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Today it started up without a single skip an the ink is the brilliant medium blue that kon-peki is supposed to be (not overconcentrated dried out kon-peki). Liquid electrical tape seems to have done the trick!

 

Cool. Any chance of seeing a picture of the cap after modifications? (even if just the inside, if nothing is visible from outside) I know that may be an impossible photo to take, so if not, that's OK.

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Thanks! That's really nice - nothing (as far as I can tell) shows from the outside - no damage or cloudiness or anything. And just a black puddle inside. I'm guessing this is more elastic, or something, and that's why it doesn't break when you move the clip. I may have to try this. You can get the blue pen for less than $30 on Amazon. Going now to see if they have liquid electrical tape and Naptha. :)

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Thanks! That's really nice - nothing (as far as I can tell) shows from the outside - no damage or cloudiness or anything. And just a black puddle inside. I'm guessing this is more elastic, or something, and that's why it doesn't break when you move the clip. I may have to try this. You can get the blue pen for less than $30 on Amazon. Going now to see if they have liquid electrical tape and Naptha. :)

 

You should be able to get both at any larger hardware store.

 

The liquid tape is great for a lot of things. It is elastic, it's intended to be flexible. Don't try to use the brush that came with it for this purpose- I used a small disposable model painting brush but any paintbrush you don't care about (because it'll get gooped up and ruined) will work. It just has to be small enough to comfortably fit down inside the cap.

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Weird, mine doesn't dry out. Not sure if mine is a "kulture"

 

It is a late 90's model.

 

Not every Kultur has this problem with the air-hole drying out the ink: at least I haven't noticed it happening in mine.

 

IMO, it's not so bad that everyone will see it - but if you live in a drier climate, where evaporation is a noticeable problem, then you'll see it with this pen. I noticed it immediately.

 

Or you could be right, and some pens don't have the problem (as bad as others?) - who knows, maybe there are different manufacturing facilities involved.

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You should be able to get both at any larger hardware store.

 

The liquid tape is great for a lot of things. It is elastic, it's intended to be flexible. Don't try to use the brush that came with it for this purpose- I used a small disposable model painting brush but any paintbrush you don't care about (because it'll get gooped up and ruined) will work. It just has to be small enough to comfortably fit down inside the cap.

 

Thanks - I was wondering about that - do I drip it in there, or... Brush it on - got it.

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IMO, it's not so bad that everyone will see it - but if you live in a drier climate, where evaporation is a noticeable problem, then you'll see it with this pen. I noticed it immediately.

 

Or you could be right, and some pens don't have the problem (as bad as others?) - who knows, maybe there are different manufacturing facilities involved.

 

I have three Kultures and one doesn't dry out as quickly the other two. Probably depends on how well the clip is seated to the cap.

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Thanks - I was wondering about that - do I drip it in there, or... Brush it on - got it.

Yep, and clean up with naptha on a cotton swab. :)

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The clip is where the air leak is and it is a lot. Since it is spring loaded, the movement precludes using a solid glue or even bee's wax, although bee's wax will work if loaded just enough not to reach the nib while attached. Silicone glue, or putty (ear plug, trimmed) is best but use a long tube to carefully fill only the finial end if liquid glue. An expanding earplug is the most reversible fix and seals well. Without this fix, it will dry within an hour. Very sloppy design choice and Waterman should be ashamed

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On 1/20/2023 at 4:02 PM, Trnsncdr said:

The clip is where the air leak is and it is a lot. Since it is spring loaded, the movement precludes using a solid glue or even bee's wax, although bee's wax will work if loaded just enough not to reach the nib while attached. Silicone glue, or putty (ear plug, trimmed) is best but use a long tube to carefully fill only the finial end if liquid glue. An expanding earplug is the most reversible fix and seals well. Without this fix, it will dry within an hour. Very sloppy design choice and Waterman should be ashamed

The drying issue is why I stopped using my Kulturs a few years ago.  Even with sealing the clip with glue, they still dried out.

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It looks like a newer edition of the Kulture in blister pack with cartridge, so definitely a school pen.

 

 I gather that they had to widen the space next to the clip to comply with pen caps anti chocking regulations.

 

I wish they had emulated Lamy hide the breather hole in the design, on top of the cap or wherever they put it on the Phileas which doesn't dry out.

 

 

Is it fair for an intelligent and family oriented mammal to be separated from his/her family and spend his/her life starved in a concrete jail?

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