Waterman X'pen Filler

[eharriett]

I have always wanted a Waterman X'Pen and I finally found one for an unbeatable price. It is an X'Pen Junior. Is in very clean shape. Gotta give it a polish is all. The nib is really smooth. And it is all cleaned out.

 

But the capillary filler Waterman used is gone. I need to replace. Could someone recommend what it is and how I can go about packing it in? Also, what's the deal with the reverse-threading?

 

The pen:

 

Inside the Section:

 

Inside the barrel:

 

Edited to fix pic

Edited November 13, 2018 by eharriett

[pensaro]

did you ever manage to repair this pen? I have the same pen with similar problems - no filler....

[eharriett]

No

 

Looking online at what the filler is, it actually looks like something that can actually be replicated today, or at least the insides might be able to be easily replaced, but the holder and connector to the nib looks like it would be hard. Shame the pen isn't so popular there's anyone mechanically inclined to work out a fix to it.

[eckiethump]

The original barrel packing filler, is a thin gauze layered affair, unlike the plastic coil of the P61, bit of experimentation with various fillers should prove fruitful ?

[eharriett]

The original barrel packing filler, is a thin gauze layered affair, unlike the plastic coil of the P61, bit of experimentation with various fillers should prove fruitful ?

 

I was wondering if there was some way to retro fit an aero metric filler onto them like some people have done to the 61’s. Not being a Parker fan though, I do not have the stuff to experiment.

 

I did see the packing looked a lot like dental gauze but it is the tube it was packed in that seemed hardest to replicate.