Parker Insignia Athenses from ~ 1994 - always a dry start.

[PatrickD67]

Hello Fellow FP lovers!  I am recently back into FP.  I have this, my very first FP, a Parker Insignia Athens I think from 1994.  The problem is, always a dry start regardless of ink.  I have noticed that you can blow through the cap (e.g. blow through the comes out the other end).  Any help and/or advice on how to solve the dry start would be greatly appreciated.  open end and air

[thx1138]

It is s lovely insignia green custom.

 

[PatrickD67]

I seem to have had a problem posting photos as they have rearranged to words of the post.  

 

Hello Fellow FP lovers!  I am recently back into FP.  I have this, my very first FP that I got in 1994, a Parker Insignia Athens.  The problem is, always a dry start regardless of ink.  I have noticed that I can blow through the pen cap (e.g. blow into the open end and air comes out the closed end.  Can anyone tell me if this is normal? Or is there a problem with the cap?  Is this something that I can fix? or is this just how the pen is?  Any information/advise would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks 

[jchch1950]

Some posts here have solutions for the same problem with some caps of the Parker Sonnet, maybe you can use the same solutions for your pen.

[PatrickD67]

I will do a search for the Sonnet and dig myself a rabbit hole. 

 

[welch]

Best I remember, the Insignia did not have the dry-out problem that early Sonnets had. Maybe this is a different problem?

[thx1138]

Inner cap may have a crack in it.

You may be able to see the inner cap with a torch, look for splitting down the inner cap from the edge nearest the cap opening.