Eyedropper
4 items in stock, $75 to $16,499.99.
What “Eyedropper” means here
The oldest system: the barrel is the reservoir and you fill it with a dropper. Old ink glues the section threads, so "fill a cup with room-temperature water and soak the pen over the line separating the section from the barrel. Let it soak for 12 to 48 hours" (when-hard-rubber-misbehaves). Modern Ranga pens in the catalog are eyedroppers by design.
From Drippy Musings
When Hard Rubber Misbehaves
A Waterman’s #15 eyedropper soaks in water to help loosen the old ink sealing its threads. Old hard rubber pens, especially eyedroppers, can be a difficult repair because the pens are so old and frail. It is very easy to overtorque them and crack or crush them. The problem, especially in eyedroppers, is that old…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Elementary Gift
Most pen fanatics are familiar with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the famed author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, having once been an advertising spokesman for the Parker Duofold. However, that was at the end of his life. This Swan eyedropper was once a gift from mystery writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife to…
How Do I Restore a Conklin Crescent
We are by no means done with the Decameron 2020 Project. However, I felt like getting back to pens for a posting. If you’ve been mostly coming for the storytelling, who knows, maybe you’ll get a kick out of a deeper dive into old fountain pens. Here is a Conklin Crescent 2NL fountain pen in…