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Sheaffer 'vintage' Cartridge Pen *metal* Barrel Repair (Replacement)


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Dear Forum,

I have a Sheaffer Cartridge Pen from 1983 that has recently been damged when I put it my bag unprotected. The plastic casing on the barrel has shattered. I have tried to glue the pieces together, but because the barrel is so integral to the workings of the pen, I think that it is broken beyond repair. Can anyone advise? How do I buy another barrel? I know that they are relatively rare for this model.

All best,

Dr S.

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Dear Forum,

I have a Sheaffer Cartridge Pen from 1983 that has recently been damged when I put it my bag unprotected. The plastic casing on the barrel has shattered. I have tried to glue the pieces together, but because the barrel is so integral to the workings of the pen, I think that it is broken beyond repair. Can anyone advise? How do I buy another barrel? I know that they are relatively rare for this model.

All best,

Dr S.

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Your best bet is to look on eBay.

 

Folks tend to reach for glue with something like this, and it rarely works with such thin materials. The better thing to do is to reach for a solvent welding compound. A hobby shop is a good place to look. Use a solvent that contains methylene chloride. Tenax 7R was one, and Plastruct makes a solvent weld for building models that should work. Though not as strong as it originally was, it should hold. Once the surfaces are contaminated with superglue or something else, I wouldn't have much confidence that the repair will hold.

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It would be entertaining to see if the barrel of a black student pen could be turned down to make it into a barrel liner for your pen. Sheaffer would take standard barrels for some of their pens, like the Imperial or Crest (and snorkels), and then turn them down so that they could put an overlay on them. Come to think of it, they did it with the Grand Connoisseur and Bamboo pens to. I've done it many times for both pens. Don't know if it's worth the cost in this case though......

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Which pen is this? I know the Compact Cartridge pens, I and II ...... But "plastic casing" has me confused.

 

Let me know and I'll see what we have. I'll need to know color of course.

Thank you all for replying. Terim,this is a Sheaffer Cartridge Pen, maybe it's a metal version of the 'School Pen'. I bought with my pocket money it in the UK in the 1980s in a sale for £3.99! The black plastic screw thread is what has shattered. 'Plastic casing' is a misleading phrase so, ignore that.

 

I think that I might need to scour ebay for a barrel. Here are some more pictures.

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