Visconti Homo Sapiens -- Clicking Sound While Writing

[R. N. Dominick]

Okay, so I searched the forums first for an answer, but didn't find exactly what I am experiencing, so thought I'd ask.

 

I just got a Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age. I love the pen and the way it writes. However, when I am writing, I can hear a small clicking sound sometimes; it seems to be coming from the nib or section. It's not throwing off any ink, or gushing or anything like that; just a little click. It can not happen for lines of writing and then happen several times in the same word.

 

Anyone else experience this? If it's harmless, it's harmless, and I'll ignore it. Just thought I'd ask so I can stop being so nervous about it.

[domnortheast]

Hi R.N. Dominick

I get a similar thing occurring with my Sheaffer's Imperial whilst writing. I have put it down to the nib tines moving against one another. I tend to rotate my pens anti-clockwise a little while writing and have assumed this is enough to push the quite flexible tines into on another.

 

Dom

[Doug C]

It is usually the tines overlapping a tiny bit.

[TheGreatRoe]

I had the same problem with my Homo Sapiens Bronze. It didn't affect the performance, but that slight clicking got on my nerves. I sent mine to a nibmeister to get it stubbed, and told them about it, so they fixed it at the same time. Fair warning though, fixing this issue will likely make your nib wetter.

[R. N. Dominick]

I, too, tend to rotate my pens a bit widdershins. If I make a conscious effort to hold it without that rotation -- and it's quickly becoming habit -- there is no clicking.

 

If the fix will make it wetter, dcroe, I'm not sure I want to do it; this pen already puts out an impressive amount of ink for a fine nib. I'll keep that idea in reserve, though.

 

Thanks, everyone, for the replies.

[domnortheast]

Think of it like the steady ticking of a clock marking the progress of your nib across the page.

[EclecticCollector]

I had this issue with a different pen, the cause was as Doug C mentioned - the tips of the tines were too close and rubbing against each other when writing. Masuyama was able to fix it but it made the pen wetter as dcroe05 said.