What a shame, I really liked this pen, was working on the nib because it seemed crooked and misaligned…

Can I fix the feed or find a replacement one or is this thing dead?

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      12 days ago

      I would be very surprised if there weren’t at least 50 nerds lurking somewhere on the internet with piles of vintage shaeffer feeds for this very reason.

      The thing is, the feed was either mass produced and used for a wide variety of pens/nibs or it was hand crafted/adjusted. In the former case that means you can get it and in the latter case it means you could probably make one or modify similar ones.

      I mean this is the kind of thing a 3D printer was made for assuming you can get a plastic whose surface plays nice with the surface tension of the ink (which is where the magic of a fountain pen is).

      • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        It would be hard to get a direct substitute that would work the same way when 3d printed. Even very small layer lines would interfere with the flow of the ink. For this type of application injection moulding is far superior.

        Fluid dynamics is difficult, but someone may be able to design a pen that relies on the layer lines. But it won’t be easy.

    • Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      Vintage shaeffer made in canada 😢

      Maybe you can reach out to the company if they still exist?
      Sometimes they love fixing/replacing this stuff for that sweet sweet social media clout u noe.