I recently picked up a 61 flighter that was in pretty good condition and I've been carrying it around for a few days. This is my first experience with this style pen and this style friction fit cap. I noticed that I've marked up the body of the pen a little (some rubs where the cap got pushed on past where the section and body join - maybe 3mm) Is this inevitable, or am I just being an idiot and pushing the cap on too far? I guess I'm used to friction fit caps that close with an audible 'snick'. I've been doing research and taking notes the past few days - the cap comes on and off all the time and I'm not necessarily concentrating on the pen. It also didn't help that the first few hours I used the 61, I found random drops of ink on my page (it seems to have stopped doing that now) so I was thinking 'oooh, don't want that to happen in my pocket!' and capping it firmly. It's a great looking pen and I'm sorry I've marred the finish.

On a brighter note, I'm really enjoying writing with the pen: nice fine point and smooth! I'm thinking I'm going to regret my choice of Legal Lapis when it comes to cleaning out that capillary filler, though!

Ryan the ham handed.

Ryan,

Yes I am afraid that does happen, on the "51" Flighter to.

Don't know why you had a problem with drips. You did fill it from the right end I assume? They will fill from the nib, but not as well and the collector can get flooded which will case the drops. It could also be that legal lapis is not suited to the pen, too much lubrication in the ink can cause the capilliary effect to break down and the ink to flood.

I tend to only use Quink in my capilliary 61 for that reason. You are going to have to soak it a lot to get that Legal Lapis out fully. I use Quink Washable Blue as a neutral ink to aid in cleaning the 61s out, maybe that might help.

Regards,

Jim

Yep, I dropped the capillary end into the ink, not the nib. Is it possible to let it sit too long and have it draw an excess of ink through the capillary filler? I would have thought full was full and that's that. I had it in there probably a minute and half (thinking "it can't be _that_ easy can it?).



That could be - I've observed that Legal Lapis is a 'wet' ink in all my pens. I'll keep an eye on it.

Thanks, Jim!

Ryan.

Hi,

Just remember that when screwing on the barrel, screw on the barrel with the nib pointing up.

You can restore the finish on the barrel with some fine sandpaper which can be used to rescratch the pattern back onto the pen.

Dillon

Now THAT I can't be sure I did do. I will next time.

...um... Why?

Ryan.

Hi,

It will keep the ink out of the collector fins. If you screw the barrel on with the nib pointing down, ink will fill the collector fins and splash out easily if the pen is shaken.


Dillon