Conklin Crescent 40 Filler Repair

[mark e]

i knew it was a bad sign when i gently shook the pen and there was a bit of noise...and not just crumbled sac noise...

the crescent was frozen stuck, so after removing the section, crumbling sac falling out, and it still being stuck, i sonic soaked it (forever), and still no movement, and nothing coming out but never-ending gunk...it looked to me that the pen had been long abandoned, with a full sac of iron gall ink, the sac disintegrated, and the ink gobbed up all over everything...i've cleaned a few pens in my time, and none were ever this full of gunk/rust---finally, this fell out>>>

 

 

i see three broken edges, but only two pieces, so am i correct in assuming there's another piece still stuck in there?...

at any rate....i'm no pen genius, but something tells me this one is now a manual-squeeze filler---which is really a shame, as the nib on this is fabulous...very flexy, even noodle-ish

 

any ideas/help greatly appreciated

[pokermon]

Take a bright flashlight to look down into the barrel. There might be a bent piece at the very end. If you can't fish it out try to break it up into pieces if the metal is corroded enough.

[mark e]

Take a bright flashlight to look down into the barrel. There might be a bent piece at the very end. If you can't fish it out try to break it up into pieces if the metal is corroded enough.

no, no more metal....just a couple gobs of play-doh-like sac still fused to inner wall...i've felt around with a dental pick, and i cant feel any more metal...i wonder if it plopped out and down the rabbit hole and i didnt notice....oh well

 

anyway, it doesnt look reasonably fixable to me, without a replacement/fabricated filler bar--and i suppose the used crescent filler bar market is nil...not a tragic loss---it was a good user grade pen, nothing extraordinary, but still, that nib

 

i can always resac it and pull the section out and hand-squeeze ink into when it needs a refill

 

looks like a size 18, would that be correct?

[balson]

i too have a similar conklin crescent #40. mine has the bar but is missing the crescent. i would be happy to sell you my bar or buy your crescent if its the correct size.

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K6yMCmGlzFU/UrCuco7hELI/AAAAAAAAA84/x8FcXo696KQ/s1600/conklinpartsbar.jpg

[mark e]

i too have a similar conklin crescent #40. mine has the bar but is missing the crescent. i would be happy to sell you my bar or buy your crescent if its the correct size.

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K6yMCmGlzFU/UrCuco7hELI/AAAAAAAAA84/x8FcXo696KQ/s1600/conklinpartsbar.jpg

 

 

i'll pm you