How To Take Care Of Your Fountain Pen

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If you recently invested in a fountain pen, you are probably thrilled with both yourself and your purchase. When you use a fountain pen, you are taken back to a time before computers. They feel smooth when you write with them, without putting strain on your hand or wrist. It even sometimes seems as though a fountain pen enables you to express your thoughts more clearly than you ever could with a computer or a ballpoint pen! But if you recently bought a fountain pen, you might also have found yourself frustrated with it. Maybe you have found that the ink sometimes sticks. Perhaps that "smooth writing" you expected has stopped happening. Maybe the ink is not even coming out at all. If you are running into problems with your fountain pen, you might need to learn some things about fountain pen care.

One of the first things you need to know about your fountain pen is that it should always be stored with the point facing upward. The ink will end up drying in the nib if you do not store it this way. Furthermore, whenever you are not using your fountain pen, you should make sure to keep the cap on it. This will also help to make sure ink is not drying in the nib.

If the ink gets stuck, remember that this is not a regular pen; do not start shaking it to make it work. Do not press the pen on your paper really hard! These are both very bad for your fountain pen. What you should do instead is simply remove the back end, and push the ink down a tad. Your pen will start writing just fine once you do this, as this will open up the nib.

Finally, remember that the point of a fountain pen is for you to not have to press down hard. Not only will you negate the benefits of a fountain pen if you get yourself in the habit of pressing down really hard with it, but you will also hurt your pen so that it eventually will no longer work like it is supposed to.

For anyone who enjoys keeping their thoughts in a notebook or journal, a fountain pen can be an absolute treat. And if you learn how to reat your fountain pen, it can be a treat for you for a long, long time.