Thanks!
Shanghai Kaigelu Stationary Company:
http://www.kaigelu.net/en/index.asp
eBay vendor "jewelrymathematics" for the pen:
http://myworld.ebay.com/jewelrymathematics/
The Peep Show Review Blog, for reminding me of "Project Zeus":
http://thepeepshowreviewblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/season-4-episode-2-conference.html
VintagePens.com, great source of old Onoto filling instructions:
http://www.vintagepens.com/filling_instructions_Onoto.shtml
and historical background:
http://www.vintagepens.com/Onoto.shtml
and even a clear explanation of plunger filler design and back pressure issues!
http://www.vintagepens.com/filling_instructions_plunger-fillers.shtml
And even a hint to grind seals to size on the supplies page!
http://www.vintagepens.com/catill_nibs_parts.shtml
The TWSBI Vac700 product page:
http://www.twsbi.com/product.php?id_product=46
Gorgeous new plunger fillers to covet at Onoto:
http://www.onoto.com/luxury-pens/magna-plunger-filler
Francis Goossens' excellent shifting o-ring plunger stem design:
www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/204153-sheaffer-vac-fill-alternative-piston-seal/
Richard Binder's potted history of plunger fillers and the various solutions employed to ameliorate back pressure issues:
http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref/fillers/plunger.htm
Fountain Pen Network member Paul Barreto's mention of Diamine ink Ph neutrality:
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/226838-diamine-inks-ph/
Iamblichus' On The Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans and Assyrians. Syria today could do with a few more Neoplatonists. Reopen the schools!
http://archive.org/details/iamblichusonmys00taylgoog
Marlow's The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/811/811-h/811-h.htm
The Sheaffer PFM reference page at PenHero.com:
http://penhero.com/PenGallery/Sheaffer/SheafferPFM.htm
Fountain Pen Network member ashbridg's thread showing the original felt packing in a vintage Sheaffer:
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/185696-restore-sheaffer-vac-fil-packing-unit/
Comasarchive's YouTube clip of a hilariously un-pc Sheaffer PFM television advert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE7xaKZf9Ew
Fountain Pen Network member(s) RichardandTracy's review of the Kagielu 316, which convinced me to buy one, and explanation of its manufacture:
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/204770-kaigelu-316-grey-amber/page__st__50__p__2457011#entry2457011
Onoto's remarkable story of a vintage plunger filler recovered from the seabed, for the ink shut off valve description. And the interesting read!
http://www.onoto.com/sent-to-the-ocean
The Goulet Pen Company's Plunger Filler volume maximising technique
http://www.gouletpens.com/Articles.asp?ID=419
FPN member Arandur, who runs the Built From Ink and Tea blog, for checking the photo gallery was working after Photobucket Beta wierded up all the thumbnails.
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/user/83710-arandur/
No Thanks!
Photobucket Beta, for the tremendous headaches and delays. Do the right thing chaps - a quick mea culpa announcement, then scrap it. Bring back the old (working!) site, you'll be hailed as heroes within a week.
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