I picked up a Lamy Safari from Amazon and unfortunately the thing is running dry like crazy. It will start off ok, but by the end of a sentence it commonly will miss the beginning of letters or possibly words, so far I am very dissapointed.... I am currently using the ink cartridge that was supplied with the pen, but I did purchase some Noodlers Ell blue and a converter. The ink showed up, but I am still waiting on the converter. I assume this is just some sort of adjustment/learning process.
So far I've tried to change position of the nib in relation to the feed... but it doesn't seem to help out much.
I've removed the nib using this process http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnyI_o0ly-o
With the nib removed I wiped the feed with a paper napkin and roughly inspected it. I don't really know what I was looking for but I didn't see anything obvious.
I held the nib up to some light and noticed I could partially see between the tines. I assumed that there was some sort of debris in between the tines where I couldn't see light. I slid a single piece of aluminum foil between the tines a couple of times to try to remove obstruction, but it didn't really change where I could or couldn't see between the tines.
I purchased a Pilot Varsity to have something to compare, the Varsity will very rarely exhibit similar but more minor symptoms.
Got any suggestions or good links to help me figure out what I need to do?
Beyond the performance issues I really like the way the pin looks and feels...and am excited to get it working properly.
So far I've tried to change position of the nib in relation to the feed... but it doesn't seem to help out much.
I've removed the nib using this process http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnyI_o0ly-o
With the nib removed I wiped the feed with a paper napkin and roughly inspected it. I don't really know what I was looking for but I didn't see anything obvious.
I held the nib up to some light and noticed I could partially see between the tines. I assumed that there was some sort of debris in between the tines where I couldn't see light. I slid a single piece of aluminum foil between the tines a couple of times to try to remove obstruction, but it didn't really change where I could or couldn't see between the tines.
I purchased a Pilot Varsity to have something to compare, the Varsity will very rarely exhibit similar but more minor symptoms.
Got any suggestions or good links to help me figure out what I need to do?
Beyond the performance issues I really like the way the pin looks and feels...and am excited to get it working properly.
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