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I recently got a #Sailor #Hokoro dip pen, and much to my chagrin have found that several of my #FountainPen inks do not work well in it. It's almost like the ink refuses to be picked up by the nib/feed.

Has anyone else encountered this? Is there a solution?

Edit: the paper also seems to be a factor

#fountainpen #sailor #Hokoro
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Jonathan Lamothe
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@StarSloth I ran it through the ultrasonic cleaner with a little dish soap. I assumed that would suffice?
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Jim P.
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I haven't tried this, but I've seen other people say they transfer a little ink to an ink well and add a thickening agent of some sort to help. I just dip straight into the bottle, just be sure to get it at least over the hole in the nib.

Though I haven't really had that problem with my Hocoro dip pen unless the ink is super watery. Even then it still works just have to re-dip frequently.

I swatched all of this past Colorvent with one of those dip pens (stub and EF nib) and it went well.

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Seven
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I haven’t had any trouble with any of mine. They don’t have feeds, but did you purchase the reservoir which is available separately?
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paradoxmo
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do you have a nib with or without reservoir? It works better with reservoir so I put them on all the nibs. You do have to keep it dipped in the ink for a few seconds for the reservoir to fill up, which is something that’s not necessarily intuitive.
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Jonathan Lamothe
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@paradoxmo Ohhhhhh... I do have a reservoir. I shall have to try keeping it submerged a moment.
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Jonathan Lamothe
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@StarSloth I'm giving them a second longer go with a bit more soap. I've also picked up a few other tips. We'll see of those make a difference.
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