One afternoon at the Zentangle(R) teacher training seminar, Rick Roberts, one of the Zentangle founders, gave a presentation on the care of Sakura pens in response to the question, "I had a pen with me on the plane and it leaked. Why?"
Rick took apart a pen, describing the patented tip and the ink cartridge inside. While I won't go into (and can't remember) all the hydrology and technology of the Sakura pen, two things came out of his talk: what to do with a pen on the plane and how to care for your pens at home.
If you're traveling by plane, always keep your pens in a zippered plastic bag--maybe two, one inside the other. If they do leak, the leak is contained.
At home, ALWAYS put the cap back on your pen as soon as you are finished with it, even for a minute. ALWAYS lay your pens flat after use and for storage. I presume that both the pen capping and the flat storage are ways to keep the pen nib saturated with ink so that as soon as you pick it up and take off the cap, you're ready to tangle.
Note that these guidelines pertain to ALL Sakura pens, including the white Gelly roll for black tiles and the brown Sakura Micron for the Renaissance tiles.
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