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Forgot to mention, as well gave a Lamy Safari a good clean out as it was running dry after three years of regular use.

Now writes perfectly.

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Still working on the Boston safety pen, disassembly of which has stalled.

 

I managed to write out my Montblanc Classique today so just flushed it and thoroughly cleaned the empty cartridge. I'm taking it out of circulation so I can ink a Parker vac with (what else) Quink. 

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36 minutes ago, bohemio666 said:

Cleaned and changed inks in my Kaweco Collection Iguana Blue - recorded it!

....that looked easy! I like the pen as well as the ink you are using. Well done. 👍

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I bought a demonstrator pen on eBay that warned of ink in the cap. Well actually the text was the cap and cap liner.  I’ve been soaking that cap for days. It still has ink in the cap. Little by little it’s getting better. I think the ink is inside the cap liner.  I’m starting to see the color of the cap liner.  

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2 minutes ago, Misfit said:

I bought a demonstrator pen on eBay that warned of ink in the cap. Well actually the text was the cap and cap liner.  I’ve been soaking that cap for days. It still has ink in the cap. Little by little it’s getting better. I think the ink is inside the cap liner.  I’m starting to see the color of the cap liner.  

 

I wonder if an ultrasonic cleaner would speed that up? 

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@Baka1969 I’ve been using an ultrasonic cleaner. I did try pen flush early on. It stays in the ultrasonic cleaner for hours. I keep hoping that the next time I check it, all the ink will run out. So far that hasn’t happened. I’m not at regretting buying the pen, as I’m going to keep trying. 

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46 minutes ago, Misfit said:

@Baka1969 I’ve been using an ultrasonic cleaner. I did try pen flush early on. It stays in the ultrasonic cleaner for hours. I keep hoping that the next time I check it, all the ink will run out. So far that hasn’t happened. I’m not at regretting buying the pen, as I’m going to keep trying. 

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I was using a Q-tip to try to get ink out of the very top inside the cap. Most of the ink left in it is purple. I ended up getting some blue ink. I hoped that would make things happen faster. Nope. 

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10 minutes ago, Misfit said:

I was using a Q-tip to try to get ink out of the very top inside the cap. Most of the ink left in it is purple. I ended up getting some blue ink. I hoped that would make things happen faster. Nope. 

 

I wonder if anyone has tried Baystate Blue in a TWSBI? 😅

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@RedPieThanks! I have found German manufactured pens to be very well-engineered. The flow through the nib section and the feed is so nice in the Kaweco that it cleaned out very easily with a few flushes. In hindsight, I didn’t really need to screw out the nib and feed, but even that happened so effortlessly.

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2 hours ago, Baka1969 said:

 

I wonder if anyone has tried Baystate Blue in a TWSBI? 😅

My pen is a Levenger True Writer Amethyst.  It’s transparent. The ink that is slowly coming out is purple. But there is some blue. Sometimes it seems like it’s improving, then I’m not sure if it is. 
 

It would have to be a dedicated to BSB TWSBI if someone did. 

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Waterman Carène in Marine Amber got a washout and going to bed for a while. Sweet smooth nib on that one.

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47 minutes ago, antares1966 said:

Waterman Carène in Marine Amber got a washout and going to bed for a while. Sweet smooth nib on that one.

 

I cleaned out both of my Carenes today also and will put them in hibernation for a bit. I'm not as big a fan. They look amazing. I just don't think they write as well as they look. 

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Just had an oops moment with a YongShen 3013, which resulted in an empty tank and a lot of cursing, mopping and wiping with clean, damp rags. So, pen has been cleaned out and is now drying, upright in an old jelly jar on the espresso machine (gentle heat to drive out the moisture).

 

I do look good wearing blue. I really do. Honest. Eventually I'll look good without blue...

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On 11/11/2023 at 4:16 PM, W Mitchell said:

Forgot to mention, as well gave a Lamy Safari a good clean out as it was running dry after three years of regular use.

I had to read this a couple of times. First time through I thought "wow, that must be a hella big converter!" 🤦‍♀️

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What is worse than fountain pen ink is gel pen ink. I had a red one leak in a shirt pocket when gel pens first came out.  That spot never came out.

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