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Levenger Nib Issue


redneck6497

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HI All,

 

I purchased a Levenger l-tech. I have one from a few years ago, and it writes flawlessly in medium. I purchased another one b/c I like it so much. The pen came with a nib that was having issues stopping when making certain letters, and the flow was "slow". Nothing like my other pen. I called Levenger and their excellent customer support replaced the nib. The second nib seems to do fine once you get it started, but it has issues starting. I could pick my other pen up after sitting for a week and have a perfect stroke the first time. I saw on another thread that some nibs when brand new have oils in them, and to use a little dishwashing detergent in water to clean it out. I did that. Same....

 

I once again contacted Levenger, and they are ready to give me a refund, but I don't really want to give up yet. Any ideas? Should I write with it for a while and hope it fixes itself??

 

aarrgggg!

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I'm not sure what you mean by "tapering towards the tip". I doesn't look like its possible for it to be that badly out of alignment if I understand what you're saying. It looks to me like perhaps the whole tip is sort of pointing slightly downward vs 100% parallel when looking at it from the side. or top.

 

When you look at it from the bottom it looks like a single cohesive slit.

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One other thing I noticed, is that before using, if I "prime" the system by twisting the converter so that ink goes into the feed, it seems to write immediately about 99% of the time. Could it be a converter problem? Maybe there is some sort of vacuum forming?

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