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KellyAnnD

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After trying the filling technique recommended on another thread about leaky Waterman Carene style pens, I decided to give mine one more try and I carefully loaded it with Diamine Red Dragon ink, then dropped a few drops of ink back in the bottle, then returned the plunger to the "full" position, cleaned the barrel and started writing.  The pen writes very nicely, but ink simply flows out from under the nib where it meets the casing on the pen, particularly on the left side and, you guessed it, I'm left handed so I get a nice red imprint on my left middle finger of the curve of that distinctive nib where it meets the pen casing.  I see no cracks or imperfections in the plastic.  I have inked this pen with Waterman ink with the same result.  Should I send this pen out for repair?  I bought it new in 2008 and this problem wasn't immediately apparent, but I started having it pretty early on, maybe after a year or two.  I kept thinking it was user error, ink mismatch, this, that, the other and now I'm thinking maybe it's just defective/broken and needs repair.  Or maybe it needs another owner who doesn't hold the pen so close to the nib.  Maybe the ink is meant to flow out along that join?  Any other Carene owners who'd care to comment, I'd appreciate your thoughts.

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I have not experienced this with my two Carènes, but I would first try a deep clean with the old drop of dishwater in a cup of water formula, flushed with the converter or a bulb syringe to speed things along until water comes out clean; and then dried. I suggest this because dried ink has been the cause of odd behaviour in other pens.

 

I would also check the mouth of the converter, they are notorious for cracking and being the actual source of problems, which is solved with the old metal mouth convertors (which can also fail, at the piston, from old age). Hopefully there's nothing wrong with your pen, mine work perfectly with only small traces of ink, between the horns and under each.

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

 

B. Russell

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Hmm, so it could be the converter.  That would be an easier and cheaper fix.  Definitely will try a new converter first!  Thanks!

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Just to finish off this thread I am posting to say that I tried a brand new converter that I had on hand and the leaking was the same.  As a last ditch effort to prevent sending this pen off for repair, I deep cleaned the pen once again, ordered some proprietary Waterman blue-black ink cartridges and inked up the pen with one.  Once I got the ink moving, the pen is performing well several days later.  So cartridges it is for this pen.

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On 5/16/2021 at 4:19 PM, KellyAnnD said:

Just to finish off this thread I am posting to say that I tried a brand new converter that I had on hand and the leaking was the same.  As a last ditch effort to prevent sending this pen off for repair, I deep cleaned the pen once again, ordered some proprietary Waterman blue-black ink cartridges and inked up the pen with one.  Once I got the ink moving, the pen is performing well several days later.  So cartridges it is for this pen.

 

Glad to hear it worked out in the end; you can also refill cartridges with blunt syringes from bottles. I was of the "it should work" school but now mollycoddle several pens which reward me with very nice writing experiences.

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

 

B. Russell

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  • 3 weeks later...

I replaced the original converter with a Schmidt K5 converter and switched from Noodler's Black to Montblanc Blue/Black and haven't had any problems since.

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