Levenger By Visconti Flow Problem

[mshepp3]

Greetings

 

A while back, on a total whim, I bought a used Levenger 1510 B Made in Italy which I have been led to believe would have actually been made by Visconti.

 

It is a nice little pen - translucent brown with black swirls, mine has a Broad nib... but from the beginning, it had issues. The first was easy to solve in that the converter was too long for the barrel, so I exchanged it for a shorter one ( a Monteverde, actually).

 

But it still had flow problems... it would write (I assume) until the feed was empty and then stop.

 

This morning, under magnification, I discovered that three of the fins of the feed on the right-hand side have been bent, so I coaxed them back into some semblance of a correct position with a penknife blade... I have filled it with Visconti Blue ink, and we will see how it performs now.

 

HOWEVER, I still would like to remove the nib and feed, and I have yet to figure out a safe way to do that. Does anyone out there know if it would pull out or whether it would (un)screw out?

 

And does anyone know where I could buy a new feed for it (it has a "5" stamped in the usual spot on the underside)?

 

Thanking anyone out there in advance for suggestions...

 

MS

[Andrea_R]

could you post a picture? if i recall correctly stipula produced pens rebranded by levenger, i'd like to see yours.

instead of buying another feed or taking apart the pen, you can flush it with water and soap, try another ink or hack the nib, the feed could not be the problem.

 

 

[Chi Town]

actually what you should use for flushing is; 10% amonia, 90% water and a few drops of dishwashing soap.....This will do wonders where just water won't get you!

 

Even better of you have a Ultra Sonic Cleaner; Then just put that material I gave you and put it into the Cleaner for a few cycles