lamy safari dumps ink
sorry put this in lamy 4rm as well did not notice this forum until after.
anyway my new lamy safari arrived finally , i loaded cartridge in correct , shut body up went to write with it and massive drips of ink started coming out of it , where the nib goes into body at the rear of nib must be seal here ? anyway im not certain never stripped a fountain pen before.
any ideas of problem or how to repair this , and how to remove nib ?
thanks
Sounds like you have air coming in from the cartridge side. Are you sure you pushed the cartridge in all the way?
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i did think i had but ill double check , i left all my cartridges at work so ill try again tomorrow .Originally Posted by KrazyIvan
thankss hope its that as it write well , good work pen !
That's what I thought as well. Let us know how it goes.
Yup... I bet thats it as well. I have done that too when I was rushing out the door. I use one at work and I was changing the cart EARLY in the morning and thought I pushed it in all the way and thats the result I had. I got to work and went to sign for a bill and dumped and big old blob of ink. Opened it up gave it a push and felt it click down... was good to go after a quick wipe.
hi just tried a new cartridge it pushed down as far as i could force it by hand and still leaked , i then put the cap on the half pen , and pushed the rear of the cartridge against the wall i had to force it very hard and it went down another notch and now works fine.
so you were right , but surly this is a bit to much force to have to put a cartridge in .
Last edited by SEBENZA; January 25th, 2013 at 07:00 AM.
No, it is made to take that force. Keep in mind you are puncturing the plastic of the cartridge while also forcing it onto the feed ink inlet.
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yes you probably right KI im sending back though still , it seems and awful lot of force to have to apply , the cartridges are sometimes bending .
probably me though , i have loaded up many before but i see your very experienced in pens so ill accept advice and learn .
If you buy the converter and use bottled ink, you do not run into that problem.
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+1.If you buy the converter and use bottled ink, you do not run into that problem.
And bottled ink is, you know, just better. Because there's EVERY COLOUR. Except Lamy Violet, annoyingly.
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