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About five weeks ago, I purchased my first Eversharp Skyline "in the wild." This pen is all black with gold trim and has a nice flexible nib. It is a wet-writing pen, at least with Waterman Serenity Blue. I had a near catastrophic incident about 10 days ago and then again yesterday. I have found that, with my Skyline at least, it is possible for the cap to slip under the fill lever when posting if the cap's edge is inadvertently slid down along the barrel just behind and in alignment with the lever. In both instances, I saw what was about to happen and stopped before the lever was raised more than about 25% of its travel. If the pen were full enough, this inadvertent raising of the lever could cause ink to spew from the nib; a potentially embarrassing thing to happen...although a fortunate one for the nearest dry cleaners. I checked the fill lever to be certain it is retracting completely and it does but even in its full-retracted position, it is possible for the edge of the cap to butt up against the lever in such a way as to raise it. Obviously being aware of this potential certainly helps to avoid it from actually happening but this has made me curious. Have others had this situation?

About five weeks ago, I purchased my first Eversharp Skyline "in the wild." This pen is all black with gold trim and has a nice flexible nib. It is a wet-writing pen, at least with Waterman Serenity Blue. My question: Is the Skyline known for being a wet-writing fountain pen? I'm not complaining but I am curious if a loose vent tube (mine is loose inside the sac) would cause the pen to be somewhat wet.