Conklin Mark Twain Crescent Filler Fountain Pen Review

[thoddomas]

Here is my review [plus video] of the Conklin Mark Twain Crescent Filler Fountain Pen with a factory stub nib.

 

I'd love to read feedback on the review. If you own one of these pens, let me know how you like the crescent filler and if you have any insight as to how it wears over time. Any folks out there need to get it serviced?

 

I'm also up for constructive criticism about the review (& video) as well.

[Jim_Campbell]

can you remove the head from the body on yours? I purchased on e and had to return it because the crescent fell into the body the first time I treid to fill it, and I couldnt retrieve it because the body and head seemed to be permanently attached.. I had an older one and these parts were easy to remove for repairs and maintenence..

Edited September 21, 2015 by Jim_Campbell

[Baystatepol]

Take a look at my post under Conklin Mark Twain crescent filler. I wish Jim Campbell told me this. Instead I got a response from a Mark Twain pen fan who said he never heard of this problem.

[kazoolaw]

Instead I got a response from a Mark Twain pen fan who said he never heard of this problem.

 

 

This sounds like two issues. The pressure bar getting stuck in the sac sounds like a bad sac, which is soft enough to capture and not release the bar.

 

The second is an issue of the section and the barrel being fastened together. Most pens had some kind of adhesive holding those two parts together. There are older pens with the adhesive either no longer holding, or having been removed during repairs and not being replaced. I have pens with both conditions.

 

gary

Edited March 22, 2017 by gary

[Baystatepol]

It's a new pen. So the problem must be the sac. I sent it back for a new replacement pen. Thanks for responding.