To Repair Or Not To Repair?

[Keyless Works]

I have a 1960s OMAS with tines that need aligning and a 1950s Nettuno that needs a feed aligned.

 

They both write beautifully and perform on paper without a hitch. I am worried if I send them to a nibmeister they wont write as well as they do now.

 

I know that they can be fixed and fixed properly it's just going to be a pain if there is any back and forth.

 

When inked and capped I notice that both of these pens gather ink on the nib such that I am wiping the nibs clean almost every time I uncap them...could either of the issues I mentioned be causing this? I seem to have this issue regardless of how much ink is in the pens and how they are stored.

 

Off to the nibmeister or should I use them as is? Both were around $150-$200...not cheap but not expensive either.

[playtime]

if they perform well now, I;d wait until the next SF Pen Show.....

 

J

[Opooh]

Depends on the value of the pen after repair.

[FarmBoy]

I have a 1960s OMAS with tines that need aligning and a 1950s Nettuno that needs a feed aligned.

 

They both write beautifully and perform on paper without a hitch. I am worried if I send them to a nibmeister they wont write as well as they do now.

 

I know that they can be fixed and fixed properly it's just going to be a pain if there is any back and forth.

 

When inked and capped I notice that both of these pens gather ink on the nib such that I am wiping the nibs clean almost every time I uncap them...could either of the issues I mentioned be causing this? I seem to have this issue regardless of how much ink is in the pens and how they are stored.

 

Off to the nibmeister or should I use them as is? Both were around $150-$200...not cheap but not expensive either.

For what it is worth, just bring them to the SF Pen show and have one of the three nib guys there take care of them for you. Mike may be your best bet for in-person grinds anywhere.

[TLMG]

In all sincerity, like they said... if it is writing well and it is really more of a problem that is affecting your psyche, just talk yourself out of it and keep writing with it until you are somewhere that you can hand it off in person.

[OcalaFlGuy]

Mike may be your best bet for in-person grinds anywhere.

 

He's my personal in person 1st choice.

 

He has the patience of Job. Believe me I've tried it. If *I* can't push him over the edge, I'm not sure he's pushable. If You can tell him what you want it to do, and it Can be done, he'll do it.

 

(Here Mike, make This 51 write Exactly like This 51. Nope not yet. Almost. Rinse, Repeat. )

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[Ernst Bitterman]

If it were just a matter of alignment, then I'd say leave it if the writing characteristics aren't affected. If you've got more ink slithering out than mere nib creep can account for, though, that suggests something is messing up the ink/air exchange, and that means pens that need looking at.

 

Might it be mere nib creep, though? I look at the Carene I'm carrying today, with its jolly coat of Diamine Denim across the point, but as it's also unfamiliar with the creepiness level of those models, it's of no real help.