My First Restoration, An Inkograph!

February 12, 2015

I have finally repaired my first pen! Awhile ago I found an old inkograph and a lady sheaffer xi in an antique store, the lady sheaffer was an xxf nib and worked fine but the inkograph needed restoring. Firstly; you might want to be careful if you are restoring one of these be carefull when taking off the barrel. It was glued on and was really hard to get off, I thought I was going to break it. Also watch out for the sac because the sac was rock hard and plastered on the side of the barrel as well so if you know how I can clean it off that would be helpful(the new sac barely slides in). The wire was also badly bent but it is pretty straight now. The barrel is kinda short so I had to cut off quite a bit from the sac. The tip is a western fine or eastern medium, it sometimes starts off slow at the beginnings of sentences or words because of the bent wire, and of course is hard as a nail. I used a size 22 sac and it worked nicely. The other pen pictured is the lady sheaffer that i also really like.

I definitely recommend fountainpensacs.com, and Inkograph stylos!

February 12, 2015

Thanks for posting! What's the inkograph like to write with? I've never used an ink pencil type thingbob before.

February 12, 2015

Thanks for posting! What's the inkograph like to write with? I've never used an ink pencil type thingbob before.

It's kinda weird. It is smooth like a fountain pen and you don't really need to press down but there is more friction. It is like a cross between a thick lead pencil and a rollerball/gel pen, and fountain pen ink for the color.

February 13, 2015

Looks like a great job! I have a couple stylographs/inkographs I'm working on; they're fascinating 'mechanically'. And I adore the ultra-fine line they put down.

And I'm a big fan of the folks at Fountain Pen Sacs (dot com) too -- that's where I get all my restoration supplies, too.