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Just a brief entry here on cleaning a Parker 61 Capillary-Filler. The Parker 61 was produced by Parker beginning in 1956. It began as a capillary filler and continued to be produced as one until the late 1960s. At that time, Parker switched the pen to a cartridge/converter fill due to the clogging issues that 61s experienced. The capillary filler was a simple filling system, accomplished by unscrewing the barrel and placing the end of the filler into a bottle of ink and allowing the filler to wick up the desired ink.

This worked well. The problem arose when the filler sat with ink for a period of time and became difficult to clean.

This Grey 61 with a Lustraloy cap came to me to see if I could get it to write. I acquired a 61 Jet Flighter three years ago with the same problem and had fashioned a tool to do the cleaning, so this was a snap…

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So this morning I woke up to a fantastic post by SJM1123 in a recent thread on the FPN about Japanese lacquerware decoration. The post links to a wonderful database of techniques, including Chinkin, which is what I chose for my third Piccolo.

I was so inspired by the videos that I got the camera out and started snapping away. Here is a teaser from the shoot…

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Finally available in the U.S.A., the Amber Custom 823 holds court as one of the most exciting pens in anybody’s catalogue. It’s transparent like a demonstrator, with just enough color to give it “class” in a more dignified setting…

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I have just posted the review for my third Nakaya :

• Piccolo Chinkin Palmet – Shu with Colored Powders

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Once upon a time, like about two years ago, a client entrusted to my care a particularly interesting pen whose filler needed some TLC. Now ordinarily filler restoration is no big deal; a sac, a diaphragm, a plunger-shaft cork, whatever — and you’re in business. Not in this case. This particular pen had a filler that involved three separate cork seals, only two of which were easy to replace. I’d never done a Sager before, and I was understandably cautious. My client, who is also a personal friend, was perfectly willing that I should take however long I found necessary to resuscitate this exciting pen. (There was definitely no DNR order on this baby!)

It took relatively little time to remove the existing dead corks, but getting the right combination of bits and pieces back in turned out to b a challenge. With the client’s approval, I put the pen on the back burner, to be thought about and prodded at until I should come up with the right stuff. That happened today. The pen is back together, and it’s working, and — dagnabbit — the client wants it back…

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