Wing Sung 698 Skipping Sometimes?

[mysterium]

Im using it with a Life Noble Notebook.

 

What I find is that sometimes itll skip a bit on letters. I cant tell why. Sometimes it helps to change its angle, but usually that will work for a while and then itll skip a bit again.

 

Its infuriating, because sometimes, just sometimes, it will write really smoothly.

 

And I cannot tell whats going on, why sometimes that smooth behavior happens.

 

Any ideas? Im mainly just thinking of changing pens.

Edited September 21, 2018 by mysterium

[mysterium]

For some reason all my apostrophes are being deleted...

[almoore]

Hi

I have 698's with both fine and medium nibs and he never had a problem, I would suggest trying a different ink, it can often be just the ink. I had a problem with a Mont Blanc ink on another pen and swapped to Herbin and that fixed it, if this doesn't work you might need to adjust the nib, wiser heads than mine have published how to do this.

 

Currently mine are running ok on KWZ inks and that seems to be fine, if you get stuck i can send you a sample of you are in the UK. Anywhere else and Royal Mail will think I'm plotting global domination or something equally silly.

 

Al

[inkeverywhere]

I have three 698's in rotation at the moment, all retro fitted with extra fine nibs and all filled with Diamine inks of differing colours. All are stored in a purpose built pen holder which holds the pens vertically. All three pens I really like using.

 

Two of the three start first time every time, the third and most used, gave me trouble with hard starts and skipping. All three were cleaned and prepared for use in the same fashion, the nibs are all aligned properly, everything is working correctly in each pen, as far as I can see, they are a very simple pen.

 

My answer to the hard starts and skipping is to store my "problem child" pen upside down, that is nib towards the ground. No more hard starts no more skipping just a pen I really enjoy writing with. The remaining two are store nib up.

 

Why this is so I don't know but it works for me!

 

 

 

Greg

[Marioferu]

Greg

 

Hi

I have 698's with both fine and medium nibs and he never had a

 

 

Al

 

Where do you find a Wing Sung 698 in medium size nib?

Edited September 22, 2018 by Marioferu

[minddance]

The 698medium nibs are not very properly made. In fact, all the 698nibs, if you buy separate from the pen, i.e. you buy only the nib, are very poorly made and unfinished.

 

If you buy the 698 pen fitted with nib, the nib writes remarkably better - but not always.

 

Same goes for Delike. If you buy the nibs individually, separate from the pen, the quality drop is remarkable.

 

Don't ask me why but this is the way things are.

 

Good luck.

Edited September 22, 2018 by minddance

[almoore]

Greg

 

Where do you find a Wing Sung 698 in medium size nib?

 

Hi

I've bought many pens from this guy including the medium 698, he also sells separate nibs which I have on order to try out. Here is the link:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2018-Model-Wing-Sung-698-Transparent-Piston-Fountain-Pen-M-Fine-Nib-0-7mm/232710840321

 

Al

Edited September 22, 2018 by almoore

[mysterium]

Hi

I have 698's with both fine and medium nibs and he never had a problem, I would suggest trying a different ink, it can often be just the ink. I had a problem with a Mont Blanc ink on another pen and swapped to Herbin and that fixed it, if this doesn't work you might need to adjust the nib, wiser heads than mine have published how to do this.

 

Currently mine are running ok on KWZ inks and that seems to be fine, if you get stuck i can send you a sample of you are in the UK. Anywhere else and Royal Mail will think I'm plotting global domination or something equally silly.

 

Al

Yes, thank you, this was the best suggestion so far.

 

I don't know why my pen is so finicky with ink but there it is. I went to a fountain pen store and they recommended washing/flushing it, but that did nothing.

 

What did do something was changing the ink.

 

Both a standard Cross blue ink and a nicer Pilot Iroshizuku take-sumi had false starts and skipping.

 

The only ink that I have that worked well was -- you wrote it up there -- a J. Herbin 1670 red.

[mysterium]

I have three 698's in rotation at the moment, all retro fitted with extra fine nibs and all filled with Diamine inks of differing colours. All are stored in a purpose built pen holder which holds the pens vertically. All three pens I really like using.

 

Two of the three start first time every time, the third and most used, gave me trouble with hard starts and skipping. All three were cleaned and prepared for use in the same fashion, the nibs are all aligned properly, everything is working correctly in each pen, as far as I can see, they are a very simple pen.

 

My answer to the hard starts and skipping is to store my "problem child" pen upside down, that is nib towards the ground. No more hard starts no more skipping just a pen I really enjoy writing with. The remaining two are store nib up.

 

Why this is so I don't know but it works for me!

 

 

 

Greg

I tried this (storing the pen nibside down) but sadly, that didn't seem to do anything. Only changing ink to J. Herbin worked.

[mysterium]

The 698medium nibs are not very properly made. In fact, all the 698nibs, if you buy separate from the pen, i.e. you buy only the nib, are very poorly made and unfinished.

 

If you buy the 698 pen fitted with nib, the nib writes remarkably better - but not always.

 

Same goes for Delike. If you buy the nibs individually, separate from the pen, the quality drop is remarkable.

 

Don't ask me why but this is the way things are.

 

Good luck.

Yeah, I get the feeling maybe my pen's nib, though purchased fitted with the nib, is not so great. Am thinking of buying a Pilot nib and seeing if that works better.