What Pen Did You Finish Today?

[inkstainedruth]

Well, after two days and *repeated* flushing and soaking, I MAY have finally gotten most of the ink out of the 75.

I've been having some issues though -- it's supposedly the original converter, and the press bar seems to be cutting into the sac. Anyone know whether a sac can be replaced easily in a converter, or should I just consider installing a replacement (I have a couple of NOS squeeze converters that I had initially bought for a couple of the Parker 45s). Or is this question better posted to the repairs forum?

Thanks in advance.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[praxim]

Waterman Man 100 'Opera' performed as expected before emptying. They are very fine modern pens, of a 1980s-1990s vintage.

[MissCellany]

Drained out my Pilot Elite 95s with a medium nib in the middle of a journal entry today! Had it inked up with Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun; after cleaning it out, I decided to try out my as-of-yet untried bottle of Sailor Shikiori Souten with it.

[BlueJ]

Ruth:

I have heard of people re-saccing squeeze converters, but whether it's worth it is a good question. If you're not too concerned with keeping the 75 "correct," the modern Parker twist converters should work well. I use one in a 45 without issues.

J

[inkstainedruth]

Yes, some of my 45s in fact came with the modern twist converters. And I bought a bunch of them last winter at Fountain Pen Hospital for my Parker Vectors, since I discovered that some of them apparently didn't actually have converters in them....

Which is the nice thing about Parker -- for the most part the converters will fit all models. Other brands of pens? It's kind of hit or miss.

Trying to find converters that would fit in a couple of Sheaffer Skripserts was an, um, interesting endeavor; Cross made both press in converters and screw in ones, depending on the pen model; and Waterman? Well, I went to TWO pen shows trying to find a converter that fit correctly in a Waterman Exclusive from I think the 1980s... INCLUDING a Waterman converter....

But there's just something in me that really wants to have a more period converter in some pens, like the 75. And maybe also the 45s, since the first 45 I bought had the old-style squeeze converter.

I guess I'm being sentimental....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[BaronWulfraed]

Removed from rotation and flushed

 

Ranga Model 3 Forest Green-Black ebonite, Bock Titanium F -- Platinum Cassis Black

Sailor Pro Gear Slim "Blue Dwarf", gold EF -- Fahrneys/Private Reserve Blue Suede

 

Yes, the green Ranga had been filled with Red ink; and I just filled the red Ranga with Green ink

[praxim]

Onoto K1, the gold-capped, hooded, piston fill, last throw from De La Rue. Mostly these K-series are good little pens though this one had some difficulties. GvFC Violet Blue seems a somewhat dry ink, and the K1 had trouble laying a proper line onto Leuchtturm1917 paper although it was fine on other papers.

 

I also found a fine crack on the underside of the hood. Thorough cleaning and drying, suitable fixative, and long clamping has it holding for the time being. It will not last forever given the crack starts at the screw thread so is under constant pressure to expand.

 

They are not bad pens for their typical price, quite nice to use but prone to these resin cracks (more serious when in the barrel) and essentially non-repairable in all respects.

[BaronWulfraed]

Opus 88 Bela red, fitted with a Bock M nib in place of the original "stub" (2.3mm is way beyond "stub" and into "poster brush"); had been filled with Taccia Momo pink, and still had about 1-2 large drops left... But I'd filled the pen back before COVID-19 reached the US!

[praxim]

Depleted an Aurora 88 of Lamy T53 Obsidian. I have several 88/88K/88P so this was not a special event.

 

What was interesting was that the 88 with Obsidian wrote well on Leuchtturm1917 but was somewhat reluctant on the casual pad; precisely the reverse of the K1's behaviour two posts ago. Now, these were different inks as well as different pens so I have no straight conclusion on the converse behaviours with regard to pen or ink. It does show conclusively though, the common knowledge here that paper makes a difference for a given ink and pen.

[brokenclay]

Pelikan 400NN with Quink Blue. I filled it at the beginning of June and have been writing with it daily. It gets a rest now and will be replaced for daily writing with a vintage Kaweco Sport.

[praxim]

Omas 556/S, of Lamy T53 Azurite. For writing pleasure, one of my A class pens.

 

When flushing it, Lamy Azurite seemed to have far more purple in it than it ever did while writing, perhaps owing to the fine nib on the Omas.

[jchch1950]

Lamy Safari charcoal,blue ink Lamy cartridges,

[ENewton]

I finally emptied my Pilot Metropolitan, which was filled with Oster Purple Rock. I feel absurdly sorry for the pen, which has acquitted itself so well, alongside my two favorite pens, despite having to compensate for a disappointing ink.

[Freddy]

Pelikan M1000 Green Visconti Anniversary Voyager Demonstrator Ag

Montblanc 149 Bexley Deluxe II Demonstrator Au

Bexley 58 Orange

Stipula Etruria Amber

 

Fred

 

[GOTO10]

Just finished off my Visconti Opera Master filled with MB Corn Poppy Red. I'll probably clean it and take it out of rotation for a bit, I have too many pens inked up as it is.

 

[Freddy]

 

Fred

 

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[loganrah]

Yesterday I emptied a Pilot 823 of Rohrer and Klingner Salix. As we as a 742 of Sailor Kiwa-guro, promptly refilled with LAMY Benitoite.

[GOTO10]

Just finished a Pilot 845 BB with a refilled cartridge of Hoteison. Going to put it away for now and continue to work through the too many pens I have inked up.

[brokenclay]

Kaweco V16 Sport

Waterman Reflex

Targa 1001, refilled with Diamine Sherwood Green

[Savit]

Beena Lincoln (filled with Bril Royal Blue ink) got empty today..