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[jbb]

I just found this pen at a yard sale, is it a Parker Lucky Curve #24?  How does it open/fill? Anything else I should know? Thanks!

[david i]

Nice find, though it looks to small to be a 24. The blind cap should unscrew, revealing a button, which when depressed (or when generally dysthymic) will move  a pressure bar which in turn compresses the rubber sac. Press once. Release. Let pen fill.  It won't do this with stale sac. Don't force. Restoration should be easy for the pros.

 

regards

 

david

[jbb]

Ah! Thank you. I got the blind cap off and it most certainly needs a new sac. Do you know if the section is pressure fit? and is this the kind of plastic I shouldn't get wet/soak?

[david i]

It is hard rubber, not plastic. Would not soak. Heat.  I'm not certain if friction or threaded, as I don't do many repairs.  Think it is friction, but would get other opinions. Hard Rubber can be a bit fragile.  Suspect the model is 20 or 22 (a "2" nib would be suggestive) and the pen might have model number on very butt of blind cap.

[jbb]

Dang, I put the blind cap back on and now can't get it off again. It does indeed have a 20 on the end of the cap.

[david i]

The pen likely is 95 years old.

 

Let's keep it alive.

[david i]

This is a good message board to learn about old pens.

[Norm]

Old Parker sections were threaded.  Old button fillers needed to be threaded.  Much later they designed a spring that didn't exert pressure against the inside of the section so that is when the switched to pressure fit sections.

[gweddig]

Good find JBB!

The nib looks like it needs a little work too. Hopefully you'll get to see an intact example of the Lucky Curve feed.

--greg

[jbb]

Good find JBB!

The nib looks like it needs a little work too. Hopefully you'll get to see an intact example of the Lucky Curve feed.

--greg

Hi Greg!!! I'm not sure I'm the person to restore this pen as it needs some work. The nib though writes pretty well simply dipped....so even without smoothing it out that part is the least of my concerns. I just don't want to break the pen taking it apart...and am considering selling it to some braver soul for restoration.

[John Danza]

JBB, it sounds like you should cease doing anything additional with the pen since you're unsure of it's features and how to proceed. Old hard rubber can easily be broken. You should send it to an experienced restorer to proceed from this point, or sell it as is without trying to remove anything else.

[jbb]

JBB, it sounds like you should cease doing anything additional with the pen since you're unsure of it's features and how to proceed. Old hard rubber can easily be broken. You should send it to an experienced restorer to proceed from this point, or sell it as is without trying to remove anything else.

Yeah....I get that. I'm going to try to sell it. It's not the sort of pen I swoon over and someone else will enjoy it more.

 

It's not without some flaws, btw.

[jbb]

Hmmmm, there really do need to be cease & desist letters for pen repairs.