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Just "cleaned" one of my #FountainPens and had the disassembled parts drying on a clean tissue. Found a small spot of ink where the nib was resting. Guess I've got to clean it a little better...

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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Happens to us all. Also can be dependent on the pen, the ink, or both.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

One can always tell who the fountain pen lovers are... *sigh* I have been putting off cleaning one of mine..
in reply to Dianora (Diane Bruce)

@Dianora (Diane Bruce) This particular pen hadn't been inked in several years until I did so a couple days ago. It's not typically one of my daily drivers. To be fair though, I've been out of the hobby for a while, and am only getting back into it somewhat recently.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I am not really a FP hobbyist I just love to write with a Fountain pen otherwise I have illegible handwriting. OTH I guess that does make me a FP hobbyist. hrmmm I don't go for the inks as .. others do but I do daily drive a FP. Otherwise as I said, I couldn't read my own handwriting!
in reply to Dianora (Diane Bruce)

@Dianora (Diane Bruce) I was a little out of practice, but my handwriting's starting to improve again, though I've mostly been writing in teeline (shorthand) which is pretty illegible in the first place.

I don't feel the need to gatekeep the term "hobbyist". I consider myself to have been a hobbyist from the day I bought my first fountain pen.

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I sometimes feel out of place with the people who collect... wait a minute, I have more than one fountain pen. sssshhhhh *whistles innocently* 😀
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

letting the rest of the ink drain out on kitchen towel is a tried and true method. It'll probably run clean when you flush it again.

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