My first "real" fountain pen (I'm excluding the cheapie italic sets I had in my teen years) is the old style green Phileas with a fine nib. I hadn't used it in a while but decided to ink it with the remains of my Diamine Emerald ink. Kept opening the pen to find ink on the section and assumed that in my rush to fill I'd not wiped it off therefore ink was in the cap. So I cleaned out the cap, wiped off the section again, and closed it.

Picked it up a short time later - bleah - ink everywhere again.

well, there it is - a big ugly nasty crack in the section. I may have dropped this pen - I don't remember doing so. Or it may have cracked not too long ago when I was trying to pull the nib (can't remember why I was doing that). At any rate - no real point in me getting it repaired as it doesn't get much use anyway. But since it does have sentimental value, I'll clean it up and add it to my "to be displayed" pens. A little sad. My first pen that has ever cracked.

It feels sort of like an important milestone. I've had FPs long enough to actually have one break. Bittersweet.

It's official - I'm nuts.

I've lit a little candle in the garden for you.

Nutters are usually happier I find.

Going to have to agree with maxrhino here. Nutters usually are happier. They don't care about the things that don't matter.

hi,

all of my co-workers and most of my relatives, except elaine, think i'm nuts. anyone who spends anywhere from 2 to 8 hours of their day on fountain pens has to be a bit touched--very happily.

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Rebecca,

I am curious as to how you spend 2-8 hours a day on fountain pens. I know my friends and family are starting to think I am a touch off my rocker since I have recently spent more than a few dollars on a pen. When all is said and done, I will probably have spent somewhere between $100 and $200 on pens and pen stuff. I do wonder what they will think when I tell them that, if I tell them that. Might have to save that for another day.

Just wait until you make the really big break through and tell them you have spent $200 on ONE pen....

Bill...who has done that several times...and just can not get the courage to spend more...no, that is not true...I am not that foolhardy....

Yea, by the time I spend that much on a pen, I am hoping they are used to it. Otherwise they might try to commit me to the funny farm.

KCat,

One of the nice things about the Phileas is that it comes with a lifetime warranty and Waterman's warranty service is top notch. I sent in my Phileas whose clip had come completely off of the pen and they replaced the cap and possibly the whole pen for a minimal shipping fee ($5 I believe) which they even sent me a bill for along with my pen. The whole process took about 2 weeks and they were very communicative about the whole thing. I suggest you get your first pen love repaired and back in action.
Congratulations on the milestone, though

but but... what if it gets lost in the mail? What if they actually replace the pen? waaaaaaaaaah... decisions decisions.

You could call them and ask them if they can fix it but to please return it if they would have to replace it as the pen has sentimental value.

well, that's just too smart for me to have come up with.

You're right, chupie. I'll look into it.