Glare Collection ( Rainbow ? ) Eye Dropper

[old4570]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm , so many questions ?

Will this pen be plagued by the same problems as the Romus Majestic ?

I am about to ink it up and find out ...

 

Looks like the same feed , so will carefully document any mods as I do them ( Probably will have to )

Edited April 12, 2018 by old4570

[old4570]

 

Pen was a hard starter !

Once going it ran moist ..

Canting the pen left 45deg , the pen ran ok .

Canting the pen right 45deg , it was biting the paper and running dry .

Inverted , very scratchy .

Threads may have had a small amount of lube , threads are a very nice firm / tight fit .. ( Still dont have any silicone grease )

Over all the pen writes scratchy and the NIB could use some work .

Will see if the pen hard starts in 24 hours ..

For now no leaks and more importantly no burps .

 

Feed is about 4.73 mm / 4.74mm DIA, so does that mean a 5mm NIB ?

Edited April 12, 2018 by old4570

[mhguda]

That looks like my Clicks, Fellowships, Serwex, etc... I find those profit by a good flush before use. Maybe even brush the feed, once you have it out.

After such treatment, mine are all pretty well behaved. Scratchy nib may be misalignment. Loupe or phone camera on magnification may show you.

[old4570]

I forgot to Macro the NIB before inking the pen ..

Tomorrow I will see how hard the pen starts ..

 

Then I will empty the ink , flush , mod the feed and Macro the NIB ..

I have some feed mods I want to try .. Don't believe they will hurt the pen , but I do want to ease the painful starts .

Edited April 12, 2018 by old4570

[mhguda]

It's an ED filled - no need to do away with the ink... just let it sit in the barrel while you work on the nib&feed... that is one nice thing about eyedroppers, I guess.

[old4570]

Just suck the ink back into a syringe / less chance of accidents that way

[old4570]

Surprise !

 

Started right away ... ( After 24 hours resting horizontally )

So rather than doing any mods I got to polishing the NIB with 2000 Wet & Dry ..

Pen is no longer scratchy , rather smooth now ..

Also has gone from moist to wet , an writes canted 45 deg to the right .

Actually I might store the pen upright ( NIB UP ) and see if it HARD starts or if inking the pen has made it behave ..

Edited April 13, 2018 by old4570

[Dip n Scratch]

What is the diameter of the section of this pen?

I got a little clear Click CC type pen with a Ranga 3 that came from the Group Buy.

I didn't keep the thing. The section was made for a child's, not a man's fingers.

A shame really as the nib wasn't that bad, not compared to that of an Airmail 78, which had all your issues & more.

[old4570]

DIA = 11.5mm right behind the cap ...

Threads for cap = 10.6mm

9.4mm just ahead of the threads for the cap

[old4570]

OK - 24 more hours - This time stored NIB up ( vertical )

 

Amazingly the pen started right away ..

So I continued to write ( cool weather ) to see if the pen would burp .. No burps ...

Color me impressed ..

Pen will be taken out of testing and I will move onto another .