Harlequin 45 Fibre-tip refill.

[nordenfeldt]

This is a, somewhat laboured, illustrated method of refilling a fibre tip Parker refill.

 

I purchased the pen, a Harlequin 45;

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From, (guess), a boot sale, and then waited some 7 months to likewise acquire a bottle of stamp pad ink, (although searching other FPN threads it seems that other inks will work as well).

 

The dramatis personae are as follows:

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The refill’s top cap was removed with a small pair of pliers, and the refill body mounted upright in a small stick-on vice:

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with a bit of absorbent paper under the point.

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This was to allow a visual and less messy way of discovering when it was full.

An insulin syringe, (consult your local junkie), was used to suck ink up from the stamp pad refill bottle, although I had to chop the end from the syringe and ream out the hole a bit due to the incredible thinness of the needle, and ink carefully added to the top of the refill until ink spread onto the bit of bog roll. This took about 1.3ml.

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The refill was carefully wiped, and the quantity of ink adjusted (by blowing on the end), until it no longer “blobbed”.

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I’m really pleased with myself, because I finally found the macro lens I’d lost in packing, so I could take pictures of the small bits…..

There’s nothing difficult about this procedure, and if you aren’t as tight as me, you could actually buy the ink new, but it won’t be as fun waiting! The little vice is a great help for all kinds of pen things.

You can get them in pound shops or from fleabay.

Regards

Chris.

[CRB]

These kinds of threads are so helpful; and even if I don't have a fibre tip pen to refill, the process is fascinating. Gotta love those Harlequins.

Thanks for sharing.

 

Joe