Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze - Ink On Plunger Rod

[Yehuwdiy]

Good evening all,

 

After eagerly unwrapping my new (to me, read second-hand) Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze I have discovered dried ink on the plunger rod. To my mind this means ink is making it's way past the plunger o-rings/seals. Having never had a power filler I do not know if this is par for the course, or if the pen requires repair...?

 

If the pen is in need of repair then I shall have to talk to the seller, but I am sorely tempted just to scrub the little pen within an inch of it's life and ink it up.

 

 

What say you all oh layers of ink and tormentors of paper?

[parnesh]

Congrats. I was thinking about whether to put a bid on that or not. Typically there shouldn't be ink on it but if dried on, then it ok.

[sevenof9]

the rod is submerged in ink when writing. Nice pen. give a wash and show us a writing sample....

[Yehuwdiy]

Ah thank the FP Gawds for that.

 

Re. writing sample, will do. I couldn't help myself an gave it a quick shot of Noodler's Dragon's Napalm (DN). I love DN as it flows nicely in all my pens and behaves on nasty paper.

 

To my surprise, the HSB turned this ink from bright orange (all my other cheap Chinese eBay pens make it the same colour) to a deep burgundy with occasional orange highlights. It completely changed the ink colour. No doubt it is putting down a wetter line and is thus saturating the colour. Interestingly, no bleed-through or feathering on the cheap paper I tested on...let' see how it copes marking student work at school tomorrow!

 

In the ten minutes of writing so far I'm absolutely flawed. I kept using less and less pressure and the writing experience improved every time, I've never had a pen that you almost have to hold above the page to write with, at least that's what it feels like!

[RMN]

Ah thank the FP Gawds for that.

 

Re. writing sample, will do. I couldn't help myself an gave it a quick shot of Noodler's Dragon's Napalm (DN). I love DN as it flows nicely in all my pens and behaves on nasty paper.

 

To my surprise, the HSB turned this ink from bright orange (all my other cheap Chinese eBay pens make it the same colour) to a deep burgundy with occasional orange highlights. It completely changed the ink colour. No doubt it is putting down a wetter line and is thus saturating the colour. Interestingly, no bleed-through or feathering on the cheap paper I tested on...let' see how it copes marking student work at school tomorrow!

 

In the ten minutes of writing so far I'm absolutely flawed. I kept using less and less pressure and the writing experience improved every time, I've never had a pen that you almost have to hold above the page to write with, at least that's what it feels like!

Seems you have not used a good fountainpen before, then.

A good pen writes on it's own weight, the hand merely steering and supporting.

 

D.ick

[Yehuwdiy]

In that you may be right, although my vintage Scheaffer's Imperial Sterling Silver, while not an expensive pen, is a beautiful and wet writer that requires no pressure to lay down a line. But the HSB is just....better. This is one stunning pen.

 

For the three people in the world who are wondering, I decided to give the pen a wash and 10 seconds with an old toothbrush had the rod sparkling clean. No ink on the rod since, but I did lube it, the blind cap threads and the top seal with a good amount of silicone grease (the Goulet stuff). The previous owner apparently did not believe in maintenance but the pen still works perfectly - no doubt a testament to the pen's quality.

 

And yes, everyone was/is right, the cap mechanism is incredible. I was taking notes at a 9 hour meeting today and capped/uncapped the pen...a lot...it's just so quick and effortless, amazing.