Originally Posted by
whych
@voegelin:
You don't say what country you are inso we can direct you to the closest person that can help.
I would second the advice Chrissy gave: the tines have become misaligned over the years. This happens quite easily by just removing the nib when there is dried ink on the threads and you try to unscrew the nib. The nib twists a bit in relation to the feed.
I have seen this in most German pens with a screw in nib, and not only Pelikan. Knocking the nib and feed out of the nib collar and re-aligning the nib and feed before putting it back together fixes 99% of misalignments.
If you are going to try doing it yourself, soak the nib for a day or so to make sure there is no dried ink around before trying to knock the feed out or you can break the collar or worse, damage the feed.
First, thanks to everyone who took the time to offer advice. Thank you very much!
I'm in Canada, so if there are any nib repair folks here in the great white north I'd be happy to hear from you.
Great advice on looking at youtube for nib solutions. I do that for every other fix-it job, but hadn't thought to do that for pens.
Specifically, the ink is flowing just fine, and the nib isn't grabbing paper, but in the past the nib was super-smooth and now it's just developed somewhat of an edge - a scratch. Certainly not the end of the world, but not what I want from my proudest pen possession.
Again, thank you all! I look forward to future conversations. Off I go to youtube!
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