Lamy Safari Writing Dry

[traveler106]

I have two Lamy Safaris and I've had both of them for a while. One of them writes very smoothly and lays down thick lines of ink, and the other one is kind of dry. It doesn't skip, but it has more feedback and the difference in their writing is noticeable. I'm using the same ink in both (Noodler's Black) and I've used the same medium nib with both of them. I've already taken it apart, flushed out the feed with a bulb syringe, and soaked it, but it's still dry.

 

Does anyone have any ideas about what the problem might be?

[jay.is.here]

flush it

[prashant.tikekar]

Here is similar thread

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/315071-new-lamy-lx-feels-so-dry/?do=findComment&comment=3729775

[Mike 59]

Hi, So have you tried swapping the nibs over so that the 'good' one is on the drier pen?

(So eliminating the possible nib issue, and also checking there is no build up of paper fibres under the nib.)

Guessing you would have done, so the dryness is caused by the feed.

The only way to really know what is going on, is to pull the feed from the section, remove the thin plastic strip that fits on top of the ink channels, and examine them for blockages with a x10 magnifier.

That would be my approach.

To clean the channels, I use an old toothbrush with water, and just run it along the channels a few times.

If the dry pen writes every time but is just too dry, I would make a guess and say that one of the ink channels has a blockage in it.

Edited November 16, 2016 by Mike 59