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If I should acquire a vintage Wearever Pennant fountain pen, is it easy or difficult to remove that rather ugly and useless metal overfeed which covers the nib slit? If it's removed, do the nib and feed perhaps become loose in the section? Is there a breather hole under the overfeed or is there simply a slit?

 

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It's not as useless as you would like to think.

 

The sheet metal that the nib is made out of is quite flimsy, which is why there is an overfeed on that thing.

 

.... AND the feed is made out of cheap plastic, so just soak the section, 'cause anything else is quite risky.

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It's not as useless as you would like to think.

 

The sheet metal that the nib is made out of is quite flimsy, which is why there is an overfeed on that thing.

 

.... AND the feed is made out of cheap plastic, so just soak the section, 'cause anything else is quite risky.

 

 

What do you mean by " 'cause anything else is quite risky" ? Are you referring to any attempt to remove that metal overfeed bar being physically risky to feed, maybe to nib and maybe to the section?

 

Did you mention "just soak the section" only for cleaning the nib and feed or perhaps to unscrew the nib-feed unit?

 

Isn't the nib and feed in a vintage Wearever Pennant a screw-in/out unit just as in vintage Esterbrook fountain pens? Or are the nib and feed friction fit?

 

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What do you mean by " 'cause anything else is quite risky" ? Are you referring to any attempt to remove that metal overfeed bar being physically risky to feed, maybe to nib and maybe to the section?

 

Did you mention "just soak the section" only for cleaning the nib and feed or perhaps to unscrew the nib-feed unit?

 

Isn't the nib and feed in a vintage Wearever Pennant a screw-in/out unit just as in vintage Esterbrook fountain pens? Or are the nib and feed friction fit?

 

 

Sorry about the ambiguous answer, (that's a talent of mine!) :D

 

The section of the Pennant is friction-fit with the help of a thin layer of shellac.

 

You really don't have to replace the shellac, but I wouldn't recommend removing the old shellac, (just let it stay, because the added thickness of the shellac helps with ensuring a tight fit between the section and the barrel of the pen.)

 

The nib and feed are also friction fit, and I personally wouldn't recommend attempting to remove the two due to the fragile nature of the feed.

 

If you want to clean the section, I'd say remove it and give it a nice soaking in plain 'ole water, (this could mean minutes, hours, weeks, or even a month).

 

And do change the water as it gets inky!

 

Good luck with the Pennant!

 

(And they use size 16 sacs....)

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Sorry about the ambiguous answer, (that's a talent of mine!) :D

 

The section of the Pennant is friction-fit with the help of a thin layer of shellac.

 

You really don't have to replace the shellac, but I wouldn't recommend removing the old shellac, (just let it stay, because the added thickness of the shellac helps with ensuring a tight fit between the section and the barrel of the pen.)

 

The nib and feed are also friction fit, and I personally wouldn't recommend attempting to remove the two due to the fragile nature of the feed.

 

If you want to clean the section, I'd say remove it and give it a nice soaking in plain 'ole water, (this could mean minutes, hours, weeks, or even a month).

 

And do change the water as it gets inky!

 

Good luck with the Pennant!

 

(And they use size 16 sacs....)

 

 

 

Thanks AL01 for helping me understand these parts, what to do and what not to do!

 

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Without music life would be a mistake.

 

     - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900; German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist)

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I just restored one of these with no issues. I would not recommend removing that overfeed. It was there for a reason. What nib do you have in yours? Mine has a Steno nib in it. I read they came in flex nibs.

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I just restored one of these with no issues. I would not recommend removing that overfeed. It was there for a reason. What nib do you have in yours? Mine has a Steno nib in it. I read they came in flex nibs.

 

 

GoldenNibs, I'm thinking about acquiring a Wearever Pennant-- I don't yet own one but wondered about what can be and can't be done with the nib overfeed. Now I know from this forum that I shouldn't mess with removal of the overfeed.

 

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Without music life would be a mistake.

 

     - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900; German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist)

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Thanks AL01 for helping me understand these parts, what to do and what not to do!

 

BTW, how does it write?

 

... And how's Wisconsin?

 

(Former Wisconsinite here...)

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BTW, how does it write?

 

... And how's Wisconsin?

 

(Former Wisconsinite here...)

 

 

I still don't own one so I can't tell you how it writes, ....yet.

 

Wisconsin's only a tiny bit better now.

 

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     - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900; German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist)

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For what it is worth, you can find pens that were not fitted with the overfeed nib. It is welded in place if you care.

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