Diagnosing ink starvation and nib drying

[Karmachanic]

On 1/5/2022 at 5:07 PM, Bo Bo Olson said:

gold plated piano spring wire

 

Here ya go MX switch springs.  Cut them in half.

[mtcn77]

On 4/26/2021 at 11:35 PM, sansenri said:

When ink clings to the converter wall it often has to do with the converter material.

Try cleaning the converter with grease remover, this should at least get rid of any greasy leftovers from manufacture, which increase the surface tension.

I don't recommend doing it. It totally seized my mini converter. Plus, I recommend buying from a reputable manufacturer, Graf von Faber Castell for example makes converters inserted with steel springs - I don't think you can get fancier than that. Pilot makes them with a steel bearings. I truly don't recommend the Kaweco mini converter. It is really troublesome. I tell them like they are replaceable since they are - unlike Sailor who makes them proprietary, all these use standard Schneider converter as the basis.

Edited January 9, 2022 by mtcn77

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