I've got a small selection of Esties now with a variety of nibs, and they all seem to be VERY wet.

One isn't a surprise, as I had to rescue it (steel nib, 2668, bent all to h... and back) -- got the tines to touch at the tip rather than the 0.5mm or so apart they were, but it still delivers, uh, generous amounts of ink.

So do the other nibs (9556, 9668) that work (I have one missing a tip on one tine). Should I adjust the feed up to the nib by heating and pressing? I cannot use them as is, my letters overflow and fill!

Peter

I'd give that a try if I were you - it's simple to do, and can be reversed.

Just grind down the one with a missing tip and turn it into an Italic of your own choice.

Gerry

Thanks Gerry!

Sadly, the busted nib is the Gregg one I was looking forward to using....

Peter

What's the number of the Gregg?

1555. The all steel one, I think.

Peter

PM me your address and I 'll send you one.

Gerry

ooh take him up on it....I -adore- my 1555....

I was prepared to hate it and quickly find a new nib for the estie it came attached to...

But it's now my favorite pen, bar none..use it everyday.

I'd check the sac for pinhole punctures, or clean the section out well before I started messing with feed conformation.

get a nice NOS 2668 or the like to try out, if that nib is too wet you definitely have an air leak somewhere.

how tight do you screw in your nib units? if they aren't snug that might be the problem?

Good point. I thought that Peter was referring to several pens here, and the likelyhood of air leaks in more than one was not high. If he's changing the nibs out in just one body, that's something that should be checked out...

Regards,

Gerry

New sacs, nibs tight.

I narrowed the gap on the medium nib some more last night and got it working well -- nice ink flow but not too wet. The tines were pretty far apart, probably from excessive nib pressure.

The feed looks pretty far forward on the really wet one.

Peter

Estie nibs are pretty maleable steel (although rigid models are thick enough to resist bending and flexible ones are much springier) so it's pretty easy for them to get sprung. if they have a ripple in the tine it can be difficult to return them to good alignment and *very* difficult to get them back to 100% cosmetically

*every* renew-point nib I have has the feed set well forward on the nib with only 2-3mm of clearance between the end of the feed and the tip of the nib, if it's within that range I wouldn't worry. The tine spacing was probably the issue anyway, the nibs seem to perform best with tight spacing IMO, I have yet to get one that I would consider too dry.

David:

I looked at the back of the nib, and it was nearly flush, so I figured it was located OK.

I don't think, by my four examles, that you would call these dry nibs....



Peter