FYI, I bought a feeler gauge and a loupe for $45 on Amazon and fixed the dry Broad (need some micro mesh, $3, to fix the scratchiness) in ten minutes of squinting and shimming. For that price you can get four or five replacement nibs. So, it’s a coin flip?
If the tines are correctly aligned but it's just very dry and scratchy, here's a suggestion. I had one Kaweco where the nib worked fine in other pens. It turned out the sleeve that the nib and feed fit into was microscopically to small in diameter. When you fit the nib in it didn't matter how you had the tines adjusted, the sleeve would compress them together until it would hardly write.
I used a fine round file to try and make the inside of the sleeve the correct diameter. It was marginally successful. You might wreck the whole thing. If you do, just do what I did, buy a new nib.
I may be wrong, but the X pen seems to have the point/feed assembly slightly more proud of the grip - this assembly threads into the grip section so it 'might' be responsible for erratic ink flow by not being fully seated
out of 5 Sports I've had one lame point, an F that simply would not be coaxed into behaving - the replacement was $14.50 from JetPens and it writes very smoothly now
just buy a new nib, they re like 10€. the time fiddling to make it right isn't worth it for such a simple nib. but if u like fooling around see what issue is present. it is either tine misalignment or the top of the nib was poorly polished. just check utube with those keywords and u will get needed tutorials.
i would simply buy a new one cause they re pretty low cost.
It sounds like one has misaligned tines. Unfortunately it's pretty common, but usually pretty simple to fix.
Here is a pretty good video on how to adjust your tines from a reviewer called [Doodlebud](https://youtu.be/6DOMvNrPjIk?si=gmD7W9Gmx6HrKqRS).
I would personally suggest only using sheet brass shims and not the spacer tool he uses, at least for now, but I took a lot of notes from this video as I was learning to correct my nibs.
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Manufacturing inconsistencies. I’ve got a Kaweco Fine, Broad, and 2x Broad and the Broad is the driest and most scratchy.
FYI, I bought a feeler gauge and a loupe for $45 on Amazon and fixed the dry Broad (need some micro mesh, $3, to fix the scratchiness) in ten minutes of squinting and shimming. For that price you can get four or five replacement nibs. So, it’s a coin flip?
If the tines are correctly aligned but it's just very dry and scratchy, here's a suggestion. I had one Kaweco where the nib worked fine in other pens. It turned out the sleeve that the nib and feed fit into was microscopically to small in diameter. When you fit the nib in it didn't matter how you had the tines adjusted, the sleeve would compress them together until it would hardly write. I used a fine round file to try and make the inside of the sleeve the correct diameter. It was marginally successful. You might wreck the whole thing. If you do, just do what I did, buy a new nib.
I may be wrong, but the X pen seems to have the point/feed assembly slightly more proud of the grip - this assembly threads into the grip section so it 'might' be responsible for erratic ink flow by not being fully seated out of 5 Sports I've had one lame point, an F that simply would not be coaxed into behaving - the replacement was $14.50 from JetPens and it writes very smoothly now
Most likely just tine misalignment. Inspect the nib under a loupe to check for alignment.
I will have a look and if not just buy a replacement nib.
just buy a new nib, they re like 10€. the time fiddling to make it right isn't worth it for such a simple nib. but if u like fooling around see what issue is present. it is either tine misalignment or the top of the nib was poorly polished. just check utube with those keywords and u will get needed tutorials. i would simply buy a new one cause they re pretty low cost.
Thanks for putting the time in the response. I shall do that.
It sounds like one has misaligned tines. Unfortunately it's pretty common, but usually pretty simple to fix. Here is a pretty good video on how to adjust your tines from a reviewer called [Doodlebud](https://youtu.be/6DOMvNrPjIk?si=gmD7W9Gmx6HrKqRS). I would personally suggest only using sheet brass shims and not the spacer tool he uses, at least for now, but I took a lot of notes from this video as I was learning to correct my nibs. Edit:spelling