Can someone help me?

I have a new Pilot Knight (1st FP) ever.
I took it apart and put in the converter "squeeze type"
last night I wanted to wash the pen out

The directions to fill it show about 1/2 to 2/3 of the nib in the liquid but when I do that it does not suck any water into the converter.

I have to immerse the entire nib and almost; if not some of the "section" of the pen into the liquid before it fills the converter. (according to Richards web page it would be the "section" that needs to touch the liquid)

Is this normal?
It seems like that would be a lot of cleaning up to do.

Can anyone give me some insight? I really wanted to ink this pen tonight

thank you all in advance

sal

Hi,


It is normal.

Dip part of the section in and you are all set.

Dillon

I don't have that pen, but that's how I do it.
If you have metal trim at the end of the section near the nib, I wouldn't repeatedly dunk the trim into the ink, and I would wipe away any ink to help prevent corrosion.
J

yup - dip it to the section. The directions are lacking

This is a natural part of the ceremony, you're being honored by inky fingers.

I think it's a good idea to expell a few drops back into the bottle after filling. This has the action of drawing air through the nib/feed prior to use as the filling mechanism has to be returned to its rest position after the drops are let out. This step is included in some pen filling instruction sheets but it can apply to all fountain pens.

Martin

Thank you everyone for the replies.
I am off to fill a pen

Waterman (at least in some pen I got from them) recommended dropping 1 to 2 drops back into the bottle to clean the air and feed channels.