Squeaky Mentmore?

[essayfaire]

For Fountain Pen Day, I unboxed the c. 1940 Mentmore that had arrive this week and dip-tested it.  It is lovely in hand, well-weighted, etc., but when I write with it it squeaks!  I have never had this happen with any other pens.  Has anyone had this experience?

 

 

[Armo]

Yes - every Wyvern I've bought (5)

[inkstainedruth]

I think that's what I've seen referred to as "singing".  Some people think that it's a bad thing, and that the nib will need to be tuned, other people not so much.

I had one pen that did that (trying to remember now what it was) and I thought it was kind of interesting.  Because it was definitely different from the nib being "toothy" or "scratchy" feeling on the page, but I didn't find it alarming or troublesome sounding or feeling.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[essayfaire]

4 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

I think that's what I've seen referred to as "singing".  Some people think that it's a bad thing, and that the nib will need to be tuned, other people not so much.

I had one pen that did that (trying to remember now what it was) and I thought it was kind of interesting.  Because it was definitely different from the nib being "toothy" or "scratchy" feeling on the page, but I didn't find it alarming or troublesome sounding or feeling.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

The nib meister I consulted said tuning sometimes fixes the problem, and other times does not.