Nib Upside Down

[wd7512]

Hi, I'm quite new to fountain pens and my parents had passed down this pen to me and after a few months of use, I can't remember how, the nib has turned nearly a full 180 degrees around and the central piece of plastic has turned about 90 degrees. I was wondering if I could please have any advice on fixing it? Or any details on what pen this is?

 

 

EDIT: here are some more photos

 

Edited June 4, 2017 by wd7512

[mke]

Perhaps, if you show some more/better photos, it would be easier. It could be a Parker 45, if the clip looks like an arrow with feathers at the upper end.

[mke]

I don't think that it is a Parker 45. Either another version of Parker or a Chinese pen.

The inner parts do not look like Parker - more like Hero pens from China, e.g. the Hero 616 has the same inner structure.

[Mr.Rene]

Just to say It is not a Parker 45 no way...

[wd7512]

Any ideas on the repair side of things?? thanks

[Sasha Royale]

The metal item, at the top of the photograph, is the covering sleeve, that has been removed from the squeeze filler mechanism. It is very similar to those in my HERO 100 fountain pen, which is Chinese. Are there Chinese characters around the base of the cap ?

 

It appears to me that the pen has a "hooded" nib, that is misaligned. Perhaps, someone removed the pen section from the section housing, and re-assembled the pen, with the section and feed rotated. I looks as if the feed is 90º misaligned , and the nib 180º misaligned. It was re-assembled by someone of little experience. If glue was applied, disassembly is not possible. When was the pen last used ?

[wd7512]

The metal item, at the top of the photograph, is the covering sleeve, that has been removed from the squeeze filler mechanism. It is very similar to those in my HERO 100 fountain pen, which is Chinese. Are there Chinese characters around the base of the cap ?

 

It appears to me that the pen has a "hooded" nib, that is misaligned. Perhaps, someone removed the pen section from the section housing, and re-assembled the pen, with the section and feed rotated. I looks as if the feed is 90º misaligned , and the nib 180º misaligned. It was re-assembled by someone of little experience. If glue was applied, disassembly is not possible. When was the pen last used ?

 

I don't think this pen has been reassembled, I had had I for a few months perfectly fine but a few weeks ago I opened the cap and I had somehow clumsily done that, I'm scared to forcefully move it as it was given down by my parents, I think its Chinese if that helps identify it?

[Sailor Kenshin]

No Chinese writing on the barrel or elsewhere? Nothing that reads 'Hero' or 'Wing Sung?'

 

You might try GENTLY re-aligning both nib and feed by hand. I have one Hero with the feed always misaligning itself.

Edited June 9, 2017 by Sailor Kenshin

[wd7512]

No Chinese writing on the barreo or elsewhere? Nothing that reads 'Hero' or 'Wing Sung?'

 

You might try GENTLY re-aligning both nib and feed by hand. I have one Hero with the feed always misaligning itself.

 

yeah its completely blank :/

[Mech-for-i]

Any hooded nib of this type can be removed by simply pulling it out straight ; the feed on these pen all had an breather tube which stick into the sac, the simple way to get the feed out is to remove the metal sac protector / sleeve, gently grasp that breather tube ( do not be too scared about it the sac is soft enough to have gives ) and gently push it out of the section in the nib's direction. One usually get the feed out first and then the nib is much easier to get to and getting it off. The nib might actually have some imprint that will tell what brand it might be, but this pen had what's called the alligator / fish mouth section which is fairly late in adoption in the hooded pen gene and noticeably used by Hero on their 7X and 8XX series and Wing Sung 106 but this pen do not look like any of them so it might be a 2nd tier / local Mfr licensed production and simplified / economized on the barrel

Edited June 11, 2017 by Mech-for-i

[wd7512]

Any hooded nib of this type can be removed by simply pulling it out straight ; the feed on these pen all had an breather tube which stick into the sac, the simple way to get the feed out is to remove the metal sac protector / sleeve, gently grasp that breather tube ( do not be too scared about it the sac is soft enough to have gives ) and gently push it out of the section in the nib's direction. One usually get the feed out first and then the nib is much easier to get to and getting it off. The nib might actually have some imprint that will tell what brand it might be, but this pen had what's called the alligator / fish mouth section which is fairly late in adoption in the hooded pen gene and noticeably used by Hero on their 7X and 8XX series and Wing Sung 106 but this pen do not look like any of them so it might be a 2nd tier / local Mfr licensed production and simplified / economized on the barrel

 

Unfortunately, like the rest of the pen, the nib is blank :/ but thanks for the reply!

[Chrissy]

I think you could really improve your writing experience by getting another pen as this nib doesn't look like it has any tipping left. Parker 51 pens are similar to this, but the Hero was made as a Chinese copy of that.

[wd7512]

I think you could really improve your writing experience by getting another pen as this nib doesn't look like it has any tipping left. Parker 51 pens are similar to this, but the Hero was made as a Chinese copy of that.

 

Yeah I do have other pens and the reason it ha no tipping is due to my clumsy idiocy, I was getting very frustrated that it wouldn't write and pressed to hard awhile ago and the left side of the tipping came off so I cut off the other one and smoothened it out, but then this somehow happened haha.

[Ron Z]

Clear section threads, attached sac VS a converter, smooth clip (no feathers) etc. etc - not a Parker 45, not a Parker product. I don't want to sound dismissive, but I'd be inclined to just move on,

[wd7512]

Clear section threads, attached sac VS a converter, smooth clip (no feathers) etc. etc - not a Parker 45, not a Parker product. I don't want to sound dismissive, but I'd be inclined to just move on,

 

yeah I don't worry about this pen anymore I'm just interested to see if anyone knows what is it