grip, me included), the Faber-Castell LOOM, the TWSBI Eco, and the Pilot Metropolitan
Right on thanks
I'm amazed at every single choice you make,you and gypsy really got me.
To me it looks like a robot doing the victory Grecian pose. His 2 “arms” are reaching up to the sky as he celebrates his win.
Emily Wright I thought either robot with funny hat and clothes pointing towards sky.. then I was like nahhhh bagpipes
Peter I am stressed as all hell, this video was exactly what I needed. I love the way you talk and act, there’s something so relaxing about it. Thank you.
Hi from Venezuela, love the channel!
The second you said "bowl of oatmeal" at 12:08, the microwave beeped in the kitchen, and guess what I was making? that's right, a bowl of oatmeal.
ActiveServo12 god is good
excellent Peter, just excellent
thanks :)
how do you watch the video 3 hours before its posted?
How’d you post that early
Patreon supporters have early access to videos.
I don’t draw as much as I would like to, life gets in the way. I like to watch you draw, I am nowhere near as good as you, but watching you gives me inspiration. I think the picture looks like a satalite (sp?) that kept evolving because it looks like something that or many times people have added the newest technology right on top of the last version. Keep drawing Peter.
That pen THICC
Oh hey what u doin here
how did peter not pin you yet
The clear acrylic opus 88 you have isn't designed to post the cap. It also uses a #6 nib. The normal model is a bit smaller, made from acrylic and ebonite, uses a #5 nib and the cap posts.
You unscrew the tail to let ink flow. The rod inside is an ink shutoff valve. Screw it down to shut the ink flow off. This is called a Japanese eyedropper. With the valve shut, you can take the pen on a plane safely. But to write with it for more than a few sentences, you need to unscrew the tail a few turns.
I have a Japanese eyedropper that my mom salvaged from a sunken Japanese battleship that had been underwater for 30 years. It needed almost nothing to start writing again.
As for flexing, be careful, you can spring them (they don't bend back) if you press too hard. Not all gold nibs are soft. But you'll get a feel for what kind of limits each nib has for like variation.
DO NOT PUT A SHIMMER INK IN THAT. Eyedropper pens hold so much ink that they can plug with the shimmer and cleaning it is a nightmare.
One last thing, eyedropper pens have a massive ink capacity, but they can start to burp blobs of ink when they get below about 25%. So if it starts burping, refill it.
Your patience is highly admirable.
First I saw a turret but then I saw a sideways city but either way its great. Love your drawings
At 11:00 you said something that I will keep in mind whenever I put my pen on paper. I think it will help me break out of my little shell. Thank you Peter!
Your videos are always both amusing and relaxing. Thanks for your work.
your handwriting is nothing short of spectacular
I liked being able to hear the pen for a while in the beginning.
I like demonstrator pens quite a lot, though I only have a handful of them in my decent collection of FPs. This Opus 88 Koloro clear demonstrator is a really cool pen that I’m on the verge of buying soon. I reckon this particular Opus could be my second favourite demonstrator pen. My best ever remains the outstanding Conid Bulkfiller. What a fascinating video with the those intricate, amazing drawings. It takes a ton of talent to be able to do it. And with a fountain pen, to boot.
Peter you inspire me so much. I love your art dude. Keep being you.
I know I'm late to the party, but I just bought my clear demonstrator with a B nib on it. I usually reach for slim pens (like the Sailor 1911 Slim or the PGS) with Japanese EF, F (and maybe when I want a broader line an M) nibs, so this is way outside my usual spectrum. It's my first Japanese-style eyedropper pen (the one-way shutoff valve makes it one). For someone with small hands, I find this a surprisingly good fit ergonomically. I also have a Picnic with an F nib and love it. I'll definitely look at the other models in their lineup. Thanks for a nice review and an interesting drawing.
So exciting to see more fountain pen videos! I won't complain when this channel becomes a fountain pen review channel.
demonstrators with red ink are an *~AESTHETIC~*
also, can you please say what brand and color ink you use in fountain pen videos?
Dude you’re really inspiring I love your content.
Edit: your voice is also really calming.
You make me feel so calm... like a modern Bob Ross ❤
The art looks like a pulse cannon with some organic growth on top! It's really cool thanks!!!
bagpipes that have embraced technology to send their skreelings into far space......
Really liking the apparent fountain pen channel transformation. Try out the pilot vanishing point some time!
I never thought I'd be excited to watch a pen video
Nothing like the coffee shop vibe! That's the only place I can focus on homework
Always love watching a peter draws video 🙌🙌🙌
I’m thinking about getting that pen now. It dose look really nice with that flat look to it. Thanks Peter
Its a trophie of a rocket sandwiching a bunch of guns and music instruments
I like the color of red in that pen, and the way it fills. I would be annoyed about the lid because undoubtedly would be looking for it all the time.
I feel you on the cap thing. I tend to lose caps that don't attatch
Nice pen
With an eye dropper filling and valve mechanism to prevent burping ( gushing out ink as air inside get expand with heat from your hand), so to control ink to pass to a small reservoir before the nib, which is a good idea.
Seeing you try working out the pen was very entertaining
That’s called “posting” Peter, when you put the cap on the back of the pen. It probably doesn’t post because you have to unscrew the end cap. To be able write with it.
your videos are very special. thank you for sharing this.
It reminds me of my uncle and his house. He hoards a lot of things which isn’t such a bad thing because he’s actually working on getting rid of the stuff. It just looks like a bunch of things stacked on top of each other and fairy lights strung about.
Love those spots that color is really good for it
"let's see if I can figure out how to fill it, for I am a man and I shall neither read instructions or ask for directions"
You make the worst days into the best ones
Why am I addicted to your videos Dr. Peter?
it's the nicotine
honestly your handwriting is really cool. You should show it more on the channel!
My "normal 9 hour drawings"??? Holy moly. I love drawing but 9 hours??? More power to you bro!
Excellent red ink. Might have to get a bottle of that shade.
I love fountain pen and your work too.
The smudging really added something. I'm going to give that a try. Thanks for the tip.
Last time I was this early Peter was still snowed in to his house
Love how you “rusted” some spots (in my mind that’s what they are!)
I think I like you´re coffee shop scribbles the most
Happy October! Are you doing anything for inktober, Peter?
I don't celebrate inktober, but I expect I will keep drawing like always!
Well
Everyday is inktober for Peter anyway
@@puggles9141 very true 😂
Happy spooky season Peter!!
this is so therapeutic
This video is so soothing
that ink color is very nice
Some people use the term “posting” to refer to the act of putting the cap on the back of the pen
Nice video peter! I already draw, but now I want to try drawing with a fountain pen thanks to you.👍😸
Screw the pen, that drawing is friggin' amazing!
Nice review with the accompanying coffee shop scribbles, the pen suits you Sir, marry it post haste.
Yay a peter video right before bed? Don’t mind if I do!! Btw I absolutely love your handwriting
Nice hover craft 😃👍
I had to subscribe. Love your energy and personality!!
I think it looks like the first place trophy in an intergalactic dabing competition.
Holy hell Peter is so rough with his pens
Found your review sweet, particularly your refusal to read the instructions... DO try shimmery or sheening inks, they will be spectacular in that barrel, I would recommend Diamine's Shimmer Inks - there's a huge array of colours. Its a good thing this pen doesn't post as it wil be like writing or drawing with a barge-pole! Your artwork is amazing, hopefully Studio Ghibli will have snapped you up by now. Peace to you. 🙏
One year anniversary! Thanks youtube recommended.
It looks like a telescope or some sort of star mapping station! Enjoyed your video Peter :)
Boi it thicc
And the drawing it’s just sick
Just for the fun of it, I think it looks like something from either a comic book or an episode of Dr. Who or Steampunk arsenal... :) Keep up the drawing, I LOVE your vids!!
Peter I only use pencils but I still enjoy your reviews
Can you all sign a petition to fire my art history prof so peter draws could be all our art history professors
I use shimmering ink in my clear Twsbi Eco. The shimmery part of the ink settles to the bottom all the time and needs to be remixed in and doesn't shimmer in the pen, but it looks great when drawing and writing.
Dunno how I stumbled across your channel but you’re awesome!
The knob is to release a stopper inside the pen. It's an eyedropper, so it is more prone to leaking as the air in the pen heats up in your hand, particularly as the ink gets lower. So you let ink into the section, then twist the knob again to stop it flowing. Otherwise it could leak in your pants or something like that. Old, old design, only advantage is ink capacity.
Interesting, thanks for the info. I'll have to keep my eye on it.
I’d really like to get this pen. I’m planning on taking the plunge very soon. I love the larger, solid look of it.
This is better than asmr. Change my mind
It's a bionic, industrial, magic lamp, doing bolt's victory pose
It looks like a dabbing robot. I love the look of the brown ink
It honestly looks like a Dallek from Doctor Who trying to dab
Melovel 85 yep. It’s weird but I was like “I looks like it’s dabing.” And I found your comment. In honesty it does look like a Dallek.
It's "Dalek"
Eleonor Dazel Dynel beat me to it.
Melovel 85 u
Exactley wht i thought
I like your observatory
Looks better than when i draw a complete enviroment
Nice work Da Peter.
Nice thoughts!
I guess the things someome sees in art,
is whats inside himself.
Although it does not look like it the drawing puts me in mind of the magnifying glass on a stand with the clips on it to hold whatever you are looking at
I clciked for a thick pen and the pen is indeed very thick thank you!
"Don't mind if I do'Nah I don't like that look today." made me laugh for a good half a minute