Noodler's Triple Tail Flex Fountain Pen - Clear
Introducing the newest flex pen from Noodler's! The Triple Tail features a new body resin which is a cotton butyrate mix. It has a more clear body than other clear Noodler's models. The Triple Tail also features a new three-tined #6 flex steel nib which is smooth as butter and lays down a generous amount of ink with nice line variation. The nib and feed feature a threaded housing.
To fill the pen, submerge the nib and feed into your ink bottle, then move the filler rod two full strokes. Wipe excess ink off, and you're good to write! The entire pen can be disassembled and reassembled by hand.
It also accepts the Noodler's 308 refillable cartridges.
The Noodler's flex pens were designed for the hands-on tinkerer - they are made to be taken apart and adjusted. The nib and feed twist right out and can be adjusted and heat set for optimal performance. Don't be afraid to get a little ink on your fingers while you learn how to use this pen.
As a simple rule of thumb for writing with a flex pen, just apply slight pressure on your downstrokes, which will spread the tines and increase the line width, achieving that optimal line variation. Make sure to go slowly so that the ink can keep up with your writing. As with any flex pen, it just takes practice!
Due to the residual machining oils used when cutting the feeds for these pens, we highly encourage you to give the pen a good flush before use. We recommend any of the following options: distilled water, water with a touch of dish soap, a pre-packaged pen flush, or a solution of 10% clear ammonia to water. This should resolve most ink flow issues!
Click here to download the printable PDF instruction sheet for the Noodler's Triple Tail Flex Pen.
- Condition
- New
- Brand
- Noodler's
- Type
- Fountain Pens
- Color
- Clear
- Demonstrator
Whether or not the barrel of the pen is translucent, allowing you to see the ink and filling mechanism inside.
- Yes
- Body Material
- Resin
- Cap Rotations
For pens with a screw-cap closure, how many rotations it takes to uncap/recap the pen.
- 1.5
- Cap Type
How the cap is opened/closed from the barrel of the pen. Some common options include Snap-Cap, Screw-Cap, Magnetic Cap, or Capless (no cap).
- Screw-cap
- Compatible inks & refills
Which ink this pen will accept. Choices include bottled ink and various styles of pre-filled ink cartridges.
- Bottled ink
- Filling Mechanism
How the pen fills with ink. Click here to watch our video tutorial on common filling mechanisms.
- Piston
- Grip Material
- Resin
- Nib Size
- Flex, Music
- Nib Color
- Silver
- Nib Material
- Steel
- Postable
Whether or not the cap fits securely onto the back of the barrel when open.
- Yes
- Retractable
Whether or not the nib/tip can retract into the body of the pen (usually for click or twist-open style pens).
- No
- Trim
- Silver
- Diameter - Body
- 14mm (0.55in)
- Diameter - Cap (without clip)
- 16mm (0.63in)
- Diameter - Cap (with clip)
- 19.2mm (0.76in)
- Diameter - Grip (mm)
Measured from the place most people choose to rest their fingers, which varies with each pen.
- 10.5mm
- Length - Body
The measurement from the back end of the barrel to the tip of the nib.
- 131.8mm (5.19in)
- Length - Cap
- 70.2mm (2.76in)
- Length - Nib
The measured length of the visible portion of the nib when it is installed in the pen, from grip to tip.
- 21mm (0.83in)
- Length - Overall (Closed)
- 151.6mm (5.97in)
- Length - Overall (Posted)
When the cap of the pen is posted onto the back of the pen body, this is the measurement of the entire pen including the nib.
- 176.8mm (6.96in)
- Weight - Body
If a converter is included with the pen, this weight is reflected in the total.
- 13g (0.46oz)
- Weight - Cap
- 7g (0.25oz)
- Weight - Overall (g)
- 21.0g
- Max Ink Capacity - Eyedropper
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when filling the entire barrel of the pen via eyedropper.
- 6.84ml
- Max Ink Capacity - Piston Vac
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when using the built-in piston or vacuum filling mechanism.
- 1.90ml
Customer Reviews
I absolutely love my Noodler’s Triple Tail, and it is my third one. I misplaced my others, but in between, I used lots of other pens, but this one puts out a lot of ink with the best flex nib. Love it!
Smells like dirty underwear from a poorly wiped buttocks. The nib is cool. If you plan on purchasing this, your best bet is it to Frankenstein it onto a different pen body.
Such a love hate relationship, so much potential if you can just get passed the putrid smell of the pen that is so pungent it even sticks to your hands, some say that it is not as bad as before….they lie!!!
The nibs like these have been known as music nibs. They do flex nicely and place a thicker line. As a calligraphy fan, flex is music in my writing.
This is not a bad pen it worked really well (after fixing some initial leakage in the nib unit just needed a thorough cleaning).
The nib is so flexy that it makes it a bit hard to handle at least for my level of writing.
(A small sidenote the plastic of the pen stank but it went away after 2 days)
