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Help please, I have a Sheaffer desk pen with a stylpoint nib. It's got a screw on plastic "converter" as a fill mechanism. It's push - pull, pulling out the bar sucks ink in, pushing the bar in will expel it. There does not seem to be a possibility of using a cartridge on this pen. I have seen pictures of Skripsert desk pens but they seem to be cartridge only. Nib is steel, looks a little drunken. I've seen references to the Imperial I as having a stylpoint nib but but I haven't seen any examples to compare. Based on the nib, it would seem to date sometime from 1957 to 1963.

 

Can anyone identify this fill mechanism? Thanks.post-129188-0-11309800-1486859349_thumb.jpgpost-129188-0-98131500-1486859360_thumb.jpgpost-129188-0-89815000-1486859372_thumb.jpgpost-129188-0-63181800-1486859382_thumb.jpg

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Touchdown filler?

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I haven't seen such a fill machanism on a Sheaffer pen. Does it have a sac? And where axactly is that sac located in the filler? Don't you think it could be the outcome of a custom job on probably a cartridge pen?

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Thanks for looking!

No, it does not have a sac. It's hard plastic with inside threading that threads onto the end of the section:post-129188-0-64720700-1486916370_thumb.jpgpost-129188-0-80677500-1486916295_thumb.jpg

 

It works the same as a syringe, pull out the plunger, ink is sucked into the body. There is enough space in the tail of the desk pen for it to fit with the plunger fully pulled out.post-129188-0-89506600-1486916558_thumb.jpg

 

It is basically a screw-on converter made of hard plastic. The plastic matches that of the section, it clearly is original to the pen.

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Does it fill as it is?

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Do you mean fill it without attaching it to the section? I don't think that would work, the opening does not narrow, so I doubt the ink would be held in as in a normal converter.

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Do you mean fill it without attaching it to the section? I don't think that would work, the opening does not narrow, so I doubt the ink would be held in as in a normal converter.

What I meant to say was, does it fill when it is assembled? Or, does it appear that this pen needs a sac? This pen is reminding me of the mainly plastic touchdown Imperial pens with nibs similar to the nib on this pen. Those imperials need a special sac.

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Sorry, yes, it fills, no problems with that, I was concerned there might be leaking but it's fine so far. I think I know the one you are referring to, the Imperial I. Very close except for the touchdown fill. I did not see anything indicating a desk pen version so it's possibly connected.

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