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    Default Re: Four Eyedropper Pens

    Quote Originally Posted by tiffanyhenschel View Post
    Temperature and air pressure are issues, but the quality of the feed is a big factor. I have never, ever had one of my Edison pens burp ink in three years of extensive use, no matter the ink level.

    Thanks for the reminder. I have a Recife Crystal eyedropper, bought way back when Levenger offered them. It has never blurped, and I don't even fill it full to begin with.

    In fact I bought the Airmail because it visually resembled the Recife. But it doesn't work the same.
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    Default Re: Four Eyedropper Pens

    Quote Originally Posted by tiffanyhenschel View Post
    Temperature and air pressure are issues, but the quality of the feed is a big factor. I have never, ever had one of my Edison pens burp ink in three years of extensive use, no matter the ink level.
    This ^^^^^^^^^^ +++1000

    I own a Ratnamson 302 eye dropper filler and a Serwex similar to the ones you have posted here. Once the ink level drops below a certain level in both pens, they start to 'burp' ink. Now the Ratnamson only does this once the ink is below 25% capacity and I've learned to accept, that instead of an ink window, this is how I know the pen needs to be filled. The Serwex is a whole other problem. It's a piston filler and once the level drops below 50% it starts to do this. I've stopped using it for this reason. I also have a Serwex MB which I really liked that didn't have this problem.

    Lesson learned about Indian pens: The cheapies (<$20) are not worth the money given Chinese pens in that same price range that do not have these issues. The Ratnamson was about $40 and the Serwex MB about $20 and both are great writers for the money with quirks that are expected with a pen under $50.

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    Default Re: Four Eyedropper Pens

    I have lots of this one ink, so I'll give them a complete fill and see what's what.
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    For me, few of the - by now, many - Indian eyedroppers ever burp, be they expensives or cheapies. Most of them write until the barrel is empty. Some will have increased flow at the end of a fill. I think the lesson here might be slightly adjusted: in a tropical climate where these pens are mostly used, the technology is perfectly adequate. In a more temperate climate, you may be confronted with burping pens when the volume of ink in the barrel is reduced to 30% or less, and this will probably also depend on the heat conducting characteristics of the barrel material. It would be interesting to hear from people living in India and using these pens in a setting where climate control lowers the temperature in which the pen is used - do you see burping at the end of a fill?
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    Default Re: Four Eyedropper Pens

    Quote Originally Posted by Cob View Post
    I like the line "burped some ink" I recently bought an extremely old Swan 1500 eye-dropper. I thought it would be a good idea to clean it out, which I did. Now it is better called an eye-gusher! Funny though: after the initial flood, it writes beautifully. A bit of a grrrrr situation!

    Do keep us informed if you find a solution to the er, dyspepsia!

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    When a pen does it, it called "blurping".

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    Default Re: Four Eyedropper Pens

    Oh! Well I was following the others here - I had never before heard the word in this connexion. I always called it "flooding" but I like the sheer physicality of burping!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cob View Post
    Oh! Well I was following the others here - I had never before heard the word in this connexion. I always called it "flooding" but I like the sheer physicality of burping!

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    It is a combination of blotting and burping.

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    Default Re: Four Eyedropper Pens

    They have been quite well behaved now that they've been filled all the way. I've been putting them through their paces catching up on my correspondence. They're all fine writers; I do think there's a trick to mastering the bent nib Serwex--still experimenting with that one!
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    Default Re: Four Eyedropper Pens

    [Obviously, I have some things to learn about using these. The Reynolds leaks from the nib--is this because it was not totally full of ink?]

    My experience is that my eyedropper pens work best when a fill them a particular way: I fill the barrel with ink. Then, I screw in the section half way with the nib facing upward. Last, I flip the pen so now the nib is facing downward and screw in the section the rest of the way.

    When I do this, I hardly ever get large ink leaks from pressure in the barrel.

    Hope that helps!

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    Default Re: Four Eyedropper Pens

    I bought a Gama eyedropper with a nib at each end from a forum member, for the novelty of the double tip. One end burped several puddles and then settled down to write like a medium nib. The other end started hard and writes like a fine point. They're both marked as "five".

    I'm guessing this is a feed difference?
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    Default Re: Four Eyedropper Pens

    Recently I bought a Swan No2 safety pen; this is an eyedropper with a conventional ladder feed plus a metal additional feed on top of the nib. It has worked perfectly since I got it three weeks ago. 90-year-old technology is the answer!

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