Fountain Pen Skip With Certain Ink

[fpenluver]

Hi,

 

I have this chinese fountain pen that I love to use. It has a right weight for me, and I like the fine point nib. However, with some ink brands the pen skips a lot. Has anyone experience this kind of thing? is there any fix to this problem?

 

Thanks.

[twdpens]

It's common and one of the frustrations joys of fountain pen ownership! Just use an ink you know works well and don’t worry about it .

 

HTH,

 

Martin

[doggonecarl]

Has anyone experience this kind of thing?

Yeah, and I usually forget which ink it is and fill the pen with it again.

[Lisya72]

Pen performance is a combination of three variables: the pen itself, the ink, and the paper. I've got pens that work well with just about any ink, but have that one ink that they perform terribly with, however, if I put that one ink in a different pen, that second pen writes like a dream. Some pens just prefer certain ink qualities.

[xxloverxx]

The only fix is to not use that combination.

 

Sounds like your ink's too thick. You could try taking a small sample and diluting it with water.

[RobbW]

The pen, not the person, chooses the ink.

[Sasha Royale]

Whichever ink(s) work well, use those. The problem is not unique to fountain pens.

If you refill a ballpoint pen refill with the wrong ink, it won't work either. Did you give

the new pen a good flushing, to remove manufacturing residue ? I find Pelikan Royal

Blue and Quink to be good-flowing inks.

 

I run a dilute DAWN solution through a new pen ink system five or six times, and rinse,

before first ink. This includes ROC pens. (20 times for PRC pens.)

[senzen]

I've had this problem with several inks and pens, and it drives me nuts. The best solution I've found is the old trick of letting the pen with its converter soak overnight with a single drop of dishwashing liquid. It revived a Lamy with J Herbin Rouge Hematite which I would have thought impossible.

[fpenluver]

Wow,

So many responses in just a day. I do not know that the users base of fountain pens are still that many. Thank you for the ideas everyone.

 

The pen apparently only works well with parker quink. However, this ink is not dark enough in my opinion (especially with fine nib). That's why i tried with different inks. The last ink i put in on this pen is private reserve invincible black. I like the darkness of this ink, but as on my previous post this ink skips. Especially after a day of no use.

 

May be I will try to clean with detergent before next refill.

[Scrawler]

Do not put dry writing ink in fine nibbed pens. It will slow down your writing or skip. The reason soaking in detergent solution works is because detergent is a wetting agent. It makes the ink flow more freely, as long as there is a bit of detergent still adhering to the nib and feed.

[fpenluver]

Do not put dry writing ink in fine nibbed pens. It will slow down your writing or skip. The reason soaking in detergent solution works is because detergent is a wetting agent. It makes the ink flow more freely, as long as there is a bit of detergent still adhering to the nib and feed.

Yes, I noticed the private reserve invincible black dries out almost instantly. Do you have any suggestion on suitable ink that is as black as the private reserve? Is sheaffer skrip black good? I do not mind buying another black ink as long as the price suits for my budget (around $10).

[amberleadavis]

Check out some of these from Colrehogan

 

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[fpenluver]

Amazing number of inks.

Anyone knows where to buy noodler's ink in Sydney (with reasonable price)?

Postage to Australia is too expensive to get from eBay.

[Scrawler]

Amazing number of inks.

Anyone knows where to buy noodler's ink in Sydney (with reasonable price)?

Postage to Australia is too expensive to get from eBay.

If you were not in Australia, I would have suggested Noodlers Heart of Darkness. It contains wetting agents and is a very vivid black that stands out on white paper, so is a good choice for fine nibs.

[fpenluver]

Today, I put black quink ink in Parker Frontier FP. The result is I get darker black than using the chinese fountain pen (which only come out grey with black quink, may be because it is fine nibbed). I think I will stick with parker frontier for a while, and put away the chinese pen for the moment. At least I can use my quink ink and get a black colour that I like this way.

 

Apparently, RobbW is correct. The pen chooses the ink.

[amberleadavis]

 

Apparently, RobbW is correct. The pen chooses the ink.

 

No kidding.

 

Oh wait, I've bought some pens just so I could use a particular ink.