Pelikan Back From Repair...and I'm Crushed.

[sirgilbert357]

Possibly but not likely.

 

The reason is that a crack is a continuous source of air and so the leak would not stop when the fins were filled but rather continue. The fins might slow down ink dripping onto the paper in the case of a crack (or any other uncontrolled air leak) but would not prevent such drips.

I agree with Jar here. While I never wrote more than a page at a time once I discovered the fins filling with ink, it never dripped onto the page. I left the pen nib down in a tall shot glass too and it never ended up dripping into the cap that I could tell. Additionally, I finally did end up trying my aforementioned experiment: I removed the nib, advanced the piston until the ink was level with the crack and moistened my thumb and firmly capped off the opening of the section. I then advanced the piston until I felt pressure on the underside of my thumb and held it for about 30 seconds. No ink or bubbles escaped anywhere. So I doubt the crack went all the way through. Not very scientific, but that's what I did, lol. Edited November 25, 2015 by sirgilbert357