I just picked up an Esterbrook J that was in pretty good shape. There was a lot of dried in on/in the feed but the sac was still pliable. I'm new to this and it surprised me that the sac was light in color rather than black.
Anyway, I cleaned the nib in water, water/ammonia and water/dish soap for a couple of days. I used dental floss to get the dried stuff out of the space between the nib and the feed. It's got the 1551 nib.
So it starts writing really wet - as wet as I'd want it, but after a page or two it starts skipping and flows poorly. If I unscrew the nib and put it back, it's back to writing wet again.
It seems as if the ink flow is getting air-bound. So when I remove the nib and replace it the air gets equalized and now the pen can flow. Any thoughts on this? Any ideas on what's going on and how to fix it?
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