Vintage C. 1980S Hooded-Nib Golden Star Desk Fountain Pen

[KathleenBlair]

Does anyone know how to clean and rehab this particular pen? I think it's modeled on the Parker 51. It has a hooded nib and is a desk pen. It was a gift to my father from a friend of his. Pictures here https://imgur.com/a/2dbeDDC

 

I managed to flush it by pumping the bladder until it filled with water and then pumping out the water and doing that several times until it ran clear but there is still residual water and ink in the bladder. It looks like the bladder just comes off of the collar it's on, it doesn't appear that it's glued onto it, and breather tube inside of the bladder looks to be okay. But I'm a little worried about taking that bladder off to completely clean it for fear of not getting it back on but I really need to get all the ink and water out of it. Was thinking if I took it off I could flush it with an ear syringe or something.

And it looks to me like the hooded nib is actually part of the lower pen assembly/barrel. Shouldn't the nib and the collector come out somehow so they can be cleaned too? Or do I need to worry about cleaning all of that?

Ideas and suggestions, please? I'd like to be able to use this pen since it was my fathers. It also looks like there might have been a little brass cap of some kind on top of it at one point.

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

[Mech-for-i]

That look like the 535 desk pen variant , anyway all of them are the same, you soak them in warm water until the dried ink simply dissolve and diffuse out .. take a while for every bath ( leave over night would be great ) and most likely take multiple time; after which then you just switch to mild soapy water to do the cleaning, just like piston, sac equipped pen, you just keep cycling water through the filling until everything come out clean

[KathleenBlair]

Thank you - I'll do that The ink that is still coming out has kind of a purply undercast in it. I wonder what kind it came loaded with and if the pen company has it's own brand of ink. I'm assuming otherwise this pen will take regular fountain pen inks and am really excited to be able to use it on a regular basis. This hooded nib is kinda nifty - I like the look of it

Thank you again