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My First 1.1 Stub Nib - Dry


YonathanZ

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Hi,

 

I've received a Bock 1.1 stub nib today and installed it in a Faber Castell Ambition, using the Ambition's own feed, as instructed by the shop from which I bought it (Beaufort).

 

While I enjoy this new experience, I found that it writes very dry. I am using Diamine Woodland Green and it dries in under 5 seconds on Rhodia paper, which is something I've never seen before. The ink is also not particularly saturated. This is despite the fact that this nib puts down rather thick vertical lines.

 

Should I consider widening the tines of the nib, or are there other possible solutions?

 

Thanks.

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Without knowing if your ink is considered a dry ink, or other...I’d suggest trying an ink that is considered a wet ink. I erred in making a Pelikan B nib much wetter without trying other inks, and now regret it. Nib is practically useless except with a reallly dry ink.

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Just a thought, did you thoroughly clean the nib and feed before assembling them? Might be a layer of manufacturing oils under the nib.

 

Also, consider that you may be asking the feed to provide 2-3X the ink it was for a regular nib.

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I cleaned the nib with a microfiber cloth, thats all. The feed is the original one that came with the pen so there was no need to clean it (the pen isnt new).

 

Thats a good point about the feed, though. Do pens that are sold with stub nibs come with larger feeds than the regular-nib variants?

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I am to understand it is a C/C pen...then you need to buy a rubber baby syringe. Put it over the spout and suck and blow out water, to celan the inside of your feed, nib and section. That will get rid of any oils, and clean the nib and feed.

 

Will be a must have buy if you have a C/C pen..cleans out the ink in a jiffy, so you can change inks cleanly.

.I use them, one cut to fit my Pelikan nib unit on my Pelikan piston pens.

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The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Do pens that are sold with stub nibs come with larger feeds than the regular-nib variants?

 

 

Not that I'm aware.

 

Even though FPR has two flavours of feeds for its Himalaya pens, the wetter feeds are designed to support flex nibs. When I bought from FPR the first time, I ordered an EF, a Stub and a Flex nib each for every Himalaya, and in my discussion with Kevin (when he reviewed my order and proactively advised me that I needed two different types of feeds), the wetter feed is not suitable for use with the Stub nib and I should stick to pairing it with the same standard feed that is used to support the EF nib.

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May I suggest flossing the nib with a plastic sheet first. Jiggle it around few times. I like to try a stiff plastic first before I try a brass shim. Brass shims have always done the trick for me. Failing that you can work on the tines.

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My Bock stubs (1.1 & 1.5) also needed some work with a shim before the ink would flow nicely. Same goes for a pair of Bock mediums in unplated steel.

 

However a couple of gold-plated Bocks were perfect without adjustment, even though they were almost the same price. Could just be luck I spose.

 

Bocks steel is good quality: strong and springy, making it difficult to make accurate permanent adjustments. But any adjustments do then stay put.

 

(edit: what happened to my apostrophes?)

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