Conklin Herringbone Signature: How to get it to not dry out???

[goodpens]

I received a Conklin Herringbone as a gift. 
 

It. Just. Keeps. Drying. Out. 
 

I’ve tried different inks. 
 

I’ve tried replacement nibs. 

 

I received a replacement section. Then a replacement pen. 
 

It still keeps drying out. 
 

I don’t have the same issue with a Conklin Duragraph, so it must be something related to the design and seal of the Herringbone. 

 

It’s seriously worse than any other pen I own. And I really like the look of this pen and want to use it!

 

Anything else I can do to get it to not dry out? 
 

https://conklinpens.com/conklin-herringbone-signature-yellow-fountain-pen/

 

Thanks!

[A Smug Dill]

Poor cap seal effectiveness is not generally something the individual user or owner can improve — especially in a set-it-and-forget-it (or do it once and consider it fixed) manner — after acquisition of a pen, if the technical design of the pen in question falls short in that regard, or the tooling for the manufacturing process does not have tight tolerances.

 

18 minutes ago, goodpens said:

Anything else I can do to get it to not dry out? 

 

Try keeping the pen in a zip-lock bag, which you seal after you've driven all the air out (by rolling the bag around the pen, etc.), between uses. (The bad thing is) you cannot improve the pen itself, but (the good thing is) that is something within your power/control to do, as long as you're diligent about that practice/habit. A suitably-sized zip-lock bag costs next to nothing, and it's just a matter of conscious effort from which you can't slack off.

[goodpens]

2 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

Poor cap seal effectiveness is not generally something the individual user or owner can improve — especially in a set-it-and-forget-it (or do it once and consider it fixed) manner — after acquisition of a pen, if the technical design of the pen in question falls short in that regard, or the tooling for the manufacturing process does not have tight tolerances.

 

 

Try keeping the pen in a zip-lock bag, which you seal after you've driven all the air out (by rolling the bag around the pen, etc.), between uses. (The bad thing is) you cannot improve the pen itself, but (the good thing is) that is something within your power/control to do, as long as you're diligent about that practice/habit. A suitably-sized zip-lock bag costs next to nothing, and it's just a matter of conscious effort from which you can't slack off.

Good points. Thank you. I’ll try the zip-lock.