Pilot Custom 823 Not Feeding

[FineNibs]

Hi everyone,

 

I have a question that I hope someone here can help with. This year at the Philadelphia Fountain Pen Show I talked my wife into letting me get her a Pilot 823 in amber resin with fine nib. She is used to the Sailor 1911 mid-size that is her normal everyday pen. I thought that she might like the Pilot as it holds more ink. Well, it does hold more ink, but she is having trouble with getting it to feed. I fill the pen for her but after the ink on the nib from filling is used up the pen does not give good/any flow. I have thoroughly cleaned the nib by soaking in water and in Perfect Pen Flush. Ink will come down if I use the piston to push it.

 

Any thoughts? Thanks much.