Parker 61 Advice?

[Kenlowe]

Manuscipt make fountain pen ink and also calligrahy ink. I appreciate that I am stating the obvious but yours should be for fountain pens.

 

Apologies - I am sure you are using the correct ink - very nearly said write ink then!

 

I would stop using all the ink you have and go and buy something known and reliable, Parker Blue ink for example, but follow Mittos advice first of all but be gentle better to have to do it twice but softly rather than overdo things once.

[cherylmarie]

Thanks for all the advice, I've learned quite a bit by reading your comments and experimenting with my pen. The capillary filler is working wonderfully now. The problem that persisted was that the tines were just closed too tightly.

I didn't want to try to remove the nib from the collector, it didn't unscrew easily and I was afraid to force it. So I forced a brass sheet between the tines and gently tugged one way, then the other. Finally I could see a tiny separation and now the ink is flowing as it should.

Thanks again, you gave me the courage to keep tinkering!

[mitto]

You are welcome. Happy that you resolved the problem. Enjoy your 61.

[parkergeo]

 

I don't know much about ink, but I've been using mostly Manuscript. It's an ink which is available at a local hobby shop, not very expensive.

 

 

 

That's interesting - I recently tried Manuscript ink (black) in a P61 capillary filler, and after a week the pen became a very hard starter and dry writer. I flushed it out and refilled with black Sheaffer Skrip and now it's working as it should. I've had good luck with blue Manuscript in modern pens, but I think I'l stick with Skrip and Quink for vintage pens.