how does this work?

[vanness1938]

Here is a Goodservice pen we came across that has a filling system that is unfamiliar to all of us.
Take a look at these pictures and send your comments!
The barrel is transparent and the filling rod is aluminum
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[jde]

Richard Binder says it's a syringe filler:
http://www.richardspens.com/?coll=25

He has a photo of it at the bottom of that page.

:hippie:

[Jeph]

Yup. I have a no-name pen also with a syringe filler. Unfortunately the rest of the pen was not worth saving so it lies in the box of shame. I even gave it more attention than the pen itself really deserved just so that I could say that I had one. The filler still worked fine though. Now I just have said that without it working, so I guess mine no longer counts as a garbage pen :)