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Use the cold water out of the faucet if you are going to soak the nib or the pen end. Let it soak overnight as a minimum. Good luck.
Yeah -- partly due to all the talk here, I decided to switch from cartridge to bottled ink. In the process I needed to clean out a dried out Rotring 600 (old style!). I tried the "bulb-flush" but it took forever. Ended up accidentally leaving the nip soaked overnight, and actually that did the trick. Now I am trying to find a non staining bright red ink for it. Need to head down to Broomfield Pen shop to see what they have.
P.K.
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When I swapped my Safari medium nib with a 1.1 italic I first soaked the new nib in a little isopropyl alcohol to clean off any oils, it didn't seem to hurt and it has since worked flawlessly.. but I would never suggest soaking a pen or assembled nib/feed in isopropyl.
Also make sure the nib wasn't somehow deformed to where it many not be making good contact with the feed.
yeah definitely, I enjoy the italic quite a bit and think it really adds something special to the otherwise normal safari.. great choice of ink too! Ottoman Azure may be my favorite blue. Currently my safari is loaded with PR Tanzanite which is a really cool color but requires extra care not to smudge afterwards.
If I find that my pens aren't writing smoothly, I rinse them in water, fill them up with Waterman Florida Blue and write with it for a few days. It seems to improve the flow.
Interesting coupla posts. First, I took off then reinserted the "m" nib, thinking that perhaps I put it on too tightly. Then I 'm running another converter i the pen thinking maybe it's the converter's faoult. yes, agree that the italic nib is wonderful in this inexpensive little pen. and I was using Ottoman Azure, now awaiting my bottle of Tanzanite for some vintage pens. Will try that also. Right now, though, I'm soaking things for two days and see what happens.
Hey guys, for some reason, my Snorkel Statesman seems to use up ink amazingly quickly. Was taking down some notes on a couple of articles today, and I had to refill the Snorkel two times, just for two pages of writing. My questions to those of you that have Snorkels, is how many times do you guys push the plunger down into the ink for each pen refill? How long does this last you, on average? The pen also isn't writing as smooth as I'd want it to, is there anything I can do without Waterman ink, like I've seen some of you mention?
Hey guys, for some reason, my Snorkel Statesman seems to use up ink amazingly quickly. Was taking down some notes on a couple of articles today, and I had to refill the Snorkel two times, just for two pages of writing. My questions to those of you that have Snorkels, is how many times do you guys push the plunger down into the ink for each pen refill? How long does this last you, on average? The pen also isn't writing as smooth as I'd want it to, is there anything I can do without Waterman ink, like I've seen some of you mention?
Thanks!
Are you sure it's running dry, or is it clogged?? Try soaking nib for a day or so and see what happens. COuld be dirty. I've started using Private Reserve's Tanzanite in my vintage pens and the flow has increased amazingly. I know this ink for some reason is called the "Laxative" of inks and now I see why. Had some balky feeders that now flow quite well. so may try that ink too.
Hey guys, for some reason, my Snorkel Statesman seems to use up ink amazingly quickly. Was taking down some notes on a couple of articles today, and I had to refill the Snorkel two times, just for two pages of writing. My questions to those of you that have Snorkels, is how many times do you guys push the plunger down into the ink for each pen refill? How long does this last you, on average? The pen also isn't writing as smooth as I'd want it to, is there anything I can do without Waterman ink, like I've seen some of you mention?
Thanks!
It should hold more ink than that. I used a Snorkel through many classes and got 12-15 pages from a single fill.
There are a couple of things that might be going on. First, you should only have to pump it once, just one downstroke, to fill it. You should see a stream of air bubbles come up and it'll make a chuffing sound at the bottom of the stroke. But don't pull it out, leave the Snorkel in the ink for another 5-10 seconds. If you pull it out immediately, you'll hear it make a sucking sound while it pulls in air. Do it a few times to get the hang of it. Fill it, then squirt the ink out by pulling up then pushing in. You should see a stream of ink shoot out of the Snorkel.
If you're doing it right and it doesn't get a complete fill, it might need a new point seal. Some restorers only replace the O-ring, but you need both the O-ring and a point seal for proper suction.
As for smoothing the nib, go to an automotive paint supply store and get a sheet of 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper. Should be $2-$3 or so and you can reuse it. Wet a few inch section of the sandpaper, put in on a flat surface (a kitchen counter is good) then write seven or eight words on the sandpaper. Use the same pressure you write with - do not push. Write normally, do not make circles or swirls. Then wipe off the nib and try it on paper. If it's still not where you like, try it again once or twice. That should get the nib where you like it. This speeds up the normal break in you get from writing with a pen for a few months. That's why you want to write as you normally do, not draw figure-eights and that sort of thing. It won't hurt the iridium as long as you don't push and the sandpaper is wet.
After that, you can rinse off the sandpaper, let it dry, and use it again and again for new pens.
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