White Feather Self Filling Fountain Pen?

[Finepoint87]

@awa54

Try using some J.B. "Waterweld" waterproof epoxy to make a layer on the inside and outside over the hole  and then proceed to sand and polish it down.

 

Grandmia pens made a great instructional video on how to repair holes in pens. 

 

The whole  White Feather line of Fountain pens are starting to get rarer these days especially the  71-2 series. I would advise against using it as a parts pen. You would be better off restoring it and repairing the hole in the pen, or keeping it in a case as is. Goodluck. 

[awa54]

On 9/23/2022 at 9:11 PM, Finepoint87 said:

@awa54

Try using some J.B. "Waterweld" waterproof epoxy to make a layer on the inside and outside over the hole  and then proceed to sand and polish it down.

 

Grandmia pens made a great instructional video on how to repair holes in pens. 

 

The whole  White Feather line of Fountain pens are starting to get rarer these days especially the  71-2 series. I would advise against using it as a parts pen. You would be better off restoring it and repairing the hole in the pen, or keeping it in a case as is. Goodluck. 

 

 

The hole in question is an original feature of the pen... I'm not certain how this design was even supposed to  function, since when compared to a Parker 61 capillary filler there seem to be critical parts of the mechanism missing ...since there's scant information on this model, it's difficult to determine wether this is just due to terrible design and build quality, or missing parts. 

 

The loose fit of the feed, nib and section definitely disqualify it as an ED conversion, even without the poor section threads and barrel breather hole. 

 

So the realistic options as I see them are to pass it along to some optimist who either knows things I don't or just wants it as a place holder in their collection ...or keep it as a place holder in my own collection.

 

 

 

 

[Number99]

5 hours ago, awa54 said:

 

 

The hole in question is an original feature of the pen... I'm not certain how this design was even supposed to  function, since when compared to a Parker 61 capillary filler there seem to be critical parts of the mechanism missing ...since there's scant information on this model, it's difficult to determine wether this is just due to terrible design and build quality, or missing parts. 

 

The loose fit of the feed, nib and section definitely disqualify it as an ED conversion, even without the poor section threads and barrel breather hole. 

 

So the realistic options as I see them are to pass it along to some optimist who either knows things I don't or just wants it as a place holder in their collection ...or keep it as a place holder in my own collection.

 

 

 

 

A shop in mainland China that sells various parts for the White Feather 71 series.

 Maybe Bailing is White Feather. I think it is difficult to purchase, but it may be possible to guess the structure of the pen.

It seems that the filler doubles as a collector.

I saw it on another sales page, but the 71 filler was black.

 This sales site seems to be an affiliated site of Alibaba.

 

https://h5.m.goofish.com/item?id=667122221146&spm=widle.12011849.0.0

 

As for the barrel hole, the 71 series absorbs ink from the nib side, so if the barrel is sealed, the air pressure will get in the way and it won't work.

 Therefore, there should be a vent hole somewhere in the barrel.

 

There may be hints hidden in another thread. Some links show exploded images of 71-2 (72).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 26, 2022 by Number99

[TFHS]

18 hours ago, Number99 said:

A shop in mainland China that sells various parts for the White Feather 71 series.

 Maybe Bailing is White Feather. I think it is difficult to purchase, but it may be possible to guess the structure of the pen.

It seems that the filler doubles as a collector.

I saw it on another sales page, but the 71 filler was black.

 This sales site seems to be an affiliated site of Alibaba.

 

https://h5.m.goofish.com/item?id=667122221146&spm=widle.12011849.0.0

 

As for the barrel hole, the 71 series absorbs ink from the nib side, so if the barrel is sealed, the air pressure will get in the way and it won't work.

 Therefore, there should be a vent hole somewhere in the barrel.

 

There may be hints hidden in another thread. Some links show exploded images of 71-2 (72).

 

 

The pen barrel has a hole in the finial, but there is also a special structure inside the barrel.  The special "nail-shaped" part allows the air inside and outside the barrel to communicate only through the gap between the special part and the inner wall of the barrel. And a stopper is used to hold the filler in place.

Used old fillers will turn black due to the fact that the dry ink cannot be cleaned up completely, and new ones should be white or yellowed due to aging.

 

 

 

 

 

[Number99]

7 hours ago, TFHS said:

 

The pen barrel has a hole in the finial, but there is also a special structure inside the barrel.  The special "nail-shaped" part allows the air inside and outside the barrel to communicate only through the gap between the special part and the inner wall of the barrel. And a stopper is used to hold the filler in place.

Used old fillers will turn black due to the fact that the dry ink cannot be cleaned up completely, and new ones should be white or yellowed due to aging.

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to see the full view of this 72 demonstrator.

 You should be proud to own this.

 

Thank you!