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Before you say the usual stuff you say to "New Noodler's Pen Owners." Yes I flushed! I cleaned the pen! I did all the common sense stuff that you normally did to new pen and yes the pen has ink in it. It's Pilot Iro ink. I never had any issues with Pilot Iro inks so it must be the pen.

 

What I didn't do:

 

- Carve the feed

- Modify the nib

 

I played around the feed pulling it in and out and placed the nib in different positions. No flow.

 

I don't believe I have a 40 USD dud.... actually I can believe that.

 

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Not a exact "No Flow" but I can get a flow but in that position I can't put the cap on.

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Shouldn't have to carve the feed or modify the nib to get flow and proper writing. How about a picture of the pen showing the nib and feed from the underside? So that we can see the relationship between barrel, nib, and feed?

 

Pilot Iro inks are pretty well-behaved, shouldn't have any problems there. Have you tried a fill of Noodler's Black? With the nib adjusted and heat-set? Just to see how that goes.

 

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I currently have it like how my Ahab have the nib and feed relation. (Caps on easily. if I pull it out a bit higher I feel something touching the cap.)

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/60a2/sadyj5jdkmvf4u46g.jpg

 

No flow at all? If you press a paper towel to the nib, does ink flow into it? Sometimes, my Noodler's pens take awhile for the feed to get properly saturated, but dipping the nib in water and some patience helps. As Randal said, pictures are great :)

Apparently the feed is wet with ink.

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You might try heat-setting the nib. I purchased one Noodler's pen that didn't write. I heated the feed in hot water, and then pressed it into shape on the nib. The Goulets demonstrate the method I used. Mr. Tardif has another method, but I have accidentally made feeds smoke with his method.

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You might try heat-setting the nib. I purchased one Noodler's pen that didn't write. I heated the feed in hot water, and then pressed it into shape on the nib. The Goulets demonstrate the method I used. Mr. Tardif has another method, but I have accidentally made feeds smoke with his method.

In all of my Noodlers pens. I've had them write in stock mode.

 

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What the......? I was mad enough to shove some random Jowo nib laying on my desk into the pen. And it works! To bad it's a 1.1 Stub.

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You need to make sure there is no more than .02 mm of space between the nib and the feed. One way to check is if the nib and feed will grip a piece of paper inserted between them. Also, if you can see the breather whole from the underside you do not have a close enough fit for capillary action.

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It also sounds like there may be no air flowing back into the barrel to replace the ink, and so the ink is under pressure to stay in the barrel. Does the feed have breather holes in the channel and the back (top that sticks into the barrel)? Incomplete contact between the nib and the feed (mentioned above) may also be a problem, and heat setting will help this. I had to heat set one of my Konrads, but it was to help slow down a gushing flow. The nibs are not all manufactured straight, and they do not all sit in the barrels in the same way. The barrels openings are not all evenly circular, either. Have you tried rotating the nib and feed some?

 

This is the Noodler "tinkering" that is often required that either drives people batty or sorta engages them further. I like it, but the pen needs to work at the end of the fuss.

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You need to make sure there is no more than .02 mm of space between the nib and the feed. One way to check is if the nib and feed will grip a piece of paper inserted between them. Also, if you can see the breather whole from the underside you do not have a close enough fit for capillary action.

I think there is enough room. My Jowo Nib works fine. Just none of the Noodler's Flex Nibs.

 

It also sounds like there may be no air flowing back into the barrel to replace the ink, and so the ink is under pressure to stay in the barrel. Does the feed have breather holes in the channel and the back (top that sticks into the barrel)? Incomplete contact between the nib and the feed (mentioned above) may also be a problem, and heat setting will help this. I had to heat set one of my Konrads, but it was to help slow down a gushing flow. The nibs are not all manufactured straight, and they do not all sit in the barrels in the same way. The barrels openings are not all evenly circular, either. Have you tried rotating the nib and feed some?

 

This is the Noodler "tinkering" that is often required that either drives people batty or sorta engages them further. I like it, but the pen needs to work at the end of the fuss.

I just do not understand why the Jowo nib nibs but not the Noodler's Flex Nib.

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I think there is enough room. My Jowo Nib works fine. Just none of the Noodler's Flex Nibs.

 

I just do not understand why the Jowo nib nibs but not the Noodler's Flex Nib.

It's the fit between the feed and the nibs. Go with the Jowo, or heat set the feed with the Noodler's nib.

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