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jeffkevlar
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Apr 22, 2015
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Hello. I received this pen today. I'm actually not very happy. It spent 7 days stuck in customs, which I understand is no ones fault, but was kind of frustrating. Then it arrived. Somehow I was charged $18.00 for taxes and handling. I looked into this. Canada post is allowed to charge handling on anything that has taxes assessed on them. I know that this is not on Massdrop, but again, frustrating.
Then I opened it up. The pen is gorgeous. I love how it looks and feels. Then I put in some ink and tried to write.
It doesn't write. I checked the tines and found the problem. The tines are about 1.5mm apart all the way down, wide open. No way to create any flow. As a hobby I restore vintage pens, so this is something I can fix myself, but, frankly, I am annoyed that I have to.
Apr 22, 2015
ShahrinCamille
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Apr 24, 2015
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jeffkevlarI ordered the Stub (black nib - so damned cool!) and it came with the same problem as yours - the tines were apart from the breather hole all the way down to the tip when it should ideally taper down. The ink only reached at about the proximal end of the "iridium" tip, so no flow to the paper. So the usual trick of pushing the sides of the tines against the side of the table; a quick look under the 10X loupe showed no tine misalignment, and now I have a smooth stub with just the right flow - a joy to use.
But this should not happen in the first place. Less experienced/ knowledgeable users would certainly not be amused by this. Conklin should've done all the checks before packing the pen - after all one just need to take a glance at the nib to notice that it's not properly set up.
Apr 24, 2015
JonasHeineman
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May 11, 2015
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ShahrinCamilleHey @ShahrinCamille,
Glad you got it sorted out, I think you're correct and glad you shared that info here. Conklin has s a great warranty and we're happy to help anyone who is not able to make that adjustment.
May 11, 2015
Marshallmallowlol
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May 23, 2015
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ShahrinCamilleI'm experiencing the same problem here. My stub nib looks awesome, but the ink flow is god awful. At first I thought the feed was unable to keep up, but I see now that the tines are pretty far apart. Explain what you did here, you pushed the sides of each of the tines against a table to bend them in? This is safe?
May 23, 2015
ShahrinCamille
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Jun 7, 2015
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MarshallmallowlolWhat you need to do is GENTLY push the sides of the tines, between the shoulder and the tip, against a harder surface (I use the side of my table), alternating between both sides, and consistently checking the slit with a magnifier (loupes are ideal, but a good magnifying glass should be good enough, or putting up the nib against a bright light in the background, unless you're Superman LOL). Aim for the slit to taper down from the breather hole to the nib, with a hair's-breadth separating the tips. This might move the tines slightly out of alignment, so be prepared to fix this if it happens.
Jun 7, 2015
Marshallmallowlol
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Jul 7, 2015
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ShahrinCamilleI'm having more problems with this pen. I ended up mostly fixing the ink flow problems with the tines on my black stub nib, but now it seems as if a tiny bit of the black paint has chipped off halfway down the center of the tines. This did not happen when I was working on the tines and I have not dropped/scraped the pen on the nib. Really sad with they way this is turning out.
Jul 7, 2015
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