Won A No.225, What To Expect When Here(?)

[KBeezie]

Received it today, little smaller than I expected. Also I'm guessing the piston doesn't go in/out rather you just simply unscrew the blindcap til you see yellow then screw it back.

 

Apparently it wasn't de-inked, got a gob of blue ink on my hand.

 

so... guess going to give it a water rinse first then decide on what to ink it with.

 

edit: Taking forever to get that blue-black out, already went thru half a water bottle.

Edited April 3, 2014 by KBeezie

[jsolares]

Received it today, little smaller than I expected. Also I'm guessing the piston doesn't go in/out rather you just simply unscrew the blindcap til you see yellow then screw it back.

 

Apparently it wasn't de-inked, got a gob of blue ink on my hand.

 

so... guess going to give it a water rinse first then decide on what to ink it with.

 

What do you mean in/out? like a syringe? I think most piston pens if not all you unscrew the blindcap and then you keep on going in the same motion and that makes the piston go down towards the feed, then you screw everything up and it goes back up while drawing up ink.

[KBeezie]

 

What do you mean in/out? like a syringe? I think most piston pens if not all you unscrew the blindcap and then you keep on going in the same motion and that makes the piston go down towards the feed, then you screw everything up and it goes back up while drawing up ink.

 

Yea I'm noticing that, just taking forever to get the blue/black out of the pen. Still running light blue as I take in and pump out nearly half a water bottle full already.

[KBeezie]

:/ Inside of the cap is all dirty (using a q-tip on it but I might actually have to soak the cap)... not much good that super-sonic cleaning did the seller.

 

edit: just pulled out a strand of someone's hair in the cap.

Edited April 3, 2014 by KBeezie

[KBeezie]

Finally cleaned up, once I figured out I could unscrew the section away from the piston portion and then clean out the ink in between the section nipple and the end of the piston opening, as well as forcing water back thru the nib by putting my thumb on the intake hole when I squeeze water back out.

 

Loaded it up with Noodler's black eel (which should help lubricate the piston), nib is definitely soft, not flexy just soft, no scratchiness in either direction, and flow keeps up if I were to quickly scribble across the page, a little on the fine side without being too wet so the black eel shows up ever so slightly brown (like it normally does with drier pens), but it doesn't have any breaks in the stroke or flow.

[KBeezie]

I wonder if I can slide the nib off the section so I can clean out any possible fibers in between the nib and feed.

 

Edit: Guess so, if mine counts as a 'smooth' version of a 220.

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/154147-mb220-under-the-hood-pictures/

Edited April 4, 2014 by KBeezie

[KBeezie]

Seller's Response:

Dear karlblessingion

Thank you for communication.
A check is no use and is sorry.
After having cleaned a writing brush, I attach ink to check a nib.
I think that it is its cleaning mistake.
I am sorry to bother you.

Pens-hal
Shouichi Fujii

 

I think I'm going to have to let the nib/feed housing soak over night even if I make the water run clear, if I patt down the nib to dry it it's still leaking some blue, so I think there's some old ink caked up in the feed/etc. The piston/inkwell is clear now though.

[KBeezie]

Writing pretty good after soaking it for a while and flushing out the section with a bulb.

 

Anywho, a shot of the nib area. http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/montblanc225/1.jpg

Edited April 4, 2014 by KBeezie