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Post by monbla256 on Dec 4, 2019 13:45:26 GMT -5
Something that I should mention in this thread... There is a guy out there who is into both fountain pens and pipes. He developed a deoxidizing product that he markets for vintage pens, but it also can be used to deoxidize pipe stems. He calls his company La Belle Epoque. www.lbepen.com/A friend of mine uses this when he restores estate pipes and loves the results. I've been meaning to give it try, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Have any of you troed this product yet?  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 14:15:53 GMT -5
A couple of months ago I was thinking about turning a fountain and dip pens. Haven't tried it yet maybe someday.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Dec 6, 2019 13:43:46 GMT -5
I like to write with a fountain pen but I am hardly a collector. I have typically used a pair of extremely cheap hooded-nib Parkers at work. Being $5 narrow bodies from the 1980s, you would never know they were fountain pens unless you were looking for it. Recently I got a really lovely slim 1980s Dunhill, out of interest in the Dunhill pipes, originally made by Pelikan. Unfortunately the feed is extremely clogged. Body is in perfect shape, and sometimes it writes, but not reliably enough to take it to work  Ah, I had not tried to use detergent. I had it just soaking in water. Which freed it enough to write, sometimes, but not reliably. Maybe detergent will further un-stick it! |
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Post by monbla256 on Dec 6, 2019 15:40:23 GMT -5
Have you unscrewed the section from the body and put it to soak in soapy (dish washing soap) water for a few days? Do this till the water stays clear when you put it in, then wash out under the faucet with clear warm, not hot, water. let dry and you should be good to go! Ah, I had not tried to use detergent. I had it just soaking in water. Which freed it enough to write, sometimes, but not reliably. Maybe detergent will further un-stick it! |
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Post by iaido on Dec 6, 2019 22:54:50 GMT -5
I have half a dozen one is a Shaffer from high school it is over 60 yrs old
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Post by toshtego on Dec 6, 2019 23:00:40 GMT -5
I have half a dozen one is a Shaffer from high school it is over 60 yrs old I get that. I still recall my fist pen in school. A cartridge Shaffer. It had been pencils up to that point. Then in the Fourth Grade, PENS!!!! This was 1960. |
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Post by monbla256 on Dec 6, 2019 23:14:32 GMT -5
I have half a dozen one is a Shaffer from high school it is over 60 yrs old I get that. I still recall my fist pen in school. A cartridge Shaffer. It had been pencils up to that point. Then in the Fourth Grade, PENS!!!! This was 1960. |
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Post by iaido on Dec 6, 2019 23:48:17 GMT -5
Same era here but in elementary school the writing class we used stick pens and ink wells black India ink.
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Post by monbla256 on Dec 9, 2019 19:12:00 GMT -5
Here's the pen I'll be using this month, my 1949 Mont Blanc Miesterstuck 139 . It's filled with my fave blue ink, Aurora Blue.
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Post by iaido on Dec 9, 2019 21:56:29 GMT -5
Sweet
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Post by Wizard on Jan 13, 2020 13:34:39 GMT -5
I’m just now getting into fp’s. I bought one at Hobby Lobby, but after I got it home and wrote with it, I realized it was the wrong one. So I went on line and got a real feather quill pen for real calligraphy. Came with black ink bottle, which I hope I never spill. I will do a lot of practicing since I write a lot of poetry. The first pen I got uses refillable cartridges. I know I will like the feather quill a lot better.
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