Russknan
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I suspect that my issue may be meat-and-potatoes to many, but I'm new at this. About 3 weeks ago, I made a set of two pens - rollerball and fountain - to give to a relative in Germany who is getting married on Saturday. We're leaving the day after tomorrow. Anyway the pens are Jr. Gent II. I had read on here that many people prefer Private Reserve ink over what comes with the kit, so I bought some. Today, I decided to swap out the ink cartridges. To my surprise, scribbling with the fountain pen with the original cartridge produced only an erratic line with gaps. Relieved that I hadn't yet wrapped the set up without trying the pens again, I removed the original cartridge and put in the new Private Reserve. The PR cartridge did require some effort to seat. Tried to write with it. Nothing! So I pulled that out, and put the old one back in. Nothing again! So, I assume the problem is with the nib. Could someone tell me how to troubleshoot and, hopefully, fix it? My only other alternative is to see whether I have another kit, unused, in my workshop so I could change the nib assembly. Another funny thing is that neither of these two pens seem to come to a reasonable "jam stop" when I screw on the caps. It takes no effort at all to unscrew them. But I guess I can live with that . . . Russ
