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Metro fountain pen by Woodcraft question here. It has the little cartridge in the kit. I'm afraid to push too hard to seat it on the nib and get ink all over the place. Second is the "pump." Is that designed to have the nib put in ink and turn the knob to pull ink into the pump? Your help is most appreciated.
Edit: Had to share this, sold a Wall Street III yesterday!
 
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Well with fountain pens you're gonna get ink on you either way and likely more with filling with the pump than the cartridge. With that said, the cartridge will not explode or anything on you. Just use pressure and it will set itself on the nipple inside the section.

Regarding the pump yes you can dip the nib in the ink bottle to fill or you can just dip the pump into the ink bottle. Either way you'll be cleaning ink off either the nib or the bottom of the pump.

I have some cartridge inks in my collection, but mostly use bottle ink; it is cheaper in the long run and there are so many more choices on ink colors and types.

Good luck.
 
Woodchipper said:
Will take a look for customers. Never used fountain pens.
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For shame! ;)

I strongly recommend you use one - it's the only way to know that the pen you sell is actually fit to write with. Unlike ballpoints and rollerballs, how a fountain pen nib is adjusted makes or breaks the writing experience, and the only way to know if it's adjusted properly is to write with it. Naturally you clean the ink out before delivering it to the customer - a rubber ear/nose syringe (typically sold at places like Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid, etcetera) is a great way to pump a lot of water through the nib section to flush it out.

You might consider buying a "nib smoothing kit" from Indy-Pen-Dance and download Richard Binder's "Nib smoothing guide" that tells you how to user the kit to improve the feel of the nib. Buy a few cheap pens from Amazon - I got a pack of 5 for like $12 - and practise, practise, practise. Even a $3 pen can be made to write decently with effort (9 times out of 10). And a JoWo or Bock can be made to write smooth as butter.
 
duncsuss, my instructions will be for the customer. Not enough room on the enclosed cared for all you state. BTW, this is my second fountain pen kit...first and last.
 
Cartridge is designed to push onto the little sharp bit poking out of the back of the nib housing and puncture the seal. It's no more or less messy than a converter.

I've done the "suck ink into the converter from the bottle" approach with and without the converter installed (basically directly into the mouth of the converter, or through the nib into the converter). Both work. I prefer going through the nib now. It flushes anything out of the feed that might be dried in there, and primes it so it's ready to write immediately. Yes, you need to wipe the nib and maybe the section off with a paper towel if you do it that way. No big deal IMO.

Good luck!
 
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