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Hello! About a week or two ago, I purchased two Franklin-Christoph Model 02 "Intrinsic" fountain pens off eBay, both from the same seller. They were listed as never inked, and I have no reason to doubt the seller, who appeared to have plenty of previous eBay sales experience and 100% feedback. I bought both, one in Smoke & Ice with a broad nib, the other in Amber & Cinnamaroon with a fine nib, with the intent of doing a nib swap between them to give my wife (a lefty) the Smoke & Ice with the fine nib. I did the nib swap, applying silicone grease to the section to barrel and the nib unit to section threads, and loaded both as eyedroppers. Mine, the amber pen with the broad nib, is wonderful. No problems. However, my wife's smoke pen with the fine nib has a VERY VERY wet feed. Ink gets into the cap, and occasionally drips onto the page. You can regularly see a blob of ink on the end of the feed nearest the tip of the nib. Any suggestions? I plan to disassemble the pen, clean it thoroughly, and reassemble, this time double-checking to be sure the nib unit is fully secured in the section, and that the nib and feed are well mated. However, any tips on what I should look for would be most welcome. These are beautiful pens, and the nibs are quite nice. My broad is super smooth and my wife's fine offers just the right amount of feedback. I understand F-C offers a lifetime warranty, but if I can resolve this issue myself and save the shipping charge (and time away from the pen), I'd prefer it. Thanks!

I bought some Bock nib units on eBay which appear to be designed to use in non-cartridge pens (such as eye-dropper, piston, or sac) as they have no rear nipple for a cartridge/converter to slide onto. I've built a couple of pens for these nibs so far, and both have the same problem: too much ink flow, with the result that I get a puddle of ink if I don't keep writing at top speed. Right now I've got an eyedropper loaded with Noodler's Red Fox (ink which works well in my cartridge/converter pens) but the feed runs way too fast in this pen. Is there a recommended way to slow down the feed? Is there a better choice of ink to use with this "fast feed" nib unit? Thanks for any guidance.