I have a pen that is imprinted "Geo. S. Parker Made in USA 27" It looks like a challenger. 4 7/8" long capped.
The nib, which is a little bent, also is imprinter 27 at the bottom. I tried to remove the feed and nib and the feed
broke in half. I think I have the nib more or less "un-bent" but now I need feed. It is long and does not have breather
hole, just groves on top. Where would I buy one of these?
The pen is green and "abalone shell" with gold trim. I would just like to be able to write with it.

Hi There,
It's not often I will say this, but send it to one of the proffessionals for repair, UNLESS you have a lot of spare feeds, which if you did, I don't think you would be posting here. Most people doing casual repairs, will have spares of these, but the tendancy is to hold onto them for their own repairs. Replacing a feed is not a big deal, but a proffessional will have the required item. There are lots of referances and reccomendations on this board for repair people, it's worthwhile having a surf through previous posts. If the feed is not a good fit in the section and to the nib, it will never work satisfactorily. Check out who is most local to you, then make contact, discuss their turnaround times, their isn't a big variance in pricing amongst them, but turnaround times can be quite long in which case it may be worthwhile sending the pen further afield, to receive it back quicker.

If your pen is anything like the Parker "Premier"? I recently received, it's well worth the expense of a proffessional repair. I haven't seen such nice abalone on a Parker before, but have on Sheaffer pens.

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My experiences with these nibs have been that they are hard to fit, especially if you are trying to marry a new feed into the mix. They seem to be thinner than the Vacumatic and Duofold nibs, and I know I have buckled the lower sections of two of those date code "27" nibs trying to get them back into sections.

The feeds are relatively easy to come by, I have a *few* myself, but you kinda need to try them out in the section to get the one that's the best fit and then work with some heat (heat gun) and get the feed and nib set in the section.

It is a job you *can* do yourself, but it's a tad tricky. I'm sure someone on the board will be willing to send you a feed, but like I said, I'd want to try 'em and see which had the best fit.

If you like the pen, send it off. $30-35 (more or less) and everything can be put right and the restorer will make sure that it is ready to write for you. If the nib was bent, I may need more adjusting before it writes really well, and they can take care of that for you.

Eckithump is right - I happen to have a bunch of NOS feeds and sections for Parkers from that era, but the supply of parts is limited, so I don't sell them as individual parts because once they're gone, they're gone. I reserve the parts for the pens that come in for repair. Most restorers will hold onto parts, and might sell one to another professional as a courtesy, but not to the general public. Sometimes you end up working as hard to find a part as you do repairing the pen.

AND, fitting a nib and feed in a section can be tough if you haven't done it before.