I am very new to fountain pens. I wanted to go for a cheap one to see if I would like it at first so I purchased a Jinhao 159 and some ink samples. I was able to fill up the ink the first time with no problems and it wrote great. But after I cleaned it out (with water) and replaced the ink (I have tried many different types) a problem arose. The ink will not flow onto the paper unless I am using the backside of the nib. The only way I have been able to get it to flow from the correct side has been to push the ink through using the converter every few lines or so. I do not understand what is wrong. I have tried different inks, I have cleaned the nib and the feed. The only thing I am doing kind of weirdly is that when I am filling the converter I take the converter out and dip it right into the ink (since I have very little volume), but after that I pump it through to get it started at the beginning. Any idea what the problem could be?
Thanks for the help~!
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