Slow Flow

[NickyNewGuy]

I have two identical Century Cross Pens with identical nibs and ink cartridges. One writes very well but the other appears to have a lighter ink disperson and skips when I write a word that goes up such as an "l" for down like the letter "f". I have cleaned it thoroughly and have changed inks but nothing fixes this. Could there be a problem with the fins or the nibs tins separation. Any ideas?

[OCArt]

The flow could likely be increased by opening the tines a bit, but be careful. There are several YouTube videos that show the procedure, do you have a couple of inexpensive opens you could practice on?

[NickyNewGuy]

The flow could likely be increased by opening the tines a bit, but be careful. There are several YouTube videos that show the procedure, do you have a couple of inexpensive opens you could practice on?

 

I do not have anything to practice on but will look for some videos to see if I want to even try this method. I have asked Cross about this and will see what their response will be. I had to replace one because I bent the tins to much. Thank you for your response.

[NickyNewGuy]

 

I do not have anything to practice on but will look for some videos to see if I want to even try this method. I have asked Cross about this and will see what their response will be. I had to replace one because I bent the tins to much. Thank you for your response.

 

I did another thorough cleaning, with Goulet Pen Flush, of the entire nib section and loaded it up with Noodler's Blue-Black ink. It appears to have corrected many of the problems I was having. Maybe it has to get used to my left handed writing.

I noticed that one nib (#0718) has the nib size just below the center of the crossed lines and above the word "CROSS". The other one has the nib (#1217) size at the bottom of the nib below the word CROSS. Is this because of the year it was made? The 1217 was the one I was have a problem with. I have not tested enough to say that it has straightened itself out but certainly has improved.