Originally Posted by
pajaro
There must be something wrong with my pens, because the Sailors and Sheaffer No Nonsense pens I have had or have now work just like the other C/C pens. If I leave them or left them (for ones I sold or traded), they dried up by the second day. I have had very few pens which would remain moist and writing right off months after putting them down last.
Dunno. There are other factors that affect hard starting, namely the adjustment of the nib and feed. I can't suffer that kind of thing, so I painstakingly adjust that behavior out of my pens to the extent that I'm able. Mike Masuyama has my Pelikan M1000 right now because I couldn't quite get it right with that one.
I have a lot of experience with a green No-Nonsense with a plastic section and a clear plastic inner cap because it's on my desk at work. I usually bring a nice pen to work, so the pens I leave at work often sit idle for a long time. I remember having this one inked for 6 months or so without refilling it. Always started immediately. There was some evaporation of the ink as evidenced by the amount in the cartridge, but the rate was quite slow. I was impressed. Platinum Preppies are similar, though the Preppies I've had are typically dryer, and they sometimes take a few millimeters of the first downstroke to start up after a couple of months. I've had Preppies start up after a just a brief protest without having used them for a year. The Platinum 3776 with the Slip and Seal is advertised to seal well enough for the pen to last for many months.
OTOH, the Sheaffer Prelude will be a hard starter in a couple of weeks. No Chinese pens with slip caps that I have tried are usable at work to me because they will be hard starters in a matter of days if not used. I gave up on the vegetal resin Noodler's Konrads because of their incredible rate of evaporation, despite my best efforts. I'm not inclined to leave a Parker 51 on my desk at work, unfortunately, so I don't know how long they last unused. When I ink one, I tend to use it. I did have a Snorkel Desk pen there for awhile. It was middling in its resistance to dryout, much better than the Chinese C/Cs, not in the same league as the No Nonsense or Preppies.
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