Filling The Noodler's Ahab Flex Pen

It's been a while since the Noodler's Ahab Flex Pen came out, and I have had this video in my sights for some time. So without further ado, here is a video that shows how to fill the Ahab with its piston, as well as how to convert it to an eyedropper pen. I even show the various ink capacities that the pen can have, and how that compares to your average cartridge/converter pen.

 

Assorted Noodler's Ahab Fountain pens

Noodler's Ahab Flex Pens

There are two different ways to fill the Ahab, with the supplied piston, or if you remove that piston, as an eyedropper. Both will get you a good volume of ink, (1.7ml with the piston if the breather tube is missing, 1.9ml with the piston if the breather tube is in place, and 6ml+ with the eyedropper!). This was a significant improvement over the original Noodler's Nib Creaper Flex pen, which only holds about 1ml of ink.

Ink level comparison vials with converter and eyedropper amounts compared to each other

So I apologize for such a delay getting this video out, but at least it's here now :)