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Hey everyone !

 

I'm considering buying the Noodler's 54th Massachusetts ink for my TWSBI Diamond 580AL with a Fine nib, but I've read some reviews mentioning that in some case, it dried and clogged the pen...

 

Do you have any more information about that ? Would you still recommend me to buy this ink ?

 

I know that the TWSBI pen isn't an amazing neither really expensive pen, but to me, it still represents a big investment and I really don't want to damage it...

 

Thanks a lot for your help !

 

Grégory

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Hello Grégory,

 

don't let the ink dry out, then nothing will be clogged. Massachusetts 54th is a good ink, not that difficult to clean.

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I don't recall using 54th Massachusetts in my 580, but it's possible. I don't use it very often. aurore is correct, don't let it dry out and you should be ok. As it is a bulletproof ink it might be a little more difficult than other non- bulletproof inks, but shouldn't be to bad.

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I've used 54th M in my 580AL EF with no problems if you write with it every few days. If it does dry, a few drops of water on the feed gets it flowing again. 54th Mass is my favorite ink. I keep it in a Lamy 2000 EF all the time. The hooded nib never dries out even after a week or more of disuse.

Favorite pen/ink pairings: Edison Brockton w/EF 14K gold nib and Noodler's 54th Massachusetts; Visconti Pinanfarina w/EF chromium conical nib and Noodler's El Lawrence; Sheaffer Legacy w/18k extra fine inlaid nib and Noodler's Black; Sheaffer PFM III fine w/14k inlaid nib and Noodler's Black; Lamy 2000 EF with Noodler's 54th Massachusetts; Franklin Christoph 65 Stablis w/steel Masuyama fine cursive italic and DeAtramentis Document Blue; Pilot Decimo w/18k fine nib and Pilot Blue Black; Franklin Christoph 45 w/steel Masuyama fine cursive italic and Noodler's Zhivago; Edison Brockton EF and Noodler's El Lawrence; TWSBI ECO EF with Noodler's Bad Green Gator.

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It's a great ink and you'll be fine with it if you follow the tips the others have supplied.

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Thanks a lot for your answers !

 

I guess that I'll give it a chance :) I'll follow your advices and cross finger for not having any problem !

 

I'll keep you update.

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I've used Noodler's 54th in my Pilot Decimo without any issues for quite a while now. I'll probably also include it in my ink rotation in my TWSBI 580 as well. As long as you're good about cleaning it out, it should be fine.

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