New Pen, Swan/mabie Todd 1060

[carlmaloschneider]

Hi, I haven't posted here in AGES, almost a year maybe. I got a new pen today, a Swan/Mabie Todd 1060, about 1940 I believe, with a single cap band (seems rare-ish). Very nice mint condition with a number 2 nib. Appearsto my un-trained hand to be a 'wet noodle', very flexible; I need to write very lightly to stop it flexing. It seems very 'wet'. I've tried three inks already today (Noodler's Purple, Waterman Sherwood Green and now J Herbin café des iles). I think I remember that café des iles was on the 'dryer' side. I've tried to adjust the feed (placing in hot water and pressing my thumb against the feed to push it closer to the nib (not that it's not close already)). I'm liking the flexibility somewhat, and the pen overall, but it does seem to be splattering ink a little as I use it. Is this just a part of what this pen is or would you say it is TOO wet? I don't actually seem to be getting nib creep, just splotches if I'm a little too rapid in moving the pen when I put the cap back on, etc.

 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

BTW, the nib is really very, very smooth to write with.. :-)

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If it's super wet, it could just be ink flying out of the nib/feed as you move around. I've had a couple older pens that behaved like that, one was a Waterman with a flexy nib. If I so much as whispered with my hands (I'm a hand talker) ink would fly across the room. I did that at school one time and covered about 6 students with bulletproof black.

:roflmho: Oops. So - could just be the feed design - could be that the nib and feed may need to be set a little deeper into the section.

[carlmaloschneider]

If it's super wet, it could just be ink flying out of the nib/feed as you move around. I've had a couple older pens that behaved like that, one was a Waterman with a flexy nib. If I so much as whispered with my hands (I'm a hand talker) ink would fly across the room. I did that at school one time and covered about 6 students with bulletproof black.

:roflmho: Oops. So - could just be the feed design - could be that the nib and feed may need to be set a little deeper into the section.

 

Yeah, it's exactly that, that as I move my hands the ink flies out. I don't think it's going to be a 'work pen'.