Modern Duofold Centenial Nib Unit Removal

[PAKMAN]

How do you remove the nib and feed in a modern Parker Duofold? Is it a straight pull out, will I have to knock it out or does it thread out? Bought a Rockwell with a feed that was full of old ink and even the ultrasonic won't get it where it flows again, so I thought I would pull the nib and feed out and see if the flow channels were blocked. I have a knock-out block but don't want to give it a tap until I'm sure it doesn't thread out.

[Ron Z]

Because they have a closed end with a piercing tube, you can not knock out most modern feeds.

 

Modern Duofold nibs pull out. It may take a soaking for a while along with multiple cycles in an ultrasonic to soften the dried ink so that the nib is loose enough to come out.

 

Note that the nib and feed have to come out together because they are interlocked with a raised square on the feed that fits into a corresponding hole on the nib.

Edited March 19, 2013 by Ron Z

[penmanila]

After a soak, etc., a slight twist while pulling out usually does it for me. It will go back in the same way, too, with a twist until the nib and feed assembly lodges in place.

[PAKMAN]

Got it out! Thanks guys. Three soaks in the ultra sonic and it came out a little bit each time. All of the fins are full of dried dark blue 'shiny' ink that the ultrasonic couldn't get to move before I got the nib and feed out. I believe I recognize an old friend... Parker Penman Sapphire! I learned a long time ago to keep your pen clean when using that ink! I believe the user filled it and used it a while and let the whole converter full dry up in the pen then gave up on it when they couldn't get it to flow anymore! A little more time in the ultrasonic and some brushing and I think I have all the fins and channels clean. The whole feed still has that purple/blue sheen no matter how much I clean it.

Edited March 18, 2013 by pakmanpony

[PAKMAN]

Well Norman is reassembled and filled with Quink Blue/Black and is writing like a dream! Thanks Ron and penmanila for the help!

[Glanville1951]

Hi all, this is my first post on this or any other "user group" forum. I would like to thank the above members for details on how to remove the nib on a modern Duofold. I have a blue marbled Duofold that my mother bought me just before she died, about 25 years ago. I used it extensively for work for about 5 years, then changed jobs and had very little need to write in pen. I tried using the pen a few years ago and encountered the dry nib problem, despite repeated soaking and blowing warm water or meths through the nib section.The description posted by Pakmanpony sound exactly like I expect to find when I can persuade my nib and feed to come out. I don't have access to ultrasound so it will be a case of repeated gentle persuasion. I'll let you know how I get on. I was bought a new fairly cheap Parker for Christmas, only £75 ($115) and it writes beautifully. The Duofold has extreme sentimental value and I do so want it to write again. I've been keeping a diary for the last 10 years and want to use the pen to write it.

[richardandtracy]

I do hope you get it to work again. It's always lovely to be able to use a pen with such a family connection. My late mother gave me a P61 in 1978, and I wish more than the nib was salvageable, but it was completely shot after 25 years of use. However that nib is now in a P51 and is one of my best P51 nibs.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.