Help With Montblanc Solitaire Ink Flow

[Vateriel]

I've got this beauty for about 2 months and asked for an EF nib when I bought it.

 

 

 

 

When the pen was back I went to the store and tried it. While it wrote quite good I realized it skept or, better said, went dry when writing upwards. That is, for instance, when writing an F the old style. It was not performing as other fine nibs I have (all of them Japanese, to be honest).

Anyway, this was at the boutique in Ginza (I still live in Tokyo). I was told the gap between tines could be broadened but of course so would be the writing thickness. Since the pen performed good while writing within my style, I left it that way.

 

Moreover, switching to Iroshizuku improved even more the experience, and it is now quite a joy to write with. Except, well, it keeps drying up when writing upwards (which I don't normally do, but still).

It struck me today when trying a Platinum EEF. It just wrote perfectly, no matter if up or down.

 

Here is a sample of what I'm writing about.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm afraid the close-up of the nib I intended to do is not that close but what I wanted to show is you cannot see a gap between the tines. I guess this is the problem, according to this post (https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/187706-five-bad-things-that-happen-with-new-pens/).

But since normal writing is good now, I'm scared broadening the tines would allow the pen to write 100% fine but would thicken my calligraphy.

 

What do you think about it?

My other MB's are M or F, and I obviously expect such expensive pens to perform perfectly, but perhaps that's how it is for EF at Montblanc?

 

Thanks for reading

 

 

[aurore]

It happens. Try to hold the nib straight upward/downward and write this way with a bit of pressure (a BIT of pressure), several pages. See then.

[Vateriel]

Thanks for the answer

 

Ive been tracing lines top to bottom and bottom to top.

When doing the former the nib dried up if using my default writing angle.

If I reduce this angle between nib and paper, the ink flows.