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Hello, Everybody! Today in a fit of "I need to buy some old fountain pens" I purchased 4 (possible) junkers. One of them was this pen, an Arnold lever filler. The pen is in pretty good condition (from a newbie who knows little about pens), and comes with a little corrosion on the clip. The nib reads "Smoothline" over "Broad" over "U.S.A." so I'm wondering of it's NOT original to the pen. The ink sac is black, and looks like it has no cracks. There were a few ink stains on the nib that I cleaned off, and a some black ink in the sac. I don't know if the nib or the sac are original, and I haven't inked it yet. I bought it because I really liked the celluloid color (green and stripey!). So.....did I spend $8.00 wisely? Or do you think I wasted my cash. I won't ask my wife, because I'm sure that I know what her opinion would be . I'll try inking it tonight and see what happens,

Hi all, I have recently acquired what I believe to be a Conway Stewart Student plunger fill fountain pen with chrome plated nib bearing the marking 'Smoothline medium USA'. The body, screw on cap, and section are made of plastic, and the clip bears the marking 'Conway Stewart UK'. There is a small clear piece of viewing window visible when capped, and this becomes about twice the size when un-capped making the ink level easy to determine. Although the pen writes well, it is however showing its age... (approx. 43 years )... ...the nib has a couple of minor spots of corrosion, the barrel and cap have some nasty scratches, and the clip is slightly corroded under the endcap. Unfortunately, the section is cracked pretty much along the seam lines on both sides running for about 1cm from the nib end towards the viewing window. The cracks in the section mean inky fingers every time it is used - which is clearly far from ideal !! Can anything be done to effect a decent repair? [i'll post some pictures when I get a moment - hopefully the cracks will be visible so you can see what I mean]. Cheers, E.