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symptoms ...

 

broad stub nib dries out after 1 to 2 A4 pages of continuous writing, even tho theres still alot of ink in the tank....

 

whats the cause?

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More information would be helpful - like is it vintage or modern. Brand? Ink being used? Filling method?

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Modern FP, Montegrappa , piston fill, Sailor Brown ink

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Try opening the barrel and see if the ink inside the convertor moves freely. If it appears stuck, then you have a very common c/c problem. Can be cured by many number of inexpensive methods.

 

Piston? Sorry did not read that. But some piston pens are just internal convertors. So this may still be valid.

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Could be a partially clogged feed. My first resort to remedy this behavior is to clean and flush with dilute detergent and water, followed by one or more cycles of ultrasonic cleaning in same. (If you can safely remove the nib/feed section, so much the better.) Flush with distilled water--you don't have to be too thorough, as a tiny quantity of remaining detergent will help flow--and refill with a known ink. If it writes well, you've solved the problem.

 

I had a Sailor 1911m and a Levenger True Writer stubbornly clog with an ink that had developed a fine particulate precipitate. It took about three flushes and ultrasonic cleanings to get it right again. Now they are both back to normal performance. The Levenger also required inking with PR Tanzanite to get it over the final hump.

 

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Tks Chemgeek....

Will try flushing it again .... I don't think I want to disassemble the feed cos I don't know how... useful but don't know how.... might damage the pen ...

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Hi TM, how do you know there's still ink in the barrel?

 

I had a similar problem with a Montegrappa. It turns out it was a faulty piston. It only seemed to take in ink, when in fact it did not, at least not very much.

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Hi TM, how do you know there's still ink in the barrel?

 

I had a similar problem with a Montegrappa. It turns out it was a faulty piston. It only seemed to take in ink, when in fact it did not, at least not very much.

Hi Nimrud....

Can be seen against light... The pen I had was light coloured enuf to allow light to enable this .....

 

On refilling .... I find I have to immerse the nib quite deep to get it refilled properly. On a few ocassions, it didn't refill properly.... I assumed I didn't immerse deep enuf ..... didn;t think much of it.

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