Pilot Parallel Pen 101: Use, Care, and Hacks

I'm covering everything Parallel: using the pen, caring for it and a variety of hacks--some you may have heard of and others, maybe not so much! 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - The Parallel 01:53 - Care 02:40 - Reassembling 03:41 - Gradient Writing (ombre) 04:37 - Using Puddles 06:45 - Modding for Looks 07:57 - Jake Rainis 09:26 - Scroll Cut 10:22 - Folded Nib Cut 14:19 - Eyedropper 15:02 - Opus 88 Demonstrator 17:08 - Opus 88 Flow 19:50 - Tramol 22:09 - PenBBS355 Another great hack: the whole section of the Parallel can screw into pens from the London Pen Company, the Tailored Pen Company, Wet and Wise and Benu Euphoria! Thanks to the IG account @Inks.and.Anchors And yet another interesting hack: IG account @wwdotink adds a truncated "hat" on the top of the Parallel feed made from a Pilot cartridge to use in his Moonman M2. Check out his pics: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPravrTDujP/?utm_medium=copy_link WEBSITES in order of appearance: Red Dragon: IG @reddragonpenco for parallel nibs in pens Nikola Pang: https://entropy.ink/ and IG @entropyink for scroll parallels Jake Rainis: https://jakerainis.com/about/ Page for Parallels: https://jakerainis.com/blog/pilot-parallel-hacking-the-unofficial-parallel-owners-guide/ Video for hacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCLyZqUMea8 IG: @jakerainis Drewscape blog: https://drewscape.blogspot.com/search?q=modifying+your+parallel+pen Eileen Goldenberg: https://www.goldenbergdesigns.com/ for classes using fountain pens for sketching. IG @eileenpg JP's Pen Spa and Nibworks (Pen Doctor): IG @jppenspanibworks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pendoctor/ for architect grind on the parallel and other nib work! Pencil Case Blog (on the Opus 88 Flow): https://www.pencilcaseblog.com/2020/08/review-opus-88-flow-fountain-pen.html Moonman pics: IG Katlynsnest Toronto Pen Company also sells the curved Paralell: https://torontopencompany.com/index.html