Help Me out Here!!!

[JBCustomPens]

Ok. I have a classic fountain pen from PSI that is my daily writer.

It has a Heritage Small Steel Semi-Flex nib on it, and I am using Private Reserve DC Supershow cartridges with it.

The pen flows very well when it is writing, but it seems after a few hours I have to wet the nib under a faucet to get the ink flowing again.

What is going on????

 

[renowb]

Thanks for posting! I was getting ready to ask the same thing. After it sets a while, it won't write. I even stand it up but still have problems!

 

[DCBluesman]

Read the "Behind the Nib" series of articles in the Library on how to adjust and tune a fountain pen. I just picked up a pen this morning that I hadn't written with in two weeks and it started right up. That should be the norm.

 

[JBCustomPens]

Read the "Behind the Nib" series of articles in the Library on how to adjust and tune a fountain pen. I just picked up a pen this morning that I hadn't written with in two weeks and it started right up. That should be the norm.

Lou, I've read and appreciated your series very much over the years. But I still can't figure it out. I need some expert help!

 

[PenMan1]

Justin:
We need a little more information. You say it is your carry pen. Is it an old pen with a new nib? Is it a an old pen with a old nib? Is it a new pen with a new nib?

The good news is, it is either ...the nib or the cartridge. I LOVE the private reserve ink, and part of the reason I like it is because it seems "thicker" than the dud cartridges. With thick ink (even the finest ink) comes a few problems. If I remember correctly, the "Classic" uses the very small nib (and thus a small feed)....Thick ink, narrow feed...do the math.

As much as I like the heritage nib, if you want to use the "thick" ink you may have to use the iridium nib which compensates for inferior ink.....Ever use a "stock" PSI cart. in a gold nib? ....Not pretty!

Give us more information, please.

 

[JBCustomPens]

Justin:
We need a little more information. You say it is your carry pen. Is it an old pen with a new nib? Is it a an old pen with a old nib? Is it a new pen with a new nib?

The good news is, it is either ...the nib or the cartridge. I LOVE the private reserve ink, and part of the reason I like it is because it seems "thicker" than the dud cartridges. With thick ink (even the finest ink) comes a few problems. If I remember correctly, the "Classic" uses the very small nib (and thus a small feed)....Thick ink, narrow feed...do the math.

As much as I like the heritage nib, if you want to use the "thick" ink you may have to use the iridium nib which compensates for inferior ink.....Ever use a "stock" PSI cart. in a gold nib? ....Not pretty!

Give us more information, please.

Its only about 7 months old. The nib is recent within 1 month. I tried the stock PSI cartridge in it before I put in the Private Reserve cartridge. It had the same problem.

 

[DCBluesman]

The next thing to determine is if there are problems with the cartridges. Get some decent bottled ink, like Scrip, for about $5 at your local office supply store. Fill a converter and try writing with it. If the same thing happens, you may have a faulty feed. Swap our the feed on your daily user for another feed. Try the bottled ink again. Let me know your results.