How Long Should A Vac-700 Take To Flow Again?

[Midx]

Hi All,

 

I recently travelled with my new vac-700, so I closed the shut-off to stop any leaks. When I came to write with it again (and had used up the ink in the feed), I opened up the shut-off, but it look a very long time before I could start writing again!

How long should it take, do you think, for the ink to get to the nib after re-opening?

 

Edit: By the way, in case it matters, the ink in Montblanc toffee brown and the nib is a broad.

Edited June 17, 2016 by Midx

[Midx]

This pen is really starting to annoy me now, so if anyone out there has experience of using the Vac 700, I'd be grateful for any ideas...

 

I have not closed the shut-off since yesterday now (the blind cap is unscrewed, and I could pull the plunger out if I wanted), but the pen will still occasionally run dry, even after 2-3 pages of writing! Does this pen need priming periodically?? Of course, the ink is so dark that I can't see inside to see if something is blocking the feed or not.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Thanks,

Chris.

[Jamerelbe]

I found with my Vac Mini that I had to pull the plunger several millimetres backward, to ensure the valve was fully disengaged. I'm still relatively inexperienced with this pen and filling mechanism, though - so don't know whether that's your problem!

[prashant.tikekar]

I received my vac 700 yesterday. I am going to ink it today. So I will update in next few days. But looking at the mechanism, drier inks will have flow issues so I am planning to use free flowing (Wet) ink. And yes, the ink matters as this is issue related to flow.

[Water Ouzel]

As mentioned above, make sure that you've pulled the piston out to the first detent (not just unscrewing the piston knob).

 

One of my 700's acted reluctantly on occasion, and I found that leaving it capped, opening the valve, and leaving it nib-down in a cup over night found it writing again in the morning.

 

The solution in the end was the thoroughly wash out the pen and section and nib/feed, then put everything back together, after the adding just a bit of silicone grease to the piston.

 

That was a year ago, and the pen hasn't misbehaved since.

 

It might could be that I traumatized it.