Kaweco Colleg 55 08

[Takai]

I just recently picked this beautiful old pen up at the local flea market, and after a bit of cleaning with plain water everything has started to run smoothly. There are however two questions I would like to see if can be answered.

 

One, there was quite a bit of old dried ink that was cleaned out, just using the piston back and forth, and now I've noticed quite a bit of sediment in the feed, and under the nib. Is there a way to remove the nib/feed from this pen to clean out the feed?

 

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Two, there is a small floating piece of sediment in the ink chamber that I would like to remove if possible, since it is dried blue-black ink I cant use this pen with any lighter color inks.

 

If needed I can take some pictures, just let me know what you need to see, and I'll do my best

 

Thank you,

 

Andrew

[whych]

Are you sure the 'sediment' is ink and not bits of cork?

Try soaking the whole pen in water for a day or two. Every Few hours, work the piston while the pen is submersed in the water till you get the water running clear from both ends of the pen.

If you have an ultrasonic cleaner, soak it in the cleaner and give it a few cycles in the cleaner each time you flush the pen. Change the water if it gets too much ink in it.

Some Kaweco nibs unscrew, others don't. After soaking and cycling, try unscrewing the nib, but don't force it. If it stays put, the nib and feed are friction fit.

[Takai]

Will do, and I ran the pen clean, as the piston seemed to work well, the sediment in the feed/nib I believe to just be general dust and dirt from being unused for many years. The piece inside the ink chamber could very well be cork, but since the piston is working well, I did not consider that.

 

I will report back hopefully with good news soon.

[Takai]

Nib turned out to be friction fit, and I was able to get the pen and feed completely cleaned out. right now it has Apache sunset in it, and it is true to color. As such I believe all of the old Blue-black has finally been removed.

[cybeaer]

hi,

may i ask if you tried and successed in removing the piston for cleaning too?

And if yes, how? i got the same and just dont managed to open it at the end.. the cork is broken...