Junking out various cupboards I've found hoards of daughters' old pens. Some work and I put them on my desk at work for the theiving scrotes we employ to take. It's recycling of a sort.
Some don't write but can be revived, by placing in hot water, but not for long. Is there a solvent that might work better, possibly syringed into the ink tube? I know it can't be worth the effort but I'm turning into my dad at an accelerating rate.
AJH
For anything halfway decent, you can get a remarkable range of refills here:
Usual disclaimer - no connection other than as a satisfied customer - but not of the Messograf.
What a great site! I've hung on to a favourite Caran d'Ache Fixpencil for about 40 years in the hope that I would one day find a replacement sharpener for it. And now I have. And some leads too.
I had a Schaeffer snorkel, which extended a probe to suck up ink - quite a neat mechanism. It was a victim of a recent clear out as all rubber parts had perished.
Chris
Then you can spend hours cursing such a foolish decision.
NT
Maybe it's a legend in its own time.
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