Hero 100 issue

[palthegiraffe]

The Hero 100 is a great pen for my purposes. It has become my favorite daily-use pen at work.

 

Each morning, I uncap it and find the nib totally dried out. I have to immerse the nib in ink and pump the Vacumatic-style filler a couple of times to get the pen started for the day, even though the pen is never empty.

 

Does anyone have any ideas as to a solution, or is this just the way things are going to be?

[amh210]

How about if you just wet the nib. With water. Though in old movies you sometimes see the ace reporter use saliva.

 

Andy

[zorroflores]

Hello,

 

I had the same issue with an old Hero pen (do not know the model). Inspecting inside the cap I found that the plastic sleeve, where the nib is enclosed when capped, had a small hole at the very end, thus allowing the ink to evaporate.

 

I sealed this hole with a bit of epoxy glue (using a small wire to apply it) and the dryness was solved, now I can write at once even after a week of not using the pen.

There are reports in this board that the sealing can be achieved with a bit of nail varnish. Also note that the hole can be located where the clip enters the cap.

 

Best regards

 

Carlos Flores

Edited May 18, 2006 by zorroflores

[palthegiraffe]

Though in old movies you sometimes see the ace reporter use saliva.

I did that once with this pen. Then I was asked why I had a black tongue...

[palthegiraffe]

Hello,

 

I had the same issue with an old Hero pen (do not know the model). Inspecting inside the cap I found that the plastic sleeve, where the nib is enclosed when capped, had a small hole at the very end, thus allowing the ink to evaporate.

 

I sealed this hole with a bit of epoxy glue (using a small wire to apply it) and the dryness was solved, now I can write at once even after a week of not using the pen.

There are reports in this board that the sealing can be achieved with a bit of nail varnish. Also note that the hole can be located where the clip enters the cap.

 

Best regards

 

Carlos Flores

Thanks for the tip! I'll look into it. I imagine that this plastic part would not easily come out of the pen cap; I wonder if putting a few drops of water in there would help find such a hole, or just make a mess? And preemptively putting a light coat of something around the inside of that plastic part probably wouldn't hurt anything.

[jpolaski]

I have the same problem with my Hero 100 flighter, and sure enough, looking in the cap, there was the blind cap, with a huge crack in it, and tons of air just pouring in...gotta get that fixed...hmmmm

 

Looks like there may be a problem with the Hero 100 blind caps, I sent one back because of this, and the second one (my flighter) did it too...

[peterc]

I've had this problem with both Hero & Duke pens, must try the nail varnish trick

 

Peter

[Brian Anderson]

My 100 flighter exhibits the same symptoms. I'll have to take a look in the blind cap when I get home. Hmmmm....

 

Best-

Brian

[jpolaski]

Sure enough...I picked up some epoxy from Wal Mart the other night, got home and epoxied the blind cap, and the Hero works PERFECTLY now. I keep leeting it sit, nib up, during the day, and try it the next morning, and it starts to write the moment it touches paper. Excellent!