How to refill a Conway Stewart

[joymookerji]

Hi,

I bought my first Conway Stewart. I am wondering how should I fill it with ink.

My idea is I should pull the pressure lever out, dip the pen into the ink and then push the lever back in.

Would appreciate some advice.

 

Regards

Joy

[jar]

Okay, so a lever filler.

 

Yup, lever out, nib in ink, lever in, count slowly to ten.

 

Usually that will do it.

[Ghost Plane]

The key is to be patient and give it time to drink.

[Mary Burke]

http://www.conwaystewart.com/images/general/dandyPen_bottle.gif

 

Care Instructions - Lever Fill

 

 

1. Remove cap, lift lever up from barrel.

 

2. Insert nib into ink bottle ensuring nib is completely submerged below surface of ink.

 

3. Pull lever forward towards nib until resistance is felt (75-90 degree angle to the barrel).

 

4. Repeat forward and backward action with lever for 2-4 times until no further air bubbles can be seen escaping from nib and wait for about 15 seconds before repeating the action.

 

5. Leave the nib fully submerged in the ink bottle for about 15 seconds after final action before removing and with a tissue or similar material wipe clean the front section of the pen to remove any excess ink from the filling process.

 

 

 

Cleaning the Pen:

 

To clean pen, immerse the nib in warm soapy water and repeat the filling procedures above. repeat the filling and discharge procedure several times to prevent any cross contamination of ink colours.

[InkyWinky]

Two questions - as I am on my first ever lever, a Churchill - and want to get this right...

 

1. Under the above instructions, if you keep working the lever (2-4 times) why would more ink come in? Would we just be pumping ink out and then back in again?

 

2. Will a lever filled work with a Visconti inkpot? I do a lot of international travel (right now with Pelikan M800's mostly) and the inkpot is nice way to carry ink and also get a total fill.

 

Thanks in advice for you help!

Edited September 20, 2010 by Powerbroker

[Mary Burke]

Two questions - as I am on my first ever lever, a Churchill - and want to get this right...

 

1. Under the above instructions, if you keep working the lever (2-4 times) why would more ink come in? Would we just be pumping ink out and then back in again?

 

2. Will a lever filled work with a Visconti inkpot? I do a lot of international travel (right now with Pelikan M800's mostly) and the inkpot is nice way to carry ink and also get a total fill.

 

Thanks in advice for you help!

 

Hi,

 

The reason we suggest for you to repeat is because we are trying to make sure that you expel all the air out of the ink sac.

 

Hopefully a member of this forum will be able to help regarding Visconti's inkpot.

 

Kind regards,

 

Mary Burke

[Ernst Bitterman]

I suspect the multiple workings of the lever are to make sure that all the little crannies in a modern feed get wet-- with a vintage pen (and the relatively simple feed that implies) one round is generally sufficient.

 

...unless modern C-S pens have a breather tube in them. I've not actually investigated one of the current sort.

Edited September 20, 2010 by Ernst Bitterman