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johncee1945


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Hi all I recently purchased two older, but beautiful, fountain pens of the 60's vintage,  which write, but run out of juice when writing reasonably fast: I am comparing them to my modern Waterman that writes quiet quickly with a good flow of ink at the same pace. 
  My questions being, I am wondering if there is old dried up ink clogging up their workings, inhibiting their flow rate?  Or is there a part that needs replacing or restoration kit?  Are these pens worth doing up in the sense of they are nice pens,  or should they be retired?  
I know nothing about the inner workings of a fountain pen. In anticipation thanking all kindly.

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johncee1945


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I did not mention the model of the Ero and Reform but they are both piston fillers from the 60's.

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watch_art


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try soaking the sections in ammonia or windex/water mix for a while. about 1:10 ratio seems right.

if not that could be some other issues, but try that first.

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Okay slight improvement. What then would your next step be?

I assume, replace the plastic feeding mechanism that also supports the nib?
Which might be difficult in getting replacements for these 1960 pens? Or is there a common part? Or even a better option?


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aah. i'd just keep after cleaning them up real good.
what kind of pens? names? pictures?

you probably don't have to replace anything unless it's broken. or if you have a bad sac.



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