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Just received my new Bexley Corona Summer Storm piston filler from Richard Binder. Wow! I don't know what this fine nib would have written like without being "Binderized," but I know this thing is one extremely smooth writer. Can't seem to lay it down. Great pen Richard! My question concerns filling it though. I followed the directions using Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue, but the window when laid horizontally shows about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Is this normal or is there another trick to filling it fuller?

"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?" Patrick Henry

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Hmm, I'm surprised you didn't get a responce yet. Did you fill and empty 2 or 3 times, you need to do that to eliminate air bubbles. Also, you should work the piston slowly.

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Hmm, I'm surprised you didn't get a responce yet. Did you fill and empty 2 or 3 times, you need to do that to eliminate air bubbles. Also, you should work the piston slowly.

"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?" Patrick Henry

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I was too. Thanks for yours. I tried what you said and it hasn't seemed to help. It now appears to only fill to half way. I have inserted the nib fully, emptied, then refilled several times, and also emptied it above the bottle and then inserted to fill also, and it doesn't seem to matter. Is it time to flush and start over? :gaa:

 

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"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?" Patrick Henry

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It's just stick the nib in far enough into the ink. Slowly work the piston to fill the pen (even though it won't be completely full). Without removing the pen from the ink, work the piston to empty the pen. Without removing the pen from the ink, slowly work the piston to fill the pen again. You may need to repete the process another time but that gets me mostly full with converters and piston fillers.

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Thank you sir. I'll keep at it!

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