Montblanc 242G Dry Out

[Uncial]

My fourth attempt in five years at finding a working Montblanc 242g has once again failed. I think I must be the most unlucky buyer of vintage pens on this forum. The pen has been well restored with a new cork seal in place. It draws ink well and holds it with no leaking or burping. The nib is a slightly stubbish medium with a good degree of flexibility and initially writes beautifully wet (as others have - all others had leaking and burping issues) but runs dry after a paragraph and stops altogether. The barrel hasn't a scratch on it, the imprint is crisp, no crazing on the snow peak. The plating is all present with no sign of wear. I'm loathe to send yet another one back. I've tried flushing, different wet inks etc, all to no avail. I think these nibs are friction fit, but I really don't want to start pulling out what might be a brittle ebonite feed from a celluloid body. I've tried expelling a few drops of ink in case the tight cork is creating a vacuum. Nothing seems to work. If I let the pen sit the ink flow comes back to normal then dries out again after a paragraph.I really like these pens and the wetness and spring of their nibs combined with the surprising weight of the celluloid. I'd really like to hold on to this example if I can, but there's little point if I can't get it to write as it should. Any suggestions before I return attempted buy number four?

Edited August 19, 2019 by Uncial

[coolguy684]

I would return it and get one and done from penboard...they have excellent customer service in my experience

[carlos.q]

I would return it and get one and done from penboard...they have excellent customer service in my experience

That would be my suggestion as well.

[Uncial]

So you think it's not a problem that can be solved? It's so clean - almost an unused state - that I doubt I'll ever find one as good again.

[carlos.q]

You could also send it to a pen tech who will fix the flow problem.

[siamackz]

So you think it's not a problem that can be solved? It's so clean - almost an unused state - that I doubt I'll ever find one as good again.

Can you post pics of the nib and especially a side pic of the nib and feed gap.

I really wouldnt expect this to be a tough fix. If the pen is in great condition otherwise then its worth considering a fix.

[Uncial]

I can try anf get a pic up soon. In the meantime, there is no gap at all between the nib and feed. I've been writing with it as much as possible and it seems to be improving so I suspect it might have been old dried up ink. If it continues to improve, great. If not I'll send it to someone for repair.

[Kalessin]

It's likely old dried-up ink. There really isn't much else to go wrong with the Noblesse. Keep flushing with water.

[como]

@UncialAlmost two years old post, but I am curious if you managed to get the problem resolved. I have had several of this model, 242, 244 that I worked on, no issues at all with how they write. It sounds that maybe the feed is clogged. Have you knocked out the nib and feed and give them a good cleaning (brush the feed well with oven cleaner and run a very thin blade through the feed ink channel)?