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Pens, inks and related.....

I am actually considering getting my wife one of those to penable her. I am thinking of getting her one of those with a traveler's notebook. She is always digging around in her purse at church for something to take notes with during the service.
 
Stopped in the local Barnes and Noble today on my lunch. I’ve read online that select locations are selling Lamy Safari’s for $9. My location didn’t have any though 😢
 
Cleaned out my pen for the first time in weeks of it being filled with in color. Some of the ink had started to gel in the converter and the flow to the nib was almost completely dried/blocked. It was much easier than I thought! A few minutes with running warm water through it and working the converter plunger and it was all cleared out, from what I can see.

Patted it down with a paper towel and letting it air dry before loading up another ink.
 
uacowboy said:
I have licked my finger and used that to wet the tip to get one flowing that had sat a while. Worked fine after that. If you just filled it then maybe the feed needs cleaning out?
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I'm new but a little shake in a downward motion careful what your shaking at helped me. That $8 pen seems to not like it's cap off if not writing for a few minutes and needs encouragement.
 
MilkCrate said:
So ... how do you jump start a pen when it won’t start writing? Do I have the wrong ink?
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A little bit of extra pressure on the nib while holding it in place on a piece of paper (not trying to write, just holding pressure), a little drizzle of warm water across the nib, hold a paper towel to the feed behind the nib...

Did you flush the pen? maybe some ink or other residue blocking the feed.

Is it a new cartridge maybe? Seal possibly not fully broken.

Just a couple thoughts...
 
It’s the Fission pen I recently bought. I didn’t flush it, just loaded a new cartridge. Wrote fine at first. Can be hard to start, run it across my finger and it it starts, but can act like it’s running out of ink.
 
MilkCrate said:
So ... how do you jump start a pen when it won’t start writing? Do I have the wrong ink?
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It depends on what is causing the issue. If it happened right after you put in a cartridge, then it is probably that it hasn't been able to saturate the feed yet. A few shakes will help. If it has been inked, but stopped writing, then a quick dip of the tip in water could work. If this doesn't work let me know.

It might be the ink. There are some dip pen inks that are lacquer based and could cause some real havoc.

Edit: we posted at the same time. I think it is because it wasn't flushed. Some gunk could have gotten in the feed. When this cartridge runs out, just clean it well, and you should be good. This has happened to me before too. Once I cleaned it, it was good to go.
 
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