French Made Parker 75 Barley Silver Pen Question

[Tinjapan]

I have recently aquaired such a pen and it has the common " corrosion" of the wide gold band at the fore of the section. This corrosion seems to match where the clutch of the inner cap mates with the section to keep the cap in place. I can live with that.

 

The problem is that ink somehow finds its way to these wearing points and muck up the section and inside the cap. If I post the cap, as I prefer to do, ink is left behind at the rear of the barrel.

 

How do I correct this?

[icardoth]

Ink should not be expelled while the pen is capped. If you are using a converter, try replacing it or using a cartridge. Probably some air is getting into the system through a defective seal is converter nipple.

[Tinjapan]

I am using a converter but this pen came with such "damage". The problem with this pen seems to be common according to, if I remember correctly, the Parker website. I read there that the wide banded sections experienced corrosion and caused a redesign of the section. I think they went (back?) to a thinner gold band on the section.

[kirchh]

It is not uncommon for 75 sections of this design to have a crack at the front edge of the section. That will serve as a capillary channel through which ink will flow. Close examination with a magnifier might reveal this condition.

 

--Daniel

[Tinjapan]

That's what it seems to be. When wet, it is very easy to see a hairline crack at the front edge and running a little ways down the inside.

 

Are these sections hard to come by?

[dadbar]

The nib assembly on my Parker 75 was seating very loosely in the section and that was causing a lot of ink to seep around the section and onto my fingers as I used the pen. The whole nib was very loose in the sectionand turned a little too easily. I think this may have just been natural wear of the rubber at the end of the section.

 

I repaired mine by putting a small piece of shrink wrap tubing on the fat part of the nib assembly that mates onto the section to increase its diameter slightly. I have some shrink wrap that is just the right size and it did not need any heat. Now the nib assembly is held firmly into the section and the ink stopped leaking out of the section and onto my fingers...and into the cap.