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    I got mine today (after completely forgetting I purchased it from Massdrop)! Despite all if the negative reviews on the internet, mine writes beautifully out of the box, nice and smooth and wet. I haven't had any issues with it staying posted, but I can also write with it easily without posting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bec11mort View Post
    I got mine today (after completely forgetting I purchased it from Massdrop)! Despite all if the negative reviews on the internet, mine writes beautifully out of the box, nice and smooth and wet. I haven't had any issues with it staying posted, but I can also write with it easily without posting.
    Stipula have had some QC issues and disappointed customers tend to more vocal than happy customers. Thus the negative reviews.

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    Quote Originally Posted by raging.dragon View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by bec11mort View Post
    I got mine today (after completely forgetting I purchased it from Massdrop)! Despite all if the negative reviews on the internet, mine writes beautifully out of the box, nice and smooth and wet. I haven't had any issues with it staying posted, but I can also write with it easily without posting.
    Stipula have had some QC issues and disappointed customers tend to more vocal than happy customers. Thus the negative reviews.
    They're also a little pricey compared to some other brands offering the same. (Pricey and QC issues don't exactly mix well, making the negatives even more vocal).

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    Well, it's come back to me. And while the feed is no longer obstructed, the pen still will not write a consistent line. I suspected babies bottoms, and after a look through a loupe or two, it seems like I'm right, but after some time smoothing flow was only increased a small amount. And the pen still requires constant pressure to achieve ink flow. This is a major disappointment, I love everything else about this pen, but it stubbornly refuses to write.

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    I have two. The first one I bought at my local B&M store and it was fantastic. Bought a blue one from speerbob with the same lovely stub nib and it wouldn't post. I was very disappointed. BTW, I think the Stipula factory stub is one of the best italic nibs out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tsuki yo View Post
    Well, it's come back to me. And while the feed is no longer obstructed, the pen still will not write a consistent line. I suspected babies bottoms, and after a look through a loupe or two, it seems like I'm right, but after some time smoothing flow was only increased a small amount. And the pen still requires constant pressure to achieve ink flow. This is a major disappointment, I love everything else about this pen, but it stubbornly refuses to write.
    Apply pressure spreads the tines a bit. To get the pen writing without pressure, you probably need to spread the tines a tiny bit.

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    I'd agree that spreading the tines a bit would be my next step, but I use brass shim (.001") to do it. Actually, I end up at .002", but I like wet writers.

    Careful though, increasing the gap is easy, closing it back is not.

    If you are thinking about doing this, look up nib flossing, but the basic idea is to insert the shim at the breather hole or underside(Not at the tip) then out to the tip.

    I do it with ink in the pen - you can tell when it's right.

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    Default Re: Stipula Passoporto.....

    +1 on the brass shims. Very inexpensive to buy some (I think I got mine from Dale Beebe of pentooling.com). All they are is little pieces of brass to slide in there, just be careful to not cut your finger!
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    Oh we've tried the brass, I've used three different thicknesses and it's still drier than my martini's. There doesn't really seem to be anything I can do to make it work. So it's going in a drawer until I can justify the expense to send it to a meister.

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    Can you slip a piece of paper between the nib and feed?

    Barring a gap there, if you put a paper towel into the breather hole, does it immediately fill with ink?

    Also, do you have a loupe? Is there indeed a .001" gap at the tip?

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    And now I look back and see it just came back from Anderson's. Never mind, these steps would have been done.

    I think you're on the right path, sorry this is not working out.

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    I think I've found the issue. The collar (once I finally got it out of the section) has a crack in it that runs about 80% of the length of the collar, and end of the collar looks like it used to have a lip on it that was shattered at some point. It looks to me like it was assembled with a zeal that resulted in all this damage.

    I won't be sending it back again, I looted the nib and stuck it in a Jinhao 599. The body will remain a show piece until I can find an appropriate collar for it down the line.

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