I have a great pen from lamy that I used for a could have years and really enjoyed. I found it a delight to write with and found it more consistent than ball point pens. Then I ran out of the prefilled ink cartridges it came with. I grabbed a refillable cartridge and some waterman ink and it has been downhill from there. I have two pens, not sure what the other one is, but neither seem to be able to write at all with the refills. They leak more often, constantly seem to dry out, and I have ended up going back to sharpie sgels because I need my pens to write when I need to write.

What am I doing wrong? Do I need better refill cartridges and if so can you recommend one, or are the cartridges really so much better? Or is there maintenance I am supposed to preform on the nib that I have neglected that could be causing my issues? Thanks for any advice, I would love to get back to using these pens.

  • teft@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 days ago

    I use a refillable cartridge and I’ve never had problems. Try a few different cartridges until you find one that doesn’t leak. I would recommend one but it’s been quite a few years since I bought it and I don’t remember anything about it.

    Also try a different ink, maybe? Some of them can leak easier out of the nib. Also clean your pen with some alcohol to make sure it isn’t that.

    • smb@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      23 days ago

      quite a few years since I bought it and I don’t remember anything about it.

      but you still have it and ‘could’ make a foto, right? just to mention. i had this prob very long ago.

      i guess leaking could be because the specific pens could have some different behaviour. while the ink flows down, air must flow into the catrige. if too much air can flow in, i’ld guess thats when leaking occurs, but letting that tiny amount of air that precisely into the catrige might be possible, for a refueled catridge, but could be more error prone due to moving parts or just might not be the same needed for every pen that fits and the vendor chooses somewhere in the middle to “fit” more pen types, but that was guessing from long time ago. however now that it seems that this prob still exists3… maybe you can make a photo of the catrige and the pen.