M1000

[scratchy]

This isn't really a new topic since I've posted on this issue before. The M1000 I got years ago is pretty unreliable using Sailor Blue ink since I never saw a good review for Pelikan ink, and the last time I was near a bricks and mortar store I wasn't sure to go in as I didn't have much money and the previous store I was in in England a few years earlier seemed to think I was a timewasting shoplifter. Oh well.

 

Anyways I never got around to actually buying any Pelikan brand ink even though I've heard it's best to use the same brand as the pen.

 

Someone offered to buy the M1000 from me but then I was thinking I'd rather gift it to a monk who was very good to me.

 

Well I've just been trying to use it again to write an important letter and the ink stopped flowing yet again.

 

Previously I sent it back to the dealer and it was working as it should when they tested it.

 

Is there no solution to having to use the same branded ink in fountain pens? Someone suggested I try Waterman Florida Blue, so I guess I'll try that out.

 

Comments would be appreciated; I'd trawl the previous forums but I need to write this letter right now. So I'll change the ink and start again.

[Sasha Royale]

Big, beautiful pen, with a semi-flex medium nib in gold.

I use Noodler's Eel Blue.

[dave-]

Diamine Onyx black I get no problems from and dont have hard starts like when I used other inks.

[FPFan]

If you go to www.Gouletpens.com and click on blog, that will take you to a wonderful place for learning about all kinds of information for fountain pens, paper and inks. There is a topic about checking for a misaligned nib and lots of different stuff about choosing inks and a multitude of other topics. I learned a lot from his video's even though I had been using fountain pens for decades!

 

There are several different things that could be causing the problem. Your nib might be misaligned which can happen really quickly and very easily. Then there are different kinds of ink that will work better in the pen. You WILL learn lots and hopefully a method to fix your pen yourself.

 

Good Luck!

[scratchy]

Big, beautiful pen, with a semi-flex medium nib in gold.

I use Noodler's Eel Blue.

Yeh I might try Noodlers next time; on this occasion after trying the Waterman Brown and Florida Blue, it was the Waterman Violet that eventually worked. Last time I checked though, they stopped selling Noodlers in the UK

[scratchy]

Diamine Onyx black I get no problems from and dont have hard starts like when I used other inks.

I've got a few Diamine inks that I haven't tried for a while. I think I was concerned about the water resistance and intensity of colour when I stopped using them

[scratchy]

If you go to www.Gouletpens.com and click on blog, that will take you to a wonderful place for learning about all kinds of information for fountain pens, paper and inks. There is a topic about checking for a misaligned nib and lots of different stuff about choosing inks and a multitude of other topics. I learned a lot from his video's even though I had been using fountain pens for decades!

 

There are several different things that could be causing the problem. Your nib might be misaligned which can happen really quickly and very easily. Then there are different kinds of ink that will work better in the pen. You WILL learn lots and hopefully a method to fix your pen yourself.

 

Good Luck!

A few years ago I was hoping to visit a pen show and see an expert, though I wasn't able to afford the trip. That gouletpens sounds a bit like gourmet...must check it out sometime

Edited August 13, 2014 by scratchy

[Gilberto Castaneda]

I would wash it as per instructions given everywhere here.

Take the nib out and soak it in water with some dish washing soap.

Then use a Pelikan ink.

I have 2 M-1005 demonstrators, never an issue. Inks: MB Alfred Hitchcock and Pelikan Brown.

I have 2 M-800 demonstrators, never an issue. Inks: Edelstein Jade and Pelikan Violet.

I have a M-800 in green stripes, never an issue. Ink: Pelikan 4001 Brilliant green.

 

Good luck.

 

Cheers,

 

G

[Diderot]

Yeh I might try Noodlers next time; on this occasion after trying the Waterman Brown and Florida Blue, it was the Waterman Violet that eventually worked. Last time I checked though, they stopped selling Noodlers in the UK

 

Pure Pens (UK) sell a handful of Noodlers inks, although which one would be more suitable for you will have to be suggested by those with more experience.

 

http://www.purepens.co.uk/acatalog/Noodler_s_Inks.html

 

Good luck.

ps they are great to deal with but also are a major source of Pelikan pens - not affiliated, but did buy an M800 as well as Rattlers Red not long ago

[whych]

Was the pen and nib and let them dry.

Fill the pen and if there is a feed problem, leave it capped and standing nib down overnight to get the ink through the nib.

You shouldn't really have an ink flow problem on any Pelikan - they all write very wet.

 

I have never had a flow problem with any ink I have used in my Pelikans which range from 50's pens to the latest ones.

 

The pen should be fine with any of the inks you have at home.

There is nothing wrong with Pelikan inks. If you want a permanent ink, their blue black and black inks are water resistant.

Diamine inks don't like getting wet and most of the ones I have used will feather and bleed on all but the best paper when used in a wet writer.

[arran]

When i bought my first pelikan M1000 i was really surprised what an ink gusher it was.

I used to ink the pen with diamine and free flowing iro inks.

After using pelikan inks, the writing experience became much better.

I highy advise the new pelikan edelstein inks , or the even drier pelikan 4001 inks.

[Wolverine1]

I would send your M 1000 pen to John (FPN username is Oxonian). He is very skilled, and he can get your pen tuned and adjusted so that the M 1000 works at its best.

[stephanos]

For what it's worth, I don't think the ink makes that much difference in your case. I mean, you really should be fine with Sailor blue.

If you do want to try various inks, then Diamine is really a very decent - and affordable - option. And as you have some Diamine ink knocking about, it seems a good place to start.

 

As others have suggested, the problem probably lies with the pen rather than the ink. If it were a cheap pen with a cheap nib, I'd suggest playing around with it. If it didn't work after proper flushing, then I'd suspect an issue with the nib; with a pen that expensive, it's probably worth coughing up the money for an expert to look at it (I have a similar start-stop problem with a nice pen I own, and find that reverse writing for a bit sometimes helps, but I'm also planning on sending it in). There are known issues with new pens - see the pinned Five bad things article, if you hadn't seen it already.

 

Of course, your letter is already written and sent by now...

[stevejk13]

Sailor Jentle Blue is one of the most free flowing ink I have used. If the pen doesn't write with that ink, I doubt it will with any other ink. I would send the nib to Mike Masuyama and fix the problem for the peace of mind.