Problems With Kaweco Sport

[Astronymus]

I sometimes wonder if the oil might be for protection until the pen comes to use.

[minddance]

I sometimes wonder if the oil might be for protection until the pen comes to use.

Would it be to protect the stainless steel/gold nib or the feed or the insides of the converter or all of them?

[Larry Barrieau]

I would think that all nibs made now would be stainless steel, or gold, or Pd. Ink is water and is in contact with the nib for as long as the pen is inked, for months, or years. So, an oil to protect the nib would seem useless.

[bayindirh]

I would think that all nibs made now would be stainless steel, or gold, or Pd. Ink is water and is in contact with the nib for as long as the pen is inked, for months, or years. So, an oil to protect the nib would seem useless.

 

It's a wild guess, but oil may help to protect the nib, section and section galls from other liquids used in processing and cleaning, or it may protect the pen from mold formation during transport.

[Astronymus]

As I said "until it comes to use". But, again, that's just a guess.

[Astronymus]

Would it be to protect the stainless steel/gold nib or the feed or the insides of the converter or all of them?

Probably the metal parts, the nib.

[minddance]

Anyways, I wouldn't buy another Kaweco: way toooo dry.

[bayindirh]

As I said "until it comes to use". But, again, that's just a guess.

 

Inks also protect the pen with the ingredients it contains. IIRC correctly they have substances to resist mold building and to keep pen internals clean.

[Astronymus]

Anyways, I wouldn't buy another Kaweco: way toooo dry.

Mine are quite wet. They need heavy cleaning in the beginning and don't like "thick" ink. Mine refuse to write with Pelikan ink but work like a charm with J.Herbin.

[bayindirh]

Anyways, I wouldn't buy another Kaweco: way toooo dry.

 

 

As I probably said in my previous post, after rinsing with dishwashing soap, mine started to write very pleasantly. Even the dry Kaweco inks write without any resistance, and I use my medium Kaweco much more frequently.

[overwriter]

Baby bottom and dirty, (oily), nibs are not the buyers problem. Every pen should come out of the factory ready to write well.

I agree. Maybe flushing a new pen is something we have had to accept but they ought to be ready to write out of the box.