How To Assemble A Calligraphy Pen With Ink Cartridges. Hold the pen loosely with the nib pointed downward about two inches above a sheet of scratch paper. If your pen doesn t start writing immediately let the gravity and capillary action take over by leaving it standing vertically for about an hour.
Wrap a dry paper towel around the tip of the pen and hold the base of the tip while inserting it into the barrel of the pen. You will need to load the ink cartridge into the nib to get ink flowing in your fountain pen. If your pen doesn t start writing immediately let the gravity and capillary action take over by leaving it standing vertically for about an hour.
Hold the pen loosely with the nib pointed downward about two inches above a sheet of scratch paper.
The idea is to coax the ink to flow down into the nib. Begin to screw the tip back onto the calligraphy pen. It takes time for ink from a cartridge to work its way to the tip of the pen. Leave your pen pointing down until ink saturates the feed.
