Moonman T2

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4 hours ago, Mech-for-i said:

the outer wall of the housing when putting it back on

 

After I wrote my above comment, I actually watched the pen gather another large drop of ink on the feed under the nib and then splash it onto paper. So it is burping directly from the feed, not from outside the housing (if this pen indeed has a housing, which I've read it does not). The pen did in fact get fairly cold from the temperature of the room where it was, so it looks like my fingers warmed the metal section, which caused the increase in the volume of ink and air which were in the feed, forcing ink out. I also kept the pen in a horizontal position ensuring that the feed was well-saturated with ink... It looks like I'll have to keep it nib up. Also, from reading about Moonman nibs here on the forums it seems that people were complaining of Moonmans becoming ink-stingy after having Jowo nibs swapped into them. Maybe if I swap in a Jowo nib, this will supply just enough "stinginess" to stop this pen from burping. I don't think I'll be ordering anything which I could order a nib alongside with, for at least a couple of months, so I can't do this swap right now. Anyway, I'll be reporting on the pen's behavior later here.

 

In connection with this, it is interesting how it's an article of faith among us FP-faithful that FPs need to be kept nib up. I found that some pens are best stored horizontally; they dry out if kept nib up, but don't dry out if kept horizontally. But, apparently, some pens just can't handle this situation. Serves to show how this hobby makes us get to know the quirks of different pen models or even individual pens...