Sawdustier
Member
I just received my order from BB (woo hoo)and decided to try some of the elegant american. I had read previous posts about the need for exactness in barrel length so went to extreme measures to do this. All went fine until I tried to turn the top of the pen. It was extremely difficult. In fact it felt as if I had to force it. I decided something must be wrong so went to take it apart to reassemble and the top wouldn't screw off, it just kept turning the other direction exposing or withdrawing the nib. I then decided I had screwed up the mechanism somehow so opened another pen and tried again. The length of the assembly comes out just perfect with the end so dont feel that is the problem, but when I tried another mechanism the same thing happened. I looked over my shoulder and didn't see Mr Murphy so I tried again. This time I started off from scratch and knew it would all work out so I used a piece of BOW. Well I'm just a sucker for punishment [V] Double and triple checked length and tested and retested the mechanism before assembly. It looked great but again extremely difficult to turn and cap would not unscrew but kept turning. Somehow I just don't think this is the way it's supposed to work hmm. Anyone know what I did wrong? or how to fix?