Flossed My Nib, Now There Is Too Much Flow

[zubzub]

So, I had a pen that barely wrote. So, I flossed the nib. Actually, I had to floss it a couple of times since there was no improvement at all. Then, all of a sudden after my last floss, I could finally write with the pen, but I find the ink flow to be too great. It's a Japanese fine, but now writes like a Japanese Bold. I bent the nib downward and it made it worse. The ink flow got even greater now. It's like a BB.

Then pen is a NOS Pilot Elite F

[mitto]

Sounds like you, somehow, widened the gap between the tines more than was necessary. Try narrowing down the gap if in case you know how it should be done. I believe there are youtube videos on the subject.

[mitto]

Watching this video may help.

 

[ac12]

From the pix on the web, I think the nib on the Elite is going to be difficult to slow down the ink flow.

 

If you increased the gap between the nib and the feed, I think that will require the nib to be removed to reshape the nib to get the tines back down. I do not know how to pull the nib on that pen.

 

All I can think of is it needs to go in to a pen tech for repair.

[siamackz]

Flossing the tine i.e. merely running a .002mm brass shim through it should not open or widen the tine gap. It should simply remove any dirt stuck there, etc. What did you use to floss? And what do you mean by flossing? Did you pull the tines apart while flossing?

 

Why don't you share a couple of close up pics so that we can see if the tines are too far apart?

[zubzub]

Visually, they are not far apart at all. They are pretty close just like my Lamy Safari in medium. I pinched it closer and now it got slightly worse LOL. I used a hard plastic film which is slightly thicker than a sheet of looseleaf paper although most likely thicker than a brass shim. By flossing, I mean putting the plastic in between and running through the tine one full length. I ran through it one time, then I tried to write with it. I did it 5x before I could get it to write properly.

 

I read someone else talk about using plastic so I found some lying around and I just went with it. I was too impatient to wait for a brass shim to come in.

Oh well, lesson learned. I don't think I'm going to give it to a nibsmith because the pen is $27 and it's going to cost me at least $30 to get it fixed.
There's nothing wrong with the pen. In fact, it writes super smooth. I just prefer very thin and dry lines because I have a lot of cheap paper laying around from my college days.

Edited August 15, 2017 by zubzub

[siamackz]

If you share a pic, we'd be able to make better suggestions. I am sure this can be fixed by you.