A Problem (?) With My Century

[miket_nyc]

As I mentioned earlier, I bought a Cross Century (the original) at a flea market last Sunday. It writes extremely well and is becoming one of my favorite pens.

 

But I noticed today that the nib and section wobble a tiny bit up and down. This is probably a tenth of a millimeter or less and it has no effect on normal use, because you're always pushing the nib down. Also, the nib/section don't seem to be getting looser or coming out (which I understand is impossible anyway because they can't be removed).

 

So is this a normal thing and can I ignore it, out does it mean something bad is happening? (And if it's something bad, is there anything I can do about it?) I'm an attorney and do a lot of writing. I've already nearly used up one Cross cartridge since Sunday and was hoping to use up many more.

 

Mike Taglieri

[Kansas Pen]

That's a tough one to answer. It may be that the section the nib is installed in is slightly oversized or "out of round". May be that you can somehow shim it to keep the wobble out.

 

I can see how this would really

 

But if you are not handy with these things - seek out a pen meister for advice and help. There are several posted on the forum.

 

My Cross fountain pens are Century 2000 and I think they are some of the best writers I have (four of them).

Hope you can get yours into service without too much drama. They are great writers.

 

Good luck.

[inotrym]

If I am not mistaken, that was a rather common problem with the original Century and it was actually the reason the model was discontinued and redesigned. You could always shoot Cross a message, but I doubt they will fix it. At most, they will replace it with the newer version.