Anybody here have experience with this seller? I think it is associated somehow with Ariel Kullock. There is a partial Conklin Halloween pen listed on eBay. It is missing the clip, section, nib, and feed. You can see the lever is there, but since the section is missing, I was wondering if the pressure bar was still inside the barrel. If it was missing, this would make the repair much harder. I am not even sure how the lever connected to the pressure bar for Conklins, but I think it might be difficult to put in a new one. Here is the pen:
So I sent a message to the seller asking if the pressure bar was present. The following exchange occurred. It is beginning to sound like an Abbott and Costello routine.
Here is the conversation:
Dear penpartsstore,
Hi, Just wondering if the lever is connected to a pressure bar, and does the lever/pressure bar appear to be okay? Thanks and Best Regards.
- egoforth
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Dear egoforth,
Hi the lever is fine, there seems not to be a sac inside .
Regards,
Michelle
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Dear penpartsstore,
Thanks, I guess I wasn't clear. The real question in my mind was if there is a pressure bar attached to the lever. If it's missing it can be very difficult to find one that fits.
- egoforth
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Dear egoforth,
There seems not to be a pressure bar inside . You can move the lever filler without pressure/.
- penpartsstore
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Dear penpartsstore,
The pressure bar is a stiff piece of metal that runs lengthwise inside the barrel. It is attached to the lever. When you raise the lever the bar presses against the sac. If there is no sac you will be able to move the lever with no pressure, even if there is a pressure bar. You have to look inside the barrel to tell if there is a pressure bar. You can easily see it if you move the lever while looking into the barrel.
- egoforth
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Dear egoforth,
there is no pressure while pushing the lever.
- penpartsstore
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Dear penpartsstore,
As I said, there would not be any pressure whether the pressure bar was present or not. The pressure bar is an object attached to the lever. The only way to tell if it is there is to look in the open end of the barrel. Since there is no nib or section, it is very simple to do. Sorry, I really don't mean to bother you, but I can't understand why you find this so difficult to understand.
- egoforth
Well, that is the way it stands as of Thursday morning. I may have succeeded in pissing off Michelle to the extent that she will never answer my question - but it doesn't appear she is going to anyway. She did say once that there "appears to be no pressure bar" - but then she follows it up with the statement that there is no pressure when you lift the lever. That leads me to believe that's how she determined that fact. When she has to do is look down the damned open end of the barrel. I probably should have given up and not sent the last message.
