Help Question About A Potentially Damaged Pen?

October 26, 2015

I just got my lamy al star with a fine nib 2 days ago and I love it. But today it rolled off my table and it landed nib first into my wooden floor, stabbed into the wood and just "stood" (for a lack of better word) there.

When I pulled it out and looked at it, everything is perfectly fine, except when I write it feels like a wet medium nib...

More specifically, ink comes out a lot faster now especially at the turn of letters when I slow down, so I have to write super super fast,

So is this nib damaged? Should I get a new nib, or is the feeder damaged too? I pulled off the nib and it looked O.K., but how should I tell?

October 26, 2015

So I pulled off the nib, wiped the feeder and placed it on again. Upon close examination the lines were as wide as before accident, but noticeably wetter. Does this indicate nib/feeder problem? Would switching to a drier (even iron gall) help? I'm using Lamy Blue rn.

October 26, 2015

There are maybe two possibilities. The feed may have been pushed slightly further back into the grip than it should be. If you remove your cartridge or converter and push it back in, that may reseat it in it's correct position.

The second thing is that the tines may have separated slightly more than they were to start with. So just carefully try to push them back together with your thumb and forefinger from the sides.

If the nib looks exactly the same as it always looked, then it's more likely that the feed pushed in

October 26, 2015

There are maybe two possibilities. The feed may have been pushed slightly further back into the grip than it should be. If you remove your cartridge or converter and push it back in, that may reseat it in it's correct position.

The second thing is that the tines may have separated slightly more than they were to start with. So just carefully try to push them back together with your thumb and forefinger from the sides.

If the nib looks exactly the same as it always looked, then it's more likely that the feed pushed in

Ok I did all that, still really wet, so I bought a new EF nib. The problem now is that somehow the ink is like faded and comes out a bit too slow.... Should I flush it, let it dry and try again or just give up and buy a new one?

October 26, 2015

As the first nib was a F nib and you've replaced it with an EF nib, the flow will be different between the two.

You could try flushing it out overnight, letting it dry, and try it again.

Try and squeeze the tines of the first F nib together, just by pressing them carefully between your thumb and forefinger. Maybe it wasn't wet enough to start with?

October 26, 2015

As the first nib was a F nib and you've replaced it with an EF nib, the flow will be different between the two.

You could try flushing it out overnight, letting it dry, and try it again.

Try and squeeze the tines of the first F nib together, just by pressing them carefully between your thumb and forefinger. Maybe it wasn't wet enough to start with?

Ok so now the new nib works as it should, except the ink appears really light, like, just grey. It's my first time using a lamy black cartridge so I don't know if this is normal.