My First Success at Restoring

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@DadFather @penfount I have a very similar pen! It is a Moore (based in Boston MA) and the estimated date is also the 1920s. It is an eyedropper (no rubber sac) and there is no hole in the cap.

When I bought it, the nib was too sharp and tore up paper. I buffed it out on the bottom of a coffee mug and it works great (though it’s a bit of a gusher). I put a daub of silicon grease on the threads and the ink inside is currently three or four years old and still wet.

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@0xabad1dea @DadFather @penfount Oh man, you are really making me want to get my dad's pens out. He was a chemistry student in the 60s and swore that an ink pen is the best way to write chemical formulas and diagrams.
Go for it. I’m finding that the ones with a lever on the side are the simplest, mechanically. I found info and supplies at vintagepensacsandparts.com and Grandmia Pens on YouTube shows the innards of lots of models.
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@DadFather Thanks!