I submitted some feedback on the Delta DVOS that I was bought for Xmas that I had done a brief review on in the review section. I asked a repair question in the feedback and I am concerned that it may get lost there and not seen by the people with real repair expertise, so I hope that you wont mind me asking it here.

I filled the DVOS with Mont Blanc black ink and pulled out a Rhodia pad. I am sad to say that the pen wrote poorly. Skipping and ink starvation. I flushed the pen with slightly soapy water and gave it a good rinse and it improved for a while but then stopped writing altogether again. A couple of twists of the converter and the ink was flowing again and for a good while, but the occasional skip returned.

Later on the pen struggled to fill in a page of my Moleskine. I can understand the problems with the Rhodia paper, it is very smooth and I have had problems with this paper and other pens, a VP with a very smooth broad in particular, but Moleskine paper is only one up from cheap legal pads and almost sucks the ink out of a broad nibbed pen.

So what is the best bet for me? Send the pen to Delta (my least favorable choice) or dismantle the pen myself and see if I can find out what the issue is? If it is the latter, how does the nib/feed come out? I should admit that I am not an experienced pen repairer, nor do I have any special tools, but not all repairs are complicated are they!?

Thanks

Andy

You can try this first: (from http://www.nibs.com/Article6SmoothingAdjusting.htm)

"Increase the ink flow: Holding the pen on a large open desk with the nib pointed upright, and looking at the underside of the nib (the feed), catch each shoulder of the nib with your thumbnails. Pull gently apart while pressing down gently on the top of the nib. It is best to have light coming through from the back so that one can see the slit gap open. Proceed with caution, testing the pen after each effort. Because the nib will need to be tested after each try, you will want to have paper towels at the ready and not be headed for a dinner engagement, as you will most likely get ink on your fingers."

Thanks FJF.

I have tried this and it made a slight difference, but then went back to normal. It has resolved the clicking tines issue.

I have since contacted another FPNr and their advice has led me to decide to pull the nib and have a look at the feed. I might try this with a cheap pen first so I am aware of what I should be looking for! It is possible that there might be silicone in the feed.

Andy,

Sorry to hear of your problems, despite your reservations if what you have tried so far hasn't worked, I would bite the bullet and send it back. Any more 'serious' work may not work and invalidate your warranty and it is too expensive a pen to risk that with, accept you will be without it for a while but better than risking damaging it

Andy

I sent my DV OS back twice, initially for the same problem, and then second time around for skipping and flooding of the feed at its base where it meets the section body, so that the cap filled with ink. In the end I am sure I got a new nib section and it writes well. I have read in several other threads that the DV OS is commonly afflicted by debris left inside the feed etc after production, and so I assume it either needs dismantling and cleaning, or sending back. I personally haven't the experience or courage to dismantle myself.

edited to add, My experience was a UKone and the turnaround time wasn't bad. Cannot remember how long, but I think it was a few weeks.