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[Jack in Colo]

I'm reluctant to post this among such distinguished practitioners and elegant pens, but this 5in WASP twist fil was new to me; perhaps it will be of some interest to those who are interested in such other-tier pens. When the pen arrived from ebay to add to my accumulation of WASPS (not to be confused with Dr I's hoard), I was first curious about the end cap, but after disassembling the pen, I realized that what was labelled a vacuum-fil was a twist filler.  CIMG0003.JPG   93.63KB   26 downloads

Replacing the sac required cutting a size 20 to length and attaching it to the transparent end cap.  CIMG0004.JPG   109.51KB   30 downloads

To stretch the sac far enough to fit the section, I used a forceps clamp  CIMG0007.JPG   104.29KB   29 downloads

And the impressed dots on both barrel and section (highlighted with chalk) needed to line up.  CIMG0012.JPG   118.15KB   23 downloads


Happily it all worked, the pen drinks ink, and writes with a slightly flexible medium line.

I have no idea how uncommon a WASP Screamer twist Vacuum-fil is, but I'm delighted it now has an appreciative home.

Jack

[david i]

I'm reluctant to post this among such distinguished practitioners and elegant pens, but this 5in WASP twist fil was new to me; perhaps it will be of some interest to those who are interested in such other-tier pens. When the pen arrived from ebay to add to my accumulation of WASPS (not to be confused with Dr I's hoard), I was first curious about the end cap, but after disassembling the pen, I realized that what was labelled a vacuum-fil was a twist


I have no idea how uncommon a WASP Screamer twist Vacuum-fil is, but I'm delighted it now has an appreciative home.

Jack

Hi Jack (never say that on airplane).

Short note as computer keyboard fried. Typng dffciult untl replaced later ths weejk.

1st- GREAT presentation- thanjks for sharng it.

2nd- The Board really is not meant to be elitist. We're not so distinguished.


3rd- Screamer twst fill are known. Not known to be dociumented. Fairly uncommon.

4th- I wonder if the marbled backrop is bt dfferent on these from, other Screamers. Really must look agan.

5th. Have seen these only standard sze.

regards

d

[david i]

Hi,

Here's a shot of my two off-catalogue twist-fill WASP "Screamers". I've seen only standard size for these. In fact, I've never seen an oversized WASP in twist-fill.

regards

David