Wahl Doric Running Dry Unflexed

[coleb87]

Hey, I've got a Kashmir Doric with a #5 adjustable nib. (Anyone else have this nib, what's your opinion on it?)

The nib flexes very well, and the slider mechanism is great, but the middle notches are just a tad worn so the slider moves easier there.

Anyhow, this nib flows very well when flexing- when no flexing, it writes very dry, and almost always runs completely dry.

(of course, the pen writes less dry un-flexed when I'm trying to show it in the picture!)

Edited February 8, 2018 by coleb87

[sidthecat]

I have a ringtop Doric in Morocco with a sliderless #5 nib. Love it to pieces. It’s wonderfully flexy in its broken condition - the first nib I had that I could honestly say handled “like a brush.”

[jmnav]

My bet: this nib is meant for flexing, these kind of pens, when "relaxed" usually have their nib slit's sides not parallel but wider at the nib hole and tighter at the nib's point... too tight, and the nib becomes too dry when not flexed. Of course, an equilibrium must be found: open them too much when relaxed, and the pen will tend to skip or railroad when flexed.

 

Suggested solution would be pushing the thiniest piece of sheet you can find through the slit to make it slightly wider (it's usually recomended using the sheet you can find within "alarms" from market stores' products).