There was a nib problem meaning that the nib is not fully rested against the feed. But I could see the potential in this pen being a nice buttery writer. My right hand told me so...
Fred Krinke was kind enough to photocopy me the repair manual with the stipulation that I need to show others how to take apart a Parker 65. This is a model that was sold in UK only.
Oh well, taking apart is not a major problem, its' the putting it back together that is more of a challenge, right ??
Knowing that this is a goner in a lot of ways since I could not get parts for this pen, I thought why not play with it. I lover tinkering. Besides, it's a Parker, how destructible can I be to a Parker which has withstood my tinkering over the years since 4th grade's Parker 45......
Oh, manual says do not attempt to remove nib from feed. Do I care ??? That's the only way to figure out why it will or will not write...
So with a deep breath...and OOPS...
Close up of my mayhem...
I did take the nib off the feed. It's a clamp on and there is a shallow ink reservoir inside the feed right underneath the breather hole and shoulder of the nib. I gently bend the tines back into the correct curvature and re-clamp the nib back to the feed. Now you might has wondered why I did not reset the feed with heat and went to this extreme. Answer is I tried it and the feed is a big hunk of molded plastic this will be hard to reset by heat IMO.
Finally, the UK pressbar converters are tad longer at the nipple end, it is the bottom one that will fit the 65 and UK Parker 45s.
So a US converter (including modern Parker converters) which is the top one will not fit this pen. Talk about proprietory converters.
Now I have to re-seal a crack on the section and the pen is ready to go.
Enjoy, all comments welcome on this operation e.g. what I did wrong, how I could have done it better, etc. TIA
