Some Paeans On Pens, Greetings From Goa-India

[misquitas]

Hi,

I received three Sheaffer pens from a relative. These appear to be quite old (a few decades old, I reckon), going by the mechanism to fill ink.

 

Could someone guide me on how to fill ink in the pen? I have opened one pen to display the mechanism.

 

I will upload the photo shortly.

 

Thanks.

Melvyn

[misquitas]

 

Here are the three Sheaffer pens and all three have the same mechanism and are, probably, of the similar age. The maroon-coloured pen has been opened to show the mechanism. The pen's base has a screw type mechanism, which, once opened, exposes the ink reservoir, which can be pushed in and out.

 

Now, I tried pushing in and out the reservoir but the ink does not seem to be suck into the reservoir. Am I doing something wrong?

 

Some advice would be appreciated.

 

That said, this is my first set of Sheaffer pens with such a mechanism. Is this mechanism still in use? The Sheaffer FPs I owned in the past had a rubber tube inside a metal case.

 

Regards,

Melvyn

[oneill]

I was amazed to see that JINHAO AND BAOER are missing from this website, both of these pens are made by the

same company and to the best of my memory have been selling huge amounts of the pens over the last 10 years or so,I used to EDIT the pages of Jinhao and in fact had the pleasure of naming many of their pens over the years and still have many Jinhao owners promoting them as for what they are which is Wellmade, They are made from

Tube Brass, Affordable, easy to work with, superb writers in many cases, should you have a problem with any of them then don't hesitate to contact FPN as there is sure to be a member who has had the same problem or is

about to have, someone will respond with a solution,thats what makes FPN so popular.Should you want to add some Class to YOUR collection buy one of these which I have the pleasure of naming the only problem was that Jinhao requested that I give it Two names to chose from,either The Mother of Pearl, or The Abalone, Both are very

nice pens, I love them and have 3 in my collection, Trust Me, Oneill

[misquitas]

I was amazed to see that JINHAO AND BAOER are missing from this website, both of these pens are made by the

same company and to the best of my memory have been selling huge amounts of the pens over the last 10 years or so,I used to EDIT the pages of Jinhao and in fact had the pleasure of naming many of their pens over the years and still have many Jinhao owners promoting them as for what they are which is Wellmade, They are made from

Tube Brass, Affordable, easy to work with, superb writers in many cases, should you have a problem with any of them then don't hesitate to contact FPN as there is sure to be a member who has had the same problem or is

about to have, someone will respond with a solution,thats what makes FPN so popular.Should you want to add some Class to YOUR collection buy one of these which I have the pleasure of naming the only problem was that Jinhao requested that I give it Two names to chose from,either The Mother of Pearl, or The Abalone, Both are very

nice pens, I love them and have 3 in my collection, Trust Me, Oneill

 

 

Wow, interesting story there. Thanks for sharing it with us. Must have a closer look at JINHAO AND BAOER pens.

Regards,

Melvyn

 

[hari317]

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Here are the three Sheaffer pens and all three have the same mechanism and are, probably, of the similar age. The maroon-coloured pen has been opened to show the mechanism. The pen's base has a screw type mechanism, which, once opened, exposes the ink reservoir, which can be pushed in and out.

 

Now, I tried pushing in and out the reservoir but the ink does not seem to be suck into the reservoir. Am I doing something wrong?

 

Some advice would be appreciated.

 

That said, this is my first set of Sheaffer pens with such a mechanism. Is this mechanism still in use? The Sheaffer FPs I owned in the past had a rubber tube inside a metal case.

 

Regards,

Melvyn

Hi,

 

These are called Touchdown fillers.

 

Check them using water instead of ink.

 

to fill:

 

point the nib down.

unscrew the knob.

gently pull the knob, thus pulling the shaft out.

dip the nib in water.

keeping it dipped, push the knob back in fully into the barrel. (you should see a lot of air bubbles exit the pen.)

the pen fills.

Remove nib from under water, wipe.

 

if it fills, simply use ink instead of water.

 

HTH

 

 

 

HTH

[misquitas]

Hi,

 

These are called Touchdown fillers.

 

Check them using water instead of ink.

 

to fill:

 

point the nib down.

unscrew the knob.

gently pull the knob, thus pulling the shaft out.

dip the nib in water.

keeping it dipped, push the knob back in fully into the barrel. (you should see a lot of air bubbles exit the pen.)

the pen fills.

Remove nib from under water, wipe.

 

if it fills, simply use ink instead of water.

 

HTH

 

 

 

HTH

 

Many thanks for the advice. Will try out as suggested.

MM

[misquitas]

hari317, on 26 Jun 2018 - 11:04, said:

 

Hi,

 

These are called Touchdown fillers.

 

Check them using water instead of ink.

 

to fill:

 

point the nib down.

unscrew the knob.

gently pull the knob, thus pulling the shaft out.

dip the nib in water.

keeping it dipped, push the knob back in fully into the barrel. (you should see a lot of air bubbles exit the pen.)

the pen fills.

Remove nib from under water, wipe.

 

if it fills, simply use ink instead of water.

 

HTH

 

 

 

HTH

 

Hi HTH,

 

I tried filling ink using your suggestions. However, I find that little or no water is sucked into the barrel.

 

It could mean that a service is needed since these FPs are probably decades old and may have some of its parts unusable.

 

Do you know if there is any Sheaffer's service centre here in India?

 

Thanks, anyway, for your advice.

Melvyn

[hari317]

Hi there is no sheaffer service in india who do older pens. I can repair those pens. You can contact via the email in my signature if you are interested.