Stupid mistake of the day

[Artimid]

So this clears me up so I don't have to worry about others, I hope?

Cleaning my one EF pilot at work, I noticed that there was a thread or something in the nib. Trying to pull it out WITHOUT getting ink all over me resulted in something I didn't I could do.

See, it appears my nib comes off, completely. I didn't that, I mean I knew OTHERS did that, but just mine. And here I just refilled. My hands = a mess. Lucky my desk isn't, but that was close. So, stupid mistake, AND I learned something. I also learned that I need that tool.. that I think someone on here mentioned long ago, for the EF pen that was so fine, so sharp, that it shredded the paper and needed to be cleaned? What was that tool called?
My Google-fu skills might be on the blink, but searching for the tool wasn't really a task I could complete. However, it appears typing in "Extra Fine Nib tool thread" prompts to complete thread with Threadworms... so now I wonder what people are doing with their FP's, and that scares me. ^_^

 

[Vlad]

Ink all over? I totally get that.

Confused about the second part. Scratchy EF nib? If you have the right sandpaper or other tool, you can smooth it out yourself, but I don't mess around with nibs like that. Search for nib smoothing.

 

[Artimid]

Well, I try to adjust it whenever I get a chance. There was a post a while ago where some people gave me some advice to try to get the ink to flow a bit better. At the moment, the pen tends to tear.. or something, the paper. Lubricated ink flowed really well to start, but I didn't write enough at a time to find out that it seems to dry off.

So when I am writing, I find myself writing a bit 'hard' which sometimes seems to get little threads or something in the tip of the pen. Those threads make writing a bit problematic as they spread ink weirdly.