A friend gave me this vintage fountain pen. Can anyone ID it?

The piston is locked up and it looks like there is dried ink in the section. Probably needs professional restoration to get it going again.

  • @BoxOfFeet
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    11 year ago

    Also, that’s not a piston, it’s a button filler. It probably doesn’t move because the latex sac has completely solidified. A new sac should fix it. It’s usually a cheap and easy fix, but I’d send it out if you’re not familiar with it. There’s a science to sizing and trimming the sac, and you’ll need talc and shellac to install it. Also, I find the gold plating on Wearevers to be super thin. So I wouldn’t have them buff it.