Need Help, Please

[dandlgoff]

Hello Everyone!

I need some help> My wife and I are in possession of two Visconti Homo Sapiens, one with a 18K gold nib and the other with a 1.3mm palladium nib. We have had the pens for almost two years and we have changed lots of nibs through the visconti distributors here in Ontario, Canada, but we have never been able to find a properly working nibs. The distributors at this point do not want to have anything to do with us. I have never found a nibmeister here around in Toronto, so I need you guys help to find a good nibmeister where I can send my nibs to be fixed, so I do not feel I spend a lot of money in pens that do not actually work properly. At this point I do not care if it is in Canada or USA or Europe, just please help me find someone who can actually help! Thank you very much you all

Luca

[Chrissy]

I found Restorers Art that is in Canada. No affiliation though, and I've never used this service.

 

Instead of typing nibmeister into Google, I tried nibsmith instead. See what other results you might get, because the question may have been asked on FPN before. Sending it to the US will cost a lot, but Dan Smith is good. No affiliation to him either.

[jar]

The first issue is to find out if you are capable of actually describing what it is you want. Unless you can describe the issue and what it is you want it's unlikely anyone can resolve the issue.

[Chrissy]

The first issue is to find out if you are capable of actually describing what it is you want. Unless you can describe the issue and what it is you want it's unlikely anyone can resolve the issue.

 

This is true.

[dandlgoff]

My problems are simple: both nibs are misaligned and sloppy. The gold nib has also baby bottoms and is overflowing, while the 1.3mm is dropping ink

[Chrissy]

My problems are simple: both nibs are misaligned and sloppy. The gold nib has also baby bottoms and is overflowing, while the 1.3mm is dropping ink

 

It doesn't sound like that would be a really difficult fix. Have you considered checking out some online videos and aligning the tines yourself, then smoothing them just a tiny amount with a nib smoothing board?

[jar]

My problems are simple: both nibs are misaligned and sloppy. The gold nib has also baby bottoms and is overflowing, while the 1.3mm is dropping ink

Overflowing and dropping ink are unlikely to be nib related. You can align nibs yourself with a nice 10x loupe. And baby bottom is far too often simply used as an excuse instead of reality.

 

The first issues are most likely an air leak in the system, a seal or gasket. The best way to get that fixed is the manufacturer. There are people that can also work on those two issues. Terms like "sloppy nibs" though really carry no informational content. Nobody can be expected to even guess what a sloppy nib means.