I have one of the copper Legacies that Jim Gaston was selling. Beautiful pen, and superb fine nib that really stands comparison with good nibs from the golden age.

But the pen frequently has a ring of ink around the section when I open it. It seems to occur at the point where the inner plastic cap touches the inlaid nib.

Can anyone tell me of a fix for this problem? (At the moment, I'm using a cartridge, in case that makes any difference.)

TIA and best wishes

Michael

I have had the same problem. Even though the Legacy Heritage does not need it for filling, I added an 'o' ring to the section (it is the same section used in the Legacy2). This solved the problem.

Hi Tryphon,

Could you explain this please? Mine has the same problem.

Where exactly did you add an O ring to the section? Between the section and the barrel? I'm trying to imagine why that would help. What is the effect of the O ring? And where does one get the O ring that fits?

Thanks!
Petra

Me too for the questions about the O-ring.

Since I posted, I changed from cartridges to the Touchdown converter (with W'man's Florida Blue, at the moment), and the problem has more or less entirely gone away. Which suggests there's some fairly delicate balance of forces affecting the ink flow.

But it's nice to have the unproblematic use of this lovely pen.

Michael

I've been using the touchdown converter with PR Blue Suede and I have the problem on and off. Often enough that I don't take the pen to meetings, due to ending up with inky fingers.

Petra

Bad news. Maybe it's a *very* delicate balance, and depends on the type of ink, too.

Let's hope someone can come up with a good answer -- maybe Giovanni already has.

Best

Michael

Yes, between the section and the barrel.
There is actually a groove for an O ring, used in the Touchdown version of the same pen.
Why does it work? I am guessing that sealing the barrel prevents seepage from, say, a leaky cartridge (the piercer and the Sheaffer cartridge are sometimes less than ink-tight). Maybe there is another reason, but for whatever reason, it took care of the problelm.

I think the seal between the converter and the piercer is better than the seal when a cartridge is used. Having a non-sealed barrel may aggravate the problem, I surmise that that is why the O ring seems to help. Of course, I may be completely off the target...

OK, I may have got the whole thing wrong: in my case I have a Legacy Heritage, which came without the O ring. I added the O ring and the problem seems to have gone away.
If you have a Touchdown Legacy, the O ring should already be there. If it is missing or worn, that may also be a reason for the seepage.
Sorry if I confused the issue assuming that we were talking about a Legacy Heritage!

Thanks for your answers, Giovanni. I am sure that what you are thinking about is somewhere near the problem, though I have a Legacy II. When I've written this fill out, I'll have a look at the sealing. The converter certainly is a tighter squeeze onto the nipple than the cartridge, which suggests that some kind of air leak is the problem. I'll also experiment to see whether the vigour with which one removes the cap has anything to do with it, though I think it's not simply that.

Thanks again and best wishes

Michael

Coincidentally, when I returned from vacation today, I found a package from Sheaffer. My copper Legacy 2 w/stub nib has returned from Sheaffer repair. The main reason I sent it in for repair was a bad skipping problem. But a second reason was because of a leak between the touchdown filler converter and the section. I never noticed any ink on the outside of the section though. Maybe it was the same problem reported here. IAE, I haven't had a chance to try it out, having opened the package only about 30 minutes ago (& it not being the only pen package ).

Dave

So far, my Legacy ink seepage problem seems to have been fixed while at Sheaffer. Likewise the skipping problem seems to be solved. Hopefully, it will stay this way!

Dave