Sharpen your PITT pen

Here's a quick and easy tip for those of you who like to use the Faber Castell PITT brush pen. Don't throw it away when the tip is frayed, just follow these easy steps!

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[mrpocketpants]

I screamed with delight at this video. A thousand times, thank you. They have such a short life it drives me crazy (I try to sharpen them with a x-acto), but I still use them exclusively for my comic. Plus, buying new ones is a pain, at Pearl they are locked up in a case, though $50 paint tubes hang freely in the aisles.

[colesutra]

I think the reason why the tips are fraying is because you'll draw back over the tip. Pushing the tip up the paper will smoosh up the material.

[62SG]

Not the best pen out there but hey, they're cheap. Generally by the time the tip is crapped out its mostly out of ink. WHen I do the tip reversal I use a dropper to load more ink into the pen. If the tip didn't die out so fast I'd love it.

[TROLLERSDELIGHT]

LOL HACKS

[DrHorowitz]

Big thanx from Slovenia. I just started to have a similar problem withmy PITT brush and than I saw your video and remembered I do have a couple of tweezers in my studio. Nice advice, bro.

[TornadoXFighter]

thx really much these pens drive me crazy after a while

[IrisMG]

Awesome!! I ruined the tip on mine because like a lot of felt tip pens they go flat. I'm trying this! 5 stars man! Oh wait they don't do that anymore. Thumbs up!!!

[MissRuthKatherine]

@softballchicks33 I know I'm being vague but they will run out quicker on the more absorbent papers, so like watercolour paper and higher gsm paper that has a rougher surface

[persinister]

Thanks for the "tip"!

[itzaviv]

oh my god thank you so much

[thomas1637]

i got a case of, 6 Pitt Artist pens (just like yours) but myne are shades of grey