? About Sengenbusch Self Closing Inkwell

[metroplexchl]

I have been looking on ebay for a Sengbusch self closing inkwell. I notice that none of them seem to have (what I assume should be) a little spring to make the middle seal thing pop back up (the self closing part). Are they supposed to have a spring that forces the middle seal back up? Or am I missing something about how it works? I have PM'd several people that are selling them, and they all say that there is no spring present....but they also say that they don't know how it works or if it works correctly. So who knows.....

 

Thoughts?

 

Chris

[Paddler]

The middle seal thing floats and closes the top opening. When dipping your pen, you use the pen's nib to push it down into the ink. This is not the inkwell for filling your delicate pen with the wet noodle nib.

[metroplexchl]

I use mostly school and g nibs. Would it work well for those?

[Paddler]

It should work well with Hunt, Esterbrook, American Pencil Co., and Spencerian school nibs (I have all of those). I don't know anything about g nibs. The higher you fill the inkwell, the harder you have to push on the float with the nib. My Sengbusch inkwells were discarded by the USPS back in the '60s. They used Sheaffer Fine Line desk pens with them. The nibs were stainless steel and not flexible. The postmaster didn't have to worry how full he filled the inkwell.

[metroplexchl]

It should work well with Hunt, Esterbrook, American Pencil Co., and Spencerian school nibs (I have all of those). I don't know anything about g nibs. The higher you fill the inkwell, the harder you have to push on the float with the nib. My Sengbusch inkwells were discarded by the USPS back in the '60s. They used Sheaffer Fine Line desk pens with them. The nibs were stainless steel and not flexible. The postmaster didn't have to worry how full he filled the inkwell.

Thanks so much for your help! This is a whole new world to me.

 

chris