Spors Score

[rev579]

I walked into a store the other day and found what I thought was a trippy Pen-Light. I walked out with a Lady Spors. At first I thought the glass nib was a lightbulb. But on the way home I started to think it might be a glass nib. Shonuff, it was the craziest thing Id ever seen. But apparently its nothing new here in the FPN.

Following the wise instruction of those whove gone before me, I removed the section, twisted the nib out, cleaned the nastiest barrel Ive ever encountered in the 12 pens Ive bought, and Ive almost got it back in working order. Sure the bladder/sac was hard and brittle, but there was some kind of crud in there. I guess that the opening in the barrel allowed decades worth of stuff to accumulate in there.


Now I have to find a #14 sac. I wish the shipping was only a stamp. Ill set
It aside until I need to order more than 1 sac.

FYI I set my kettle on 160* and it did nothing. Set it on 175* for the second round and the section came out with a lot of controlled force on my part. Next time I'd hit 180*-185*, well below boiling and hot enough for most tea.

Edited August 23, 2018 by rev579

[inkstainedruth]

Interesting. I wasn't familiar with the brand, although I've seen mention occasionally about pens with glass nibs that aren't dip pens. It's a pretty pen, and I hope you get it working.

Which reminds me that at some point I should see about adding a crescent filler to the hoard....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[spacecoastpenny]

Nice looking pen, does it write nice?

[inkstainedruth]

Interesting that this thread has been resurrected. Last week I saw a pen very similar to this one (but blue) in an antiques mall in Ohio (I hadn't remembered this thread). I couldn't figure out how the pen worked, but it was in sufficiently poor condition that some sort of liner came out of the cap when I removed it.

Fortunately, the person who opened the case was right there to see that it wasn't my fault.... And I don't recall the the coin filler part, so clearly that was missing. It was a pretty pen, but I didn't want to try futzing with it, so I didn't buy it (or, for that matter, any of the other pens I saw in that booth and several others).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth