J. L. Jones ha scritto:
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:39:45 +0200, Serri wrote:

Shiva Das ha scritto:
1. Are you sure it is a cartridge pen? An older pen missing its ink sac
can _look_ like a cartridge pen if you pull the section away from the
body and there's nothing inside.
I looked inside the pen and there is nothing inside. It isn't like the
other cartridge pen that I own, and here is the problem.

2. is there any evidence of a filling system such as a lever, turning
knob, sleeve, etc? An eyedropper-fill pen can also look like a cartridge
filler missing its cartridge.
Yes, there is a lever in the back of the pen: when you pull it a foil
inside the pen goes down and opens a passage near the lever, when you
release the lever the body of the pen is hermetically closed.

3. Have you tried both short and long "International" size ink
cartridges?
What do you mean with "International" size? I tried short Pelikan
cartridges that work almost on every type of fountain pen and then I
tried long Parker cartridges, but they don't work.

4. Did you ask your uncle how he used to fill the pen?
My uncle died 40 years ago, when my mother was 6 years old...

Thanks a lot for your kindness...

Sounds like the lady's got a lever fill. Perhaps if she'll tell us
what part of the world she's in, somebody can direct her to a pen
repair shop where they can install a new bladder and show her how to
fill the pen. Hope that's all it needs.

I live in Parma, a beautiful city in Italy, near Bologna. Yesterday I
went to a pen shop, the best I knew, and the shop assistant told me that
is actually a lever fill pen... that miss its sac! He also said that is
difficult to find the spare part, and suggested me to go in an old pen
shop in Bologna, where perhaps I could find something... If somebody can
help me, I'll be really glad to give ear to everyone... Thanks for the
precious advice you gave me until now...

Serri

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Se tracci col gesso una riga sul pavimento, è altrettanto difficile
camminarci sopra che avanzare sulla più sottile delle funi.
Eppure chiunque ci riesce tranquillamente perché non è pericoloso.
Se fai finta che la fune non è altro che un disegno fatto col gesso e
l'aria intorno è il pavimento, riesci a procedere sicuro su tutte le funi.
Ciò che conta è tutto dentro di noi; fuori nessuno può aiutarci.
Non essere in guerra con te stesso: così... tutto diventa possibile, non
solo camminare su una fune, ma anche volare.

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