redfishsc
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I have a customer who experienced the same thing I did using a standard ink cartridge. He's been a fountain pen user for eons, so he knows how to care for a FP--- the pen he has from me is about a year old and looks like it's never been touched though I know quite well to the contrary.
After a good soak and rinse, the nib would not prime up with ink no matter what-- only dry scratches or maybe a faint ink line. I disassembled the nib and feed for him to inspect--- there was ink in there but it was fresh ink. I rinsed it all off and reassembled, plugged in the old cartridge and it primed up nearly immediately.
Perhaps when we rinse them out we are creating an air/water bubble in the feed that disrupts the priming (like when you get air into a hose when you are trying to siphon gas out of Ed's truck). Perhaps.
After a good soak and rinse, the nib would not prime up with ink no matter what-- only dry scratches or maybe a faint ink line. I disassembled the nib and feed for him to inspect--- there was ink in there but it was fresh ink. I rinsed it all off and reassembled, plugged in the old cartridge and it primed up nearly immediately.
Perhaps when we rinse them out we are creating an air/water bubble in the feed that disrupts the priming (like when you get air into a hose when you are trying to siphon gas out of Ed's truck). Perhaps.