Kaigelu 356

[k3eax]

I just got my Kaigelu 356 in the mail from Ebay and am sad to say that I got one of those that is going to require some adjusting. It won't write at all unless pressure is applied and it looks like the tines are too close together to let ink through. It's a shame too because the nib is smooth and the pen looks fantastic.

 

I've seen several references to spreading the tines for more ink flow on this pen, but how and what tools does one use to do that?

 

After trying many frustrating Heroes, a disappointing Duke 209, two Kaigelus, and several Jinhaos, only the Jinhaos have had decent nibs out of the box (the leaky sections they always develop over time is another story). I've sworn of Chinese pens several times because of all the problems I've had with them, but living in China makes them so irresistibly cheap and easy to acquire.

 

Stephen Brown has on YouTube a instructional video for those wishing to make their nibs write a bit wetter. No tools are needed in this procedure that is designed to spread the tines a wee bit.

Edited February 8, 2017 by k3eax

[truthpil]

Thanks for the information. This video was incredibly helpful and the procedure only took a couple minutes:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig5cTFv4lXo

 

Stephen warns that the process may cause the tines to become slightly misaligned and I think that happened in my case. It writes quite smoothly now with a good juicy medium line, but still skips and has hard starts.