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Just got mine in the mail today with a Fine nib. It's not scratchy, but I'm considering bending the tines to increase ink flow. For those of you who've done this, or who've removed the nib to send to a professional, how do you go about this?

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Hi,

 

Usually for nib adjustments, you would send the pen in its entirety. It is tricky to figure out how a pen will perform with just the nib. I wouldn't advise adjusting the nib yourself if you don't know how or haven't tried what your about to do in another cheaper pen.

 

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I agree with Dillon, if you have not practiced don't try it. Unless of course you just want to use a brass shim to ever so slightly widen the ink channel. It's fairly difficult to do much damage that way. Personally rather than send it off I'd just put a wetter ink in it.

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I've done it before on a Sailor 1911 with a music nib that wasn't flowing as well as I wanted it to, but I'll probably try switching to a wetter ink first. Still using the vial of ink that came with the pen itself. Wonder if one of the Noodler's lubricating inks I have might do the trick...

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