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Removing The Feed From A Parker Aerometric English Duofold

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Hi, I have an aerometric Parker Duofold here. It looks to me like the nib is misaligned with the feed, but I'm not sure how to remove the feed to reset the nib. I see with the button fillers, the feed is pushed out from the barrel end of the section, but that wouldn't seem to work here with the aerometric filler. The nib doesn't move with reasonable pressure applied by the fingers. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

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The nib and feed are fit really tight (esp on the maxima) on these pens which is a good thing. Removal is one aspect. They will prove equally tough to insert back to correct depth unless you have the proper aids. So removal is avoided.

 

However they have to be removed sometimes. With the section installed on barrel. I use a 3x3 inch sheet of rubber to hold the nib feed across the flats. Now with a gentle rocking motion try to walk the nib feed out. You will require patience and initially it will move just half a mm per try. As it walks out, be really careful and slow otherwise a forced pull will suddenly free the feeder and it will slide out at an angle snapping the breather tube.

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My first thought when i saw your photo was that someone had already been messing with this pen. I suspect a prior owner had issues getting the nib and feed to seat properly as Hari points out.

Go slow with this one. You are inheriting someone else’s problems. these pens are old and can be brittle.

If you are intent on pulling this nib and feed, give it a good looong soak, try to move the nib and feed, soak again if necessary until you get it to move.

Whatever prevented the prior owner from returning the nib and feed to a proper seated position, may present you with the same problem or maybe not..lol... you’ll only know by trying.

If the pen writes well one might be tempted to leave it and use it as is. Frankly the misalignment would drive me crazy so i fully understand your wanting to make it right. Take your time with this senior citizen and i’m sure your patience will pay off.

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The pen had just arrived. I inked it up and it wrote great. I didnt realize that the nib and feed were improperly seated. Without giving it a thought I screwed the cap back on and there you have it. 😢 Grrrrrr....

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The pen had just arrived. I inked it up and it wrote great. I didnt realize that the nib and feed were improperly seated. Without giving it a thought I screwed the cap back on and there you have it. Grrrrrr....

That's awful ;-; Is it the correct cap for the pen?

 

The nib is almost perfectly straight now, after a lot of fiddling. Very glad I didn't have to pull the whole thing. The prescribed soak, rock, repeat did the trick. Thanks all for the advice.

 

It writes quite firmly, which surprised me as I was expecting it to have a strong flex like my little Slimfold.

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congratulations on a good result. The whole Newhaven aero Duofold range are great pens - much undervalued -but never really had them down as flexible nib pens.

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On 7/18/2019 at 12:14 AM, Erik Dalton said:

The pen had just arrived. I inked it up and it wrote great. I didnt realize that the nib and feed were improperly seated. Without giving it a thought I screwed the cap back on and there you have it. 😢 Grrrrrr....

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ouch! I had one with a slight bent compared to this one. I got a knockout block to remove the nib and feed and metal burnish with rolling tools to work on straightening the nib. It’s my first try so I’m figuring it out carefully as I’m going along in slow steps, but I think it’ll work out. :)

Just putting it out here, in case you might do the same 😊👍

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