Handwritten Review of the Ackerman Pump Pen

[JazzDoc]

(Forgive me, I just posted these questions in another thread, but this one seems more up to date)...

 

I just received my Gillott 303 Ackerman single pump pen. Arrived within two weeks of ordering it online.

 

I have two questions - maybe someone could be kind enough to sort them out for me:

(1) how do you fill it, and

(2) what ink do you recommend for it? Can I use fountain pen ink, or is Higgins Eternal better?

 

I wish Ackerman sent instructions with the pen. Somewhere I saw that the reservoir could be removed to fill the pen, but for the life of me I have no idea how to do that.

 

Well thanks in advance for any help you might have for me.

[pencils+pens]

I had a delightful lunch with Charles Ackerman last year. He is a real present-day person who invented and sells the pump.

 

 

Ackerman may have developed his pump pen but he didn't invent the concept. The

dates back to the 1950s. You can find them on eBay. I have two. One is used. The other was never used. I have it in the original plastic tube with the instruction sheet. I have yet to ink either one.

[jbb]

 

Ackerman may have developed his pump pen but he didn't invent the concept. The

dates back to the 1950s. You can find them on eBay. I have two. One is used. The other was never used. I have it in the original plastic tube with the instruction sheet. I have yet to ink either one.

Back in 2009 when this post first started I didn't know about those Speedball Pens yet. (Now I own one I've never used.) Do you like the pen? Do you have to use Speedball nibs with it?

[kronos77]

• I was going to order one of these a while back, but I had heard the delivery was really slow. Months and months sometimes. Have the Ackerman's improved on this?

Edited June 8, 2013 by kronos77