Pen Exploded?

[brahmam]

 

^^^ *standing applause*

 

Thank you... thank you... thank you...

 

 

 

 

Edited July 4, 2013 by brahmam

[theadityajain]

 

Did you keep the pen in a warm place - near a heat vent or an incandescent lamp, etc.? Heat expands ink and also the air pocket inside the cartridge. As the air-bubble expands, it could squeeze ink out of the cartridge. Usually any ink cartridge has sufficient surface tension - in fact, quite enough - so that manufacturers put a small ball inside the cartridge just to break the surface tension (Vanderwall's forces???). Once a drop of ink from the nib contacts the wall of the pen-cap, the cap's inner surface, aided by gravity, would pull the drop - remember how we touch the burette's inside surface with the tip of the pippette to extricate the last drop of liquid?

 

But if physics weren't able to answer this strange phenomenon, then we might have to seek recourse to metaphysics, as follows:

 

Good 'ol Blazing had a pen,

Which was used only now and then.

He fitted it with a cartridge,

Ink not as green as partridge,

But ink as black as tar,

It was not before far,

He went to bed,

My goodness, better less said!

He awoke with a dread,

As he cautiously did tread.

To see if the pen was still asleep,

It was indeed in slumber so deep,

That it became incontinent...

And it was still barely sentient!

It had to pee,

For Blazing to see.

What a nasty mess,

Worth a week's fuss!

Insoucient, ink it puked,

As it also got itself nuked.

Blazing should now keep the pen aside

For, there could be a ghost inside.

 

 

:notworthy1:

[Bo Bo Olson]

Pen still needing burping?

 

Poem ....remind me not to read that to my pens.

[brahmam]

 

 

Thank you... thank you... thank you...

 

De_pen_dent:

 

You have to sing it to the tune of, "Old MacDonald had a farm..."

You got to try, "Good 'ol Blazing had a pen..."

 

Once you sing my poem to "Old MacDonald's" tune, you would never stop. Others could also try my free lyrics on Blazing's spooky puke'y pen.

 

:-))))

 

Cheers!

Brahmam

[Gloucesterman]

 

I think the EU MR and US/Asia MR take different cartridges, with one of them only taking Pilot proprietary.

 

All of the Pilot pens I have purchased over the years here in the U.S. have used the Pilot proprietary cartridges. In fact, I have found several sources in the past that the cartridges inexpensively ( at the time I bought them they were 12 for $1.00 but just blue and black.

 

Now I refill them if I want to use another color.

[Uncle Red]

BRG, it's been noted that Pilot makes special models for Europe that take International Standard Cartridges. Blazing chose a correct cartridge for his pen.

 

Blazing, have you looked at any of the other suggestions or tried the pen with a different cart?

[RMN]

Could be the Diamine ink.

 

I had a similar experience with Diamine in a converter in my Edson. After a while writing I got blotches, and when I inspected the nib and section the ink started dripping from the pen. Converter was seated properly.

 

Bad case of nib-creep.

 

Now this pilot MR: does it have a screw or click-on cap? I suspect click-on.

The pen had been lying flat, you had some nibcreep, went to class, bumped the pen around a bit, hold it nib down ready to take notes, yanked the cap of, created a vacuum.... which sucked out more ink...

 

D.ick

[Mesu]

 

Good 'ol Blazing had a pen,

Which was used only now and then.

He fitted it with a cartridge,

Ink not as green as partridge,

But ink as black as tar,

It was not before far,

He went to bed,

My goodness, better less said!

He awoke with a dread,

As he cautiously did tread.

To see if the pen was still asleep,

It was indeed in slumber so deep,

That it became incontinent...

And it was still barely sentient!

It had to pee,

For Blazing to see.

What a nasty mess,

Worth a week's fuss!

Insoucient, ink it puked,

As it also got itself nuked.

Blazing should now keep the pen aside

For, there could be a ghost inside.

 

You made my day..

 

Awesome poetry

[brahmam]

 

You made my day..

 

Awesome poetry

 

 

GOOD 'OL BLAZING HAD A PEN

 

Good 'ol Blazing had a pen

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

He used it only now and then

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

With a smudge, smudge here and a smudge, smudge there

Here a smudge, there a smudge, everywhere a smudge, smudge

e-yaa- e-yaa ooo

 

Good 'ol Blazing thought a bit

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

He fitted the pen with new cartridge

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

With a cartridge here and a cartridge there

Here a cartridge, there a cartridge, everywhere a cartridge

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

 

Good 'ol Blazing chose Diamine

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

Like a doctor's syringe he shoved it hard

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

With an ouch ouch here and an ouch ouch there

Here an ouch, there an ouch everywhere an ouch ouch

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

 

It was paining for the pen

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

The pressure on it built so much

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

With a rupture here and a rupture there

Here a rupture there a rupture everywhere a rupture

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

 

The poor pen started to puke the ink

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

It couldn't handle so much pain

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

Blazing pacing here and pacing there

Here he pacing there he pacing everywhere he pacing

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

 

Good 'ol Blazing was shell shocked

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

How did the cartridge explode so

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

With suspense here and a suspense there

Here a suspense, there a suspense everywhere a suspense

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

 

Good 'ol Blazing found the answer

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

He approached fountain pen network

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

With a ghost ghost here and a ghost, ghost there

Here a ghost there a ghost making cartridge explode

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

 

Good 'ol Blazing swore before Lord

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

No more fountain pens for me

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

With a ghost ghost here and a ghost, ghost there

Here a ghost there a ghost making cartridge explode

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

 

For spooky problems avoid FPN

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

Their answers don't seem convincing

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

With a ghost ghost here and a ghost, ghost there

Here a ghost there a ghost making cartridge explode

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

 

eeeee---yaaaaaaa---- eeeeee----yaaaaaaa oooooooooooooooooo

Edited July 8, 2013 by brahmam

[Sasha Royale]

Several ideas come to mind:

 

1. Your pen does not like being left horizontal. "Nib-up" is better..

2. Just because you can get your foot into a shoe, doesn't mean it fits. Same with ink cartridges.

3. When you changed cartridges, did you damage the feed ?

4. Don't buy fountain pens from the Al Qaeda Super Show.

5. Was there a drastic temperature change over night ?

 

I hope it is one of these simple things, so you can avoid it next time.

[flyingfox]

GOOD 'OL BLAZING HAD A PEN

 

WOW, I LOVE this!!!! ROFL!!!!!!!! :notworthy1: Now I really miss the "ROFL" emoticon...

 

[brahmam]

 

WOW, I LOVE this!!!! ROFL!!!!!!!! :notworthy1: Now I really miss the "ROFL" emoticon...

 

 

Thank you. Thanks so much. Regards. Brahmam.

[framebaer]

Several ideas come to mind:

 

1. Your pen does not like being left horizontal. "Nib-up" is better..

2. Just because you can get your foot into a shoe, doesn't mean it fits. Same with ink cartridges.

3. When you changed cartridges, did you damage the feed ?

4. Don't buy fountain pens from the Al Qaeda Super Show.

5. Was there a drastic temperature change over night ?

 

I hope it is one of these simple things, so you can avoid it next time.

Love number 2, so true

[brahmam]

So... why did Blazing's cartridge explode after all? What is the real reason?

 

Hope good 'ol Blazing gets back to us,

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

And tells his viewpoint to all of us

e-yaa e-yaa ooo

With a curious member here and a curious member there

Here a member, there a member waiting for the answer

e-yaa e-yaa oooooo