New to the boards:)

I acquired this from a my Grandmother. I was wondering if it is worth it to get a restore on it. As you can see the nib is bent.

There is a lever on the side I assume takes the ink in. I can see a bladder of some kind also inside.

Not as a pen, but maybe since it's from your grandmother...

One semi-solution would be to just put in a nib from a similar pen, rather than to have the existing one fixed. I'm not even sure if the nibmeisters work on steel nibs, I imagine it would be more difficult than on gold. Anyone?

Steel is a major PITA to work on. As it work hardens it is prone to breakage, and it is usually much harder than gold nibs and therefore is much more difficult (at least for me) to get straight again.

I would start looking for a new nib for that pen.

cheers,
Sean

Thanks Guy for the info.

From a collectors stand point is there value in this pen?

No. It is only important because it came from your grandmother. This pen would not bring big money, even in excellent condition. Pens like it are not hard to find.

I think I will keep this pen as it is for now. If down the road I find parts for it that would be great. But for now it will sit in my little cigar box.

Thank you for your help.

At the risk of getting my butt kicked by those who like them... I will say
The name of that pen was definitely an oxymoron

In the era those pens were made, Tom, I'd agree with you, definitely third tier (if that). However, many of them do write very nicely. The nibs are plain stainless, but reasonably well tipped and usually quite smooth.

I would suggest some eBay trolling -- Wearever Pioneers and other late models are quite common and inexpensive, so you can get one and just swap the section. The pen in question has more of a bend in the nib than I would want to remove, it's quite difficult to get the last little bit of wrinkle out of stainless, with resulting ink flow irritations.

If you want to get fancy, there are many nibs that will fit, but they will cost more than the pen is worth.

Peter

I'd have to second the opinion of all the other posts - Wearevers are a bit of a dime a dozen with little intrinsic value, other than the emotional ties you have to the pen (and your grandmother). That being said, my 14 year old has a copy of "Da Book" (available through many pen repair supplies sites and most of the nib technician's sites like richardspens.com and pendemonium.com). Da Book basically spells out simple fountain pen repair - and nothing could be simpler with a Wearever - $0.75 for a sac, a bottle of sac cement, and a couple of bucks for a pen with a working nib and section. As OldGriz pointed out, the Wearever name is an oxymoron - but they sell like hot cakes to the younger set (according to my son who insists that for kids who don't have the cash for something nicer, they make a good starter pen).

If that's the black wearever with the aluminum cap and clear feed, I have two of them.

Since they're both complete (I'll have to strip the lacquer off of their caps, then relacquer, if I can), I wouldn't have a problem selling you some parts really cheap (I paid very little in the first place).

The parts have been completely cleaned, and I've stripped off all the old sac. I was going to order a couple of sacs to fix them later this week. (I ordered sacs, but they are too small for the Wearevers, being made for the Esterbrooks) (I'll sac the nipple if you end up wanting that)

Drop me a PM if you're interested.

BW

Send me a PM, then let's connect via email. I recently bought 40 Wearevers and if I have one that matches yours, I will send you what you need... on me. I'll even sac it for you!

I looked at a lot of them and do not remember a stainless nib; most were gold-toned. But, if you PM to remind me, I will look at each of them.

By the way - all that being said, I have one that, after some messing around to adjust the flow, writes about the same as a typical Esterbrook. I rather like it.

I have been messing around with Wearever's recently, cleaning up and restoring some lot-purchases. I have to say I am rather enjoying them. I have a pair of Pennants (exactly like this one) in a pewter grey and in a bright orange. The nibs smooth up well, the flow is very good, and they balance reasonably. I stubbed one of the nibs and it came out quite nice.

Excellent pens for the kids to use - I think they will especially like the the bright orange one.

As for a new nib on these - if one of the good folks here can't get you a new nib-unit, you can probably pick up one of these on ebay for less than $5.

John