Fountain Pens

the greatest risk is ink drying inside the bladder and nib and causing difficulty to clean. i had a noodler’s ahab that i loved and after leaving ink in it for a couple weeks, it was sealed. i tried cleaning it out but only damaged parts in the process. (this is not a fault of the ahab- it is a great pen, but requires normal maintenance).

can’t speak to your specific pen, but i know that i either run my pens dry by using them within a week, or i completely clean them out and let them sit. there’s really not any in between if you want to keep everything working correctly.

sorry to hear about your mother. i’m sure it’s nice to write and remember her.

Irregular use shouldn’t be a problem at all. The pen will not magically deteriorate. Old style iron gall inks used to be able to eat away at the pen but my understanding is that with modern inks, even iron gall ones this is not a problem anymore.

If the ink dries out in one of my pens I just flush the nib under water and that’s enough for the pen to start writing again. This regularly happens with one of my pens because the cap is not airtight enough. I’ve had this pen for over 20 years and it doesn’t have any signs of damage.

As long as you don't let the ink dry in your fountain pen, you should be fine. In a fountain pen with a properly sealed cap, that should easily be several months. I recently opened a Pilot V pen that I hadn't touched since 2020 and it wrote on the first try.

If you can share what pen you are using, maybe we can give you a better answer than "It depends" :)

I write a lot less than when I was in college, most things are typed for me now. I have a TWSBI Eco that I used to use everyday than now can go up to a few months without use, mostly due to it not being in reach when I need it.

I’ve had zero issues with it drying up and it always writes cleanly immediately.