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I've had a Volex for about a year, and it writes well. I also have a bottle of Noodler's Bad Blue Heron that I would like to use in this pen. I'm hesitant because it's a tough ink to get out. I've been using it for several years and learned how to clean it out of normal pens. It's the pens with unusual feed designs that can be a real problem (like that fiber wick feed in the Pilot Petit1).


I've seen teardown instructions for a Pilot Elite. The Elite has a little sponge looking thing in it. That little sponge is why I don't run BBH through my Elite. It doesn't seem like it would ever all come out, and possibly permanently clog it. Because the Volex is the same manufacturer and era as the Elite, I'm concerned they might have similar designs. So here's the question. Does the Volex have a similar feed design or is it conventional? If it's conventional, I'm confident I can clean the pen sufficiently. If it's similar, I'll stick to the cartridges I've been using.


Thanks for your input.


JS


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check the underside of the nib from looking at the photos of the nib it seems to be a Conical nib and is not inlaid similar that to the inlaid nibs by Pilot if that is the case its a conventional feed as the demonstrator models I also looked at the feed seems conventional for a 70s long-short pen

what you need to look for is whether or not part of the section is on the nib (on the inlaid nib sections by pilot this is actually where the nib is seated and not on the feed itself)

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