My First Catastrophe - Pelikan Stola Iii

[gryphon1911]

Not sure what happened, but I reached into my work bag today, pulled out my pen pouch. When I opened it, I noticed the usual light blue color of the inserts had black lines on it.

 

I pulled the Stola III from the slot and the reminants of the Noodler's Black could be seen all down the pen, in the cap.

 

Not sure what happened. It was in the pen case with 4 other fountain pens and all of them were fine. Up until now, I've used the Stola many times with the same ink. Not sure if there was an air bubble issue or what. It's sad because I like using the pen for work with its snap cap....but I'm now hesitant to keep it in the daily writer rotation.

 

Just venting a little - hope you all don't mind me rambling a bit about it.

[sirgilbert357]

Wow, that really stinks. I'd be more upset about the pen case though! I had a Parker 45 uncap itself in my cargo shorts pocket one time. The result was a huge patch of Noodler's Liberty's Elysium all over my shorts and my leg! I was foolish to put a pen in that particular pocket, but I still didn't trust the pen's cap after that. Guess I'm just saying I can relate and sorry you had a bad experience.

Edited September 12, 2017 by sirgilbert357

[gryphon1911]

Wow, that really stinks. I'd be more upset about the pen case though! I had a Parker 45 uncap itself in my cargo shorts pocket one time. The result was a huge patch of Noodler's Liberty's Elysium all over my shorts and my leg! I was foolish to put a pen in that particular pocket, but I still didn't trust the pen's cap after that. Guess I'm just saying I can relate and sorry you had a bad experience.

 

Yeah, it does stink about the pen case. It was not inexpensive...but because of the material it is made from, it weathered the ink leak quite well. It is the Nock Brasstown Black/Blue.

[sirgilbert357]

 

Yeah, it does stink about the pen case. It was not inexpensive...but because of the material it is made from, it weathered the ink leak quite well. It is the Nock Brasstown Black/Blue.

Well, I guess it's a little more BLACK/Blue now, huh?

 

I guess this is just the cost of doing business with fountain pens and permanent to semi-permanent inks. I wouldn't have it any other way though...I know which pens to carry certain ways and which ones I can trust without fail--it just took a little "experience" to figure things out.

[sargetalon]

Sorry to hear of your bad experience. The nightmare of all fountain pen enthusiast to be sure. Odd that you hadn't had this issue before. How are you filling the pen? Using a converter?