Inking pens that haven't been inked in a while.

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I just want to say that it is only my intention to share my personal experience that may be helpful and perhaps even allay the fears of many pen owners that have concerns about this.

There is a lot of discussion about whether you need to clean your pens every time you put them away for any significant amount of time... say more than 30 days. I have never been dedicated to doctrine and this morning I was moving some pens around in different storage cases and decided to break out out a 1/2 dozen of my pens that have not been in the rotation in 5 plus years.

2 x Montblanc149s. One with a 1.1 stub and the other with a fine italic.

1x Waterman Careen medium nib.

1x Nakaya Burl wood. 1.1 italic.

1x. Omas Dama Arco Bronze with a medium italic.

1x Yard O Led Barley.

I fully inked each of them and then put them to paper. Every one of them filled completely and worked perfectly from the time the nibs touched down until I put them back in my case. Not one issue with hard starts, skipping, leakage, hard draws, or other problems that I think many of us fear will happen if we don't clean them well and often.

All of the pens had various inks in them before I put them up (I did not clean them prior to storing them.), most of them being filled with Noodlers Squeteague, J. Herbin Lie De The', and Montblanc Blue Black, which are inks that I was using a lot at the time.

Just no problems at all guys. This was my personal experience this morning. I have no problems with those that see the need to clean their expensive pens, but I think I am going to put this subject to rest.