Do you use a fountain pen?

[ClockworkCupcake]

Vroom101 said:

Cupcake, do the X750 and X450 have different nibs? What other differences are there?

The X750 is a #8 nib, and the X450 has a #5 nib. But it could be the ink - the X750 has Waterman ink in it whilst the X450 has Parker Quink Permanent in it. Actually, now I come to think of it, so does the Hero 448 so it could be that Quink is more prone to drying out?

Edit: Oh, how embarrassing! The X450 was out of ink.

Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Wednesday 22 March 17:05

[Robbo 27]

ClockworkCupcake said:

The X750 is a #8 nib, and the X450 has a #5 nib. But it could be the ink - the X750 has Waterman ink in it whilst the X450 has Parker Quink Permanent in it. Actually, now I come to think of it, so does the Hero 448 so it could be that Quink is more prone to drying out?

I have Parker ink in my pens and it should not be an issue.

Try flushing the pens as described above and whilst you have the soapy water scrub the back of the feed. Look closely at the feed and see if they all look straight, if not tidy them up with a sharp craft knife, not a stanley knife blade, thats too thick.

The 450 and the 750 have a breather tube running through the feed. You can remove the nib and feed together, a sharp tug, Using some tweezers, remove the 1/2 inch tube from the feed, leave it out, and put the nib and feed back in.

Before you do this surgery, try a good flush with the soapy water.

See if this is a problem with cartridges in addition to converters.

[Exige77]

Robbo 27 said:

Exige77 said:

A few unused Schaefers I found in my desk

They look superb, all in perfect condition. I think they are all cartridge pens, Sheaffer did some weird and wonderful filling systems including one called a Snorkel which produced a tube out from the nib so that the pen could be filled without having to clean the nib.




If you want to recommission them it should be a fairly simple process of flushing through.

Very nice pens to have.

They are all new and un-used. I got them from the MD of Schaeffer in the days when they were made in USA.

They moved production to Italy soon after then moved production to China a few years after that.

They are all converter pens.

Will post up pics in a few mins

[Exige77]

[Exige77]

Got a few of these also

[Exige77]

[SystemParanoia]

I'll have the 3rd on on the left...




Looks on jealously

[Robbo 27]

Thats amazing, no other word, amazing.

[Exige77]

The ones in the box are Platignum 75 year addition if i remember well.

Not the best pen in the world.

Somewhere in the attic I have the old Platignum archive with quite a few pens going back to the 30's.

My wife going to kill me if I start looking for them

[ClockworkCupcake]

Exige77 said:

Oooh! One for every regular contributor on this thread?

[Exige77]

Anybody wants one let me know.

I'm in Surrey near Dorking

[Robbo 27]

Exige77 said:

The ones in the box are Platignum 75 year addition if i remember well.

Not the best pen in the world.

Somewhere in the attic I have the old Platignum archive with quite a few pens going back to the 30's.

My wife going to kill me if I start looking for them

Speaking of Platignums, this was a 1935 Platignum given to my grandmother to mark the Jubilee of George V, a gift from the West Riding County Council. Because it had the worlds worst nib it was never used, now it is rebuilt with a new gold nib it is a little joy.




Really appreciate you taking the time to post the pics, especially the Sheaffers.

If you wanted to put them back into use and didnt want to buy bottled ink, it looks like they would take the standard International cartridge. Earlier Sheaffers had their own cartridge which had flat ends and in different widths, doesnt look like that would be an issue in your case.

[SystemParanoia]

Exige77 said:

Anybody wants one let me know.

I'm in Surrey near Dorking

Wow, what did you want for one of em ?

[Exige77]

Anybody know where the "G" in Platignum comes from ?

I send a pen free for the first correct answer

[Exige77]

SystemParanoia said:

Wow, what did you want for one of em ?

free to a PHer

[Robbo 27]

Exige77 said:

Anybody know where the "G" in Platignum comes from ?

I send a pen free for the first correct answer

Keeping shtum.

Although I understand it is tign as in sign and not as in pig , i.e pronounced as in pla tine um

[SystemParanoia]

Exige77 said:

Anybody know where the "G" in Platignum comes from ?

I send a pen free for the first correct answer

Is it because Platignum is an Isotope of platinum ?

[Exige77]

SystemParanoia said:

Is it because Platignum is an Isotope of platinum ?

Nope. They tried to register the brand Platinum but as it wasn't made of Platinum they couldn't.

They added the "G" because.............................................

The company was called Mentmore Manufacturing if I remember. Started around 1919 ish

[The Mad Monk]

Exige77 said:

SystemParanoia said:

Wow, what did you want for one of em ?

free to a PHer

I am in Esher. Could I pick one up?

[SystemParanoia]

Exige77 said:

SystemParanoia said:

Is it because Platignum is an Isotope of platinum ?

Nope. They tried to register the brand Platinum but as it wasn't made of Platinum they couldn't.

They added the "G" because.............................................

The company was called Mentmore Manufacturing if I remember. Started around 1919 ish

awesome