I love the 1980-90s stub nibs in my Balance IIs, Connaisseurs, Legacy I and Heritage, but the squeeze fillers always have to be squeezed a bit to get the ink started after sitting a few hours. It's been an issue since I've owned some of them new. It is annoying knowing I'll have to have to remove and replace the barrel to squeeze the filler if I want to write with any of those pens. These pens are flushed thoroughly in water/ammonia/surfactant mix and flushed again with clean water. Once ink is flowing, all is well until next time.
Is there a secret to these fillers, or is it, "they all do that"?
Fred
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