Crushed Barrel On Lever Filler

[TheLeverist]

Howdy Fellow Penners, it's me, the Leverist. (AKA Busy New Guy)

 

I am in the throes of restoration right now, fixing a box of third-tier beauties, and was given yet another old clunker today. You can't beat free, but you can't always fix it either.

 

It's a Scripto lever filler, hooded nib and steel cap, with a black barrel. The J bar is nice, the sac is due for replacement, and the end of the barrel is crushed. I don't have the pieces, they're long gone. It's someone's old junk pen.

I was thinking about removing sac and J-bar, then making a new distal end with black epoxy putty and sanding it down smooth to form a tip. It won't be perfect but it will look better than the sad piece of pen carnage it is now.

 

Also--this is cool. There's an imprint on the barrel reading "WHEN EMPTY LIFT LEVER ONCE, POINT DOWN, TO RELEASE INK RESERVE." Was there some sort of hidden reservoir in it? It looks like a plain old lever filler to me, though I haven't gotten the section off yet.

 

Anyhow, see what you think.

 

Sincerely

The Leverist.

[ac12]

You can also scavenge the pen for parts to fix other pens.

[FarmBoy]

You can also scavenge the pen for parts to fix other pens.

Yup that tube of epoxy paste is more expensive than the Scripto in the BoG.