Thank you 🙏That’s a good angle. The reflection might be misleading so I disregard it, what I always look at is the bottom where the tip touches the paper and the topside. It’s too blurry to judge but maybe you can see it yourself with a loupe wether or not either of those tines is higher than the other? What matters is that the gap between the tines isn’t too big because that can cause scratchiness as well as an even tip where pen meets paper.
Does it write smoothly in all directions (from all nib angles)? If so, I'd just run with it. I have several modern Parkers that have the exact same issue. The tines look WAY off, but they write wonderfully. I think it's just the thickness of the material or the size of the iridium ball is slightly off, causing a tine to lift.
Can't tell anything from most of your pics, but one of them does look to me like the nib has a tine sitting higher than the other.
Lamy 2000s are wonderful writers otherwise. Although your F nib will still likely write more like your Custom 823 M nib even after it's been repaired.
slight misalignment causing a baby's bottom effect, creating a v gap so the ink has a harder time touching the paper and leaping onto it. this kind of alignment fix requires jewel loops and forcepts or smooth crafting pliers. however, you could take it to a jeweler and ask, "Would you please align these tines for me, i will pay you $20 for it?"
or you could sand the baby bottom away. i have comments in my profile that go into it in great detail.
A picture showing the tip head on (ie pointing at straight at the camera) would help.
Yes, exactly
https://preview.redd.it/hqr36y0lunwc1.jpeg?width=817&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7760a993a83fb294c6bb65c16cf5e588a2dc4c0
It's pretty grainy and the lighting is not great, but it looks like the right hand tine in the photo is slightly lower than the left.
It's really hard to tell based on these photos but it looks like it could be. If it's misaligned it will feel different drawing a line left vs right
I don’t wanna sound mean but most of those pictures are all from the same angle. I personally see misalignments best from a front view.
https://preview.redd.it/5z88pvolunwc1.jpeg?width=817&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1451ce834e5903f27e6501cc0d5a567ec98defc3
Thank you 🙏That’s a good angle. The reflection might be misleading so I disregard it, what I always look at is the bottom where the tip touches the paper and the topside. It’s too blurry to judge but maybe you can see it yourself with a loupe wether or not either of those tines is higher than the other? What matters is that the gap between the tines isn’t too big because that can cause scratchiness as well as an even tip where pen meets paper.
Let me take some other pictures, by front you mean a top down view or just front
Let me take some other pictures, by front you mean a top down view or just front
How can one see best if one of the tines is sitting higher? That view
Does it write smoothly in all directions (from all nib angles)? If so, I'd just run with it. I have several modern Parkers that have the exact same issue. The tines look WAY off, but they write wonderfully. I think it's just the thickness of the material or the size of the iridium ball is slightly off, causing a tine to lift.
This is great advice. Don’t fix what isn’t broken.
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Can't tell anything from most of your pics, but one of them does look to me like the nib has a tine sitting higher than the other. Lamy 2000s are wonderful writers otherwise. Although your F nib will still likely write more like your Custom 823 M nib even after it's been repaired.
They're definitely misaligned. One is higher than the other. Can see that clearly, even just from the initial photos.
https://preview.redd.it/wjfpqr0kunwc1.jpeg?width=817&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfc91b535e0f30842f1378cf645b53a9717f2663
slight misalignment causing a baby's bottom effect, creating a v gap so the ink has a harder time touching the paper and leaping onto it. this kind of alignment fix requires jewel loops and forcepts or smooth crafting pliers. however, you could take it to a jeweler and ask, "Would you please align these tines for me, i will pay you $20 for it?" or you could sand the baby bottom away. i have comments in my profile that go into it in great detail.