Wasp The Clipper

[seanruss]

Hi,

I have a Wasp The Clipper pen i recently purchased. I replaced the ink sac and tried to fill it only to find that it would deflate the sac and remain deflated. I have cleaned the nib assembly thoroughly with pen flush, but cannot get anything to pass through the nib assembly at all.

Does anyone know how these nib units disassemble on these clipper Wasps? Or any other ideas?

 

Thanks,

 

Sean

[seanruss]

Sorry, I can't seem to upload any photos, just says upload failed.

[seanruss]

Anyone?

[At Midnight]

sorry never heard of this, but I would try some liquid soap in the ink to reduce the surface tension and see what happens. You need very little soap - 1 drop in a bottle of ink

[Jack7770]

I've restored 17 of my Clippers and twenty or so other WASPs and not encountered this problem but once. It required knocking out the feed and nib and a three day soak (Dawn and ammonia water) followed by ultrasonic trip or two. The problem likely is a blocked air channel on the feed (my un-engineering guess) and accumulated dried ink, perhaps even an India ink someone mistakenly used. Good luck with the Clipper; I think they are among the most interesting of the 30s pens. Jack

[Goodgary]

Does anyone know the sac/bladder size for a lever filled clipper " circuit" circa 1937? The inside of the barrel is about .3390 ( I used a "R" drill bit to get the size ) and the nipple is about .290 (used a micrometer). The remains of the very brittle sac appears to have an OD of .273. Any Idea?

thanks

Gary