***update***
After several cleaning/soaking/reinking cycles, the smell is almost gone from both pens. I heat set both of the feeds, which fixed the leaking. Now that they're significantly more pleasant to work with, I actually really like them for the price. Just had to stick it out and keep trying.
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The stench! So incredibly smelly. Also both pens are extremely leaky and wasted a lot of fancy ink that I should have saved for a more reliable pen. Never had either of these problems with another pen before.
T-whaleHi T-whale, a soak in a very mild bleach water solution will clear up the smell. The smell is a natural property of the resin used but wears off over time. Also, our ebonite feeds are designed to be very wet in order to lay down a nice line and keep up with flex writing, but as a result they don't make the best "carry around" pens as bumping them around can result in some extra ink in the cap. I hope this helps!
Kevin
Fountain Pen Revolution