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Message:: [QUOTE="Shangas, post: 6044454, member: 360"]Because Montblancs are so expensive, most people treat them like holy relics, to be seen and not heard, and preferably, not seen. As a result, they sit in cabinets and cases for years on end without ever being touched. That's NOT me. If I'm going to cough up thousands of dollars for something - goddamn it, I'm going to USE IT. I see no point in spending the money on something so expensive for it just so sit there looking cute. Earn your keep, damn it! I'm glad they didn't throw it out or scrap it, of course, and thanks to that, now I have it! It was really annoying. Like, nobody would attempt to fix such an expensive pen, unless they knew what they were doing. And yet, even if they "did", they still managed to stuff it up. One stroke of that pen would've told them that. But I've pulled apart enough fountain pens to know how to analyse most of the really common problems, so I felt confident in trying to troubleshoot things. And I'm glad I did. All it took was a few twists, a slight jolt, and it was perfect. But yes, I suspect that it was the wonky nib that meant I got the pen for at least 50% off RRP. Not bad for a Christmas self-treat. I've heard of stories like this a LOT. People say "Oh it doesn't work/it's broken" etc, and you do one tiny thing, and BOOM - it works!...and you get it for nothing as a result![/QUOTE]