Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us!

[zoniguana]

Red, I disturbed them by calling the turkeys, not while they were doing so... ;-)

[akustyk]

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[mukukaduk]

For some reason when I open the cap of the waterman the nib is covered with ink and there's also some on the section... Any ideas?

[akustyk]

For some reason when I open the cap of the waterman the nib is covered with ink and there's also some on the section... Any ideas?

This happened to me with a vintage Wahl flex pen, which wrote very wet. Any conventional ink, especially Diamine, would creep up the nib and drip into the cap. Only iron-gall ink would behave properly in this pen. I have since sold it, but remember that issue very well. Perhaps you could try a dry ink?

[79spitfire]

For some reason when I open the cap of the waterman the nib is covered with ink and there's also some on the section... Any ideas?

Has the sac been changed? Tiny holes (microscopic) can cause this. A way to combat this is to store the pen nib up.

 

And yes, drier inks can help.

Edited September 9, 2013 by 79spitfire

[mukukaduk]

Yeah the sac has been changed (says the person who sold it to me). Ahh thats a shame.. will have to keep it at home then ):

[DET]

Hard to say what the nib size on the Conklin is, Uncle Red, as they didn't really label them back then. If I had to guess, probably a medium, but definitely on the fine size of medium if so. Wonderful nib.

[KrazyIvan]

Huh!

The pens...

 

 

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[Parker-eats-pens]

 

 

[Houston]

 

 

 

Uncle Red: Yep, the Majestic is hard rubber. It's also threaded on the butt end, so whilst I wouldn't normally post a pen that's this long, I do with this pen because it seems a shame not to take advantage of the old-style craftsmanship.

[mukukaduk]

The ink problem got even worse somehow? Or maybe its just because I never turned it nib down with the cap on.. The cap just fills with ink ):

[idazle]

I've been writing with my latest acquisitions:

 

Montblanc 334 1/2

 

 

Montblanc 246

 

 

 

Montblanc 344 pen and 396 pencil

 

 

MB 246 and 344 side by side:

 

[LWJ2]

Uncle Red: I've paid her off ... err ... gave her the anniversary present a fortnight early. A lovely jade Parker Lucky Curve from Mr. Kaufmann in Mississippi (jckaufmann on e-Bay). The Parker Challenger is mine, mine I say. Muwahahahaha ... umm ... meds. Yeah. Must take meds. Odd how the dosages had to be increased since I fell in with you lot.

 

Herewith, the anniversary present. Photos courtesy of Mr. Kaufmann.

 

 

 

 

 

And also from Mr. Kaufmann, a Conway Stewart No. 475 with a 14K fine nib, 8/10 flex per Mr. Kaufmann. I expect to use it a bit, when SWMBO allows me. It's en-route from his place in Hattiesburg, more pix here with sample when it arrives, hopefully near the end of this week. Photos courtesy of Mr. Kaufmann.

 

 

 

 

 

[akustyk]

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[KrazyIvan]

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FPN by IvanRomero, on Flickr

[Occipital Lobe]

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[Uncle Red]

Red, I disturbed them by calling the turkeys, not while they were doing so... ;-)

You called them turkeys, that's not nice.

[zoniguana]

You called them turkeys, that's not nice.

I'm sure I'll call them worse at some point... ;-)

[Uncle Red]

Yeah the sac has been changed (says the person who sold it to me). Ahh thats a shame.. will have to keep it at home then ):

One, change the sack and be sure.

Two, try a drier ink

 

How are you carrying the pen? My 22 is having the same issue but I thought it was just a primitive feed.

[Uncle Red]

Hard to say what the nib size on the Conklin is, Uncle Red, as they didn't really label them back then. If I had to guess, probably a medium, but definitely on the fine size of medium if so. Wonderful nib.

I meant, #2 #4 etc. I know they didn't mark the point in the old days and it drives me nuts sometimes. Waterman has 3 different stubs in the old catalogs but only shows you a picture of one and doesn't describe any of them.