Lamy Studio Feed And Nib Removal

[shadow91]

I received a lamy studio for Christmas and I love it. It seems to skipping a bit here and there though. I gave it a quick cleaning and it seems to have gotten better. I tried to take out the feed and nib though and could not for the life of me get them to budge. I think a really good cleaning is all it needs. Does anyone have any advice?

 

Thanks,Hector

Edited January 7, 2014 by shadow91

[The Blue Knight]

Buy a bulb syringe and flush a few cups of slightly soapy water through the pen or you could try a 10% amonoia aqueous solution.

 

Unless there is a good reason to I would not advice removing the feed from a fountain pen oftern as you have a chance of damaging the seals which may result in leaking.

 

To be honest I recon you have a duff nib as lamy's QC on there steel nibs is lacking and I have had a duff nib before so if you have one try an other other nib on it. you may have to take the pen back to the shop if you are still having problems after all of this the ask for an exchange or refund.

[shadow91]

Well I just went and wrote and entire page of gibberish to see what was going on and it seems fine now. The only other thing that came to my mind was it may have had a small case of baby's bottom that I worked through. I'll update with anything else that I find out about this particular problem. I have heard of the QC of Lamy's steel nibs, is it the same of the gold(i.e Lamy 2000)?

[fountaineer]

I have a Parker Latitude with a steel nib and it took me at least five months before I could finally write an acceptable character with it.

One new pen immediately writes perfectly, the other one needs some more time.

 

With my own navy blue Studio I had no problems. However, I just think you need a little more patience and then, all of a sudden, it will be ok.

A pen needs to get used to being used.

[shadow91]

I've noticed it getting better and better with time, I've heard that pens sometimes need to get used to how you write ,which makes total sense.

[Ted A]

I find that Lamy's do tend to need a little bit of time writing for the ink to flow best. That seems to work better than flushing the feed.

 

If you go to http://www.inknouveau.com/ you can find a video on how to remove the nib, it's quite easy and intended by Lamy. You could then do some more cleaning on the feed.

[wallylynn]

are you using a converter, or the included cartridge?

 

The feed needs time to get wet with ink. If you're using the cart, you could try *gently* squeezing it a little to for a little more ink down.

 

To remove the nib, you can use the scotch tape trick. Put tape on top and pull.

 

Don't take out the feed unless you have exhausted other options. The feed is thin. If you pull on an angle, you'll probably snap it. Also, oils from your hand can get on the feed disrupting the ink flow.

[shadow91]

Thanks for the info. Funny enough ever since I posted this it's seem to have been working very well.