Okay, but just one last question. Are you dipping the nib fully into the ink? I may be wrong but it sounds like you are not. The whole nib needs to be submerged in the ink, just past the start of the section in order to create the vacuum needed to suck up the ink. If you look at the feed, just where it meets the section, you will see a little notch or hole in it. That is where the ink gets sucked into the pen from and it needs to be submerged in the ink in order to work properly. Imagine trying to drink from a straw but holding the straw 1 inch from the surface of the liquid. It's not going to work, same concept here.
Make sure you have a cloth handy to clean up the pen afterward.
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