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I'm not sure if this should go here, under the Parker sub-forum or in the repair forum.

 

In a recent post in the New Members forum, I mentioned a Parker Reflex that had a skipping problem. DWL suggested pulling the nib and feed, and then cleaning the feed with a toothbrush and flossing between the tines of the nib (sounds like a trip to the dentist when it's worded like that  LOL) to see if that would help.

 

I did just that and have been testing the pen for the past couple of days and so far the skipping problem seems to be gone. Here is a writing sample from just this morning. Before the brushing and flossing (still makes me want to LOL) there would have been a number of skips in a sample this size. The only one in this sample is the result of me lifting the pen off the page in the middle of writing. I'm still trying to work out the size of writing that works best with this nib. I normally write with fine nibs and finer medium nibs than this one. 

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So, thank you, DWL, for your advice. It seems to have been just what this pen needed.  smile



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Well done! The Reflex (and the Vector, which uses the same nibs and feeds) pens do tend to be wet writers; you can switch to a drier ink if you need to write a wee bit smaller.

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I'm delighted my advice helped. This is a basic trick you can use on most any pen that is balky/skipping. Vintage pens can be a little harder to pull out (IE need a knock out block) but the cleaning process is the same.

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