#2 Signature Nib Questions

[Wandering Man]

My grandfathers 1929 Wahl-Eversharp desk pen just arrived from the Fountain Pen Hospital. I've had a chance now to take a closer look at it.

 

The nib seems to be very flexible, and rather fine. It says it is 14K Gold and a #2 Signature nib.

 

Would someone mind telling me what that means? I'd like to know a bit more about the nib.

 

I've still got a problem with the nib. Before I sent if off for repair, the tines were bent and crossed. If the pen were a human, and the tines were legs, then the pen would have been sitting down with its legs crossed. Not a pretty site.

 

The nib looks much better now, but unless I write very softly, the right tine will spring back a little, stopping the ink flow. Did I re-injure my nib by testing the springiness in the first minute of writing? I didn't push very hard. With just a gentle push, the nib will flex and write a couple of words, but then the tines don't come back.

 

I can turn the pen upside down, and the nibs realign.

 

Can this be fixed, or is the gold permanently sprung. It is an inconvenience, but not impossible to live with.

 

Thanks for any guidance and information.

[Wandering Man]

Here are some photos:

 

The Pen:

 

 

 

The nib (as close as my little camera will let me get):

 

 

And a bit closer with the pen:

 

[Wandering Man]

I thought I had included this one above:

 

 

 

[c4bb0ose]

It looks to me like the the tines have been sprung from that side picture, check and see if you can slide a piece of paper between the feed and nib, if you can you have sprung it, youc an try repair it yourself buuuuttttttttt you might make it worse, its up to you.

[Wandering Man]

Well yes, I was able to slip a bit of paper between the tines. When I pulled the pen out of the holder in the desk set, there was a dust bunny attached. I thought maybe that was the problem, so I used the paper to clean it out.

 

Wrong, huh?

 

I noticed this morning that the tines came out from the holder mis-aligned. I think I've found the problem. Now to find a working solution.

[Wandering Man]

A crude measurement of the depth of the pen holder from its stop to the bottom reveals that the flair of the pen to the tip of the nib is longer than the space allowed.

 

I've stuck a bit of foam at the bottom to provide for a soft landing for my nib.

[Wandering Man]

Well, the Foam didn't work out so well.

 

My pen suddenly became a very wet writer. It seems that the foam was absorbent, and it triggered the capillary action in the pen. The foam was draining the ink out of my pen.

 

I dug the squishy piece of foam out.

 

I am a firm believer that there are very few problems that cannot be solved with duct tape. So I now have a thin band of duct tape around the inside of the pen holder. That seems to be what was needed. It stops the pen from being inserted all the way to the nib.

 

The pen is writing well, and I have not had to straighten the tines since protecting the nib from the bottom of the pen holder.

 

I still would like information about the different nibs made by Wahl Eversharp.

[Amberjack]

I'm sorry I don't have any information for you on the nib variants but, I just had to salute your ongoing efforts to make this pen a reliable writer.

Congrats on first inheriting your grandfather's pen and then second, on sticking with it!

 

Beautiful pen by the way.

 

Jack

 

+1 for duct tape

[Wandering Man]

I'm sorry I don't have any information for you on the nib variants but, I just had to salute your ongoing efforts to make this pen a reliable writer.

Congrats on first inheriting your grandfather's pen and then second, on sticking with it!

 

Beautiful pen by the way.

 

Jack

 

+1 for duct tape

Thank you.

 

I've been writing with it for two days, and have had no problems, yet.

[c4bb0ose]

Thank you.

 

I've been writing with it for two days, and have had no problems, yet.

I am wondering if the nib and feed are not pushed as far in as they can go? That might make sense since the guy who did the repairs must have taken it out to clean it, I reckon he did not push it in as far as it should be.

[Wandering Man]

I am wondering if the nib and feed are not pushed as far in as they can go? That might make sense since the guy who did the repairs must have taken it out to clean it, I reckon he did not push it in as far as it should be.

Well, that's possible.

 

But given the condition of the nibs, I think it is likely there was a problem with pen holder. The tines were mangled (see the first post). It looked like the pen had been jammed into the bottom of the holder.