Realigning A Pilot Falcon Nib

[loganrah]

I got a new Pilot Falcon recently, with the soft fine nib. The nib is a little bit scratchy and looking at it under a 20X loupe the tines appear to be very slightly misaligned. It is very slight and not really visible to the naked eye.

 

I'm just wondering if there is any difference between realigning the tines on a soft/flex nib like the Falcon's and the process you would use for a normal nib?

 

This is by far the most expensive pen I have so I don't want to risk any damage to it, and the pen writes well apart from the scratchiness so I don't need to fix the issue too badly if there is any risk of damage.

[minddance]

May I suggest taking out the feed and nib from the pen, check the removed nib under magnification. If it is misaligned, something has to be done. If it is not, then it might be the fitting at factory, in this case, a simple refitting is good enough (by yourself, just insert the feed and nib back will do). And check under magnification again.

 

As this is a softer nib, it is resilient to mis-shaping. I suggest getting it fixed professionally, unless you are experienced and know exactly what to do.

 

(I had a Platinum 3776 SF that came with perceivable misaligned tines but I took the feed and nib out and checked, and put them back into the section and all is good now. I say it is one of the smoothest pens in my collection. )

 

I realised I should not fret too readily, especially with brand new pens

Edited February 17, 2019 by minddance