Hello! Advice Please With A Difficult New Pen...

[JillM]

Update - the company told me I couldn't have a refund as I'd used the cartridge they sent with it. This was a concern, as they also told me that they had written with the pen and found it to be working absolutely fine. They said from my writing sample, it appeared I write quite quickly, and that if I slowed down my handwriting, the ink flow would improve. (!)

However they have now replaced the nib and the pen is writing beautifully, so it was definitely a faulty nib all along. And I'm very pleased to have my lovely Parker Premier back! Off now to buy myself some bottles of Diamine ink.

So there we go, a happy ending...

Thanks again, everyone.

Jill x

[Sasha Royale]

Update - the company told me I couldn't have a refund as I'd used the cartridge they sent with it. This was a concern, as they also told me that they had written with the pen and found it to be working absolutely fine. They said from my writing sample, it appeared I write quite quickly, and that if I slowed down my handwriting, the ink flow would improve. (!)

However they have now replaced the nib and the pen is writing beautifully, so it was definitely a faulty nib all along. And I'm very pleased to have my lovely Parker Premier back! Off now to buy myself some bottles of Diamine ink.

So there we go, a happy ending...

Thanks again, everyone.

Jill x

 

I am delighted that you found a solution. May you have many years with your Parker fountain pen. I write slowly, so it is not an issue

for me. However, some inks are clearly of lower viscosity than others. I have forty Parker fountain pens dating back to 1912 . I am

disappointed with Parker's response to you.

 

Once upon a time, there was a great company, that sold fifty million fountain pens. I miss it.

[JillM]

No, it wasn't Parker themselves, it was the online pen-selling company who sold me the pen. But all sorted now anyway!

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Jill

[Gloucesterman]

Hi, new girl here, I have a lovely brand new Parker Premier and the ink flow is shockingly bad - have attached a sample. Have now cleaned the pen and changed to a blue cartridge but it's still awful. The shop tells me to post it back to them but I'd prefer to see if it's fixable. It's a gorgeous pink gold pen and I'd like to keep it if I can.

I wonder if anyone will even see this message?!

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Jill M.image.jpg

 

Wow, that pen does need some work. It's so defective it writes upside down.

 

Next thing you know it will be writing bass ackward! :lol: :lol:

 

Well, at least you have come to the correct place. People here are so very helpful! That's just my experience - so far!!