Fountain Pens, Nerds & Reading Glasses
June 24th, 2010 | 
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I bought this kid a fountain pen. He promised me that if he had a
super cool fountain pen.. he would write better. (ask me if I believe
that!)
After purchasing this nice pen on eBay.. we could not figure out
how to operate it. #2 had a hard time reading the tiny print,
and he has better than 20/20 vision! He put on these reading
glasses and still couldn’t read what it said.
To which is father said.. “Give me the pen.” He looked it over and
did this move (below)..
He lifts UP his glasses to read the tiny print. How weird is this?
It’s very strange to me. We have never figured out what the tiny words say.
We bought ink cartridges, but it didn’t take those… which only
left one option.. REAL bottled ink. So now if #2 wants to use his
new pen, he has to do it outside.
(PS.. I realize this child looks like a doofus in these photos.. but that’s just what he does to make me laugh)
Posted in eBay, family | 
Tags: bottled ink, fountain pen, ink cartridge, nerd, old eyes, reading glasses
Ok so post a really close up picture of the pen and I’ll help you (The Man lifts his glasses for the same reason my ex-shipping dept does… he’s so blinking nearsighted he can see Lincoln’s hair on the penny…LOL ) Meanwhile..did you try these ideas?
If there’s a lever on the side of the pen..it takes real ink….Open the lever over the sink.. dip the tip in the open bottle – close the leaver, remove from the bottle – wipe off pen. close pen.
If there’s NO lever, you have to twist the sucker at the join there.. about 1/3 of the way up from the point…it will open…old cartridges can be a bear to remove..have the Man do it with plyers if necessary. Then put the new cartridge inthe pen and screw it back togeter. Here’s the thing – one end of the cartridge is thinner and the pen will pop thru it…but you have to make sure you get that one up at the opening so the whole theory works.. I have one fountain pen in a drawer somewhere here that I have NEVER found the correct cartridge for. So I am just warning you and #2… could be a long time til he’s ready to write… LOL
Hey I put the one I knew how to operate away for me…. now where did I put the 40+ year old bottle of ink??? UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Beth
Depression Glass Warehouse
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