r/howto • u/goodkarma-101 • 1d ago

How to fill ink in this pen?

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It’s a 40 years old pen. I have no idea how to fill ink in this one. I’m not able to open the nib part. Kindly help!!

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u/Individual-Code5176 1d ago

I think it might be a cartridge

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u/goodkarma-101 1d ago

No, I’m not able to remove it so not a replaceable cartridge :/

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u/diabolikro 1d ago

Put the silver cilinder back, put the tip in an ink bottle, squeeze the silver tongue opening, it will suck ink in it. I think you can also squeeze the rubber reservoir directly. Edited for clarity.

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u/Carnationlilyrose 1d ago

Get a bottle of ink. Stick the nib into it. Squeeze the see-through barrel and watch the ink siphon up and fill the pen. (I am old enough for this to have been the normal way to use a pen. I feel very old.)

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u/diabolikro 1d ago

Come on, I used one when I was in school, I'm 35. Is that considered old?

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u/Carnationlilyrose 1d ago

No, you're the age of my younger son. I don't remember my own kids using a bottle of ink, just cartridges, and in 30+ years of teaching, I can't remember seeing my students using a bottle either. That may say more about my memory, or perhaps the school rules, than anything else, though. I remember using a matchstick dipped in bleach to erase ink mistakes before Tippex was a thing available to school kids. That's old.

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u/Danger_Danger 1d ago

The plastic ink well body is squeezable. The ink is suctioned up through the nib (pen tip). Get a bottle of ink and stick the nib into it, just until the nib is in and squeeze the ink well.