I just received a new Conway Stewart Dandy. It appears to have a flow problem. I posted a link at the Repair forum, and don't want to cross post. Just wondering if there were an easy fix before I either send it back to Conway Stewart, or a pen-guy to adjust professionally...

Fix for ink flow problem?

I'm a Conway Stewart retailer, and I can fix it for you, but not for free. Send it back to Conway Stewart. They'll fix it free.

HDoug,

You might also want to try adding just a touch of liquid dish soap to your bottle of ink. I did this with a toothpick by putting just a drop of Dawn on the end and then mixing this small amount into the bottle of ink. It seemed to solve several of my flow problems with various pens.

Robert

First, I rinsed it out with some soapy (Dawn) water then rinsed thoroughly with water. Then I adjusted the tines as described near the end of this article:

http://www.nibs.com/Article6SmoothingAdjusting.htm

fjf suggested this in a reply to my query at the Repair topic.

Just wanted to say that my Conway Stewart is now writing fine! I won't have to send it in for adjustment!

Doug

Hooray! Glad it worked out for you!

Thank you! And I'm glad you're glad! Isn't life grand!

Doug