Ok, my friend recently broke his big Red, and wondering whether i can help him. since the pen is made of hard rubber, what should i do to seal the pieces together?

thanks in advance.

Gene

When hard rubber, this realllllly is a bad happening.

Ron can comment more, but seems grim.

david

If it were my pen I would use 'Guerilla glue'.

Edit: I wouldn't pay a 'restorer' to fix it, but couldn't afford a pen
like this anyway, and cost would outweigh benefits for me.
So that's why I'd do it myself, right or wrong.

Just a thought so take it for what it is worth. (Maybe nothing)

If the length of the barrel is not critical maybe it could be cut of at the break and the threads extended. It would take someone with the right equipment. I saw on the fountain pen review about the gentleman that made a really nice hard rubber pen from scratch and he cut his own threads. Maybe he would be willing to fix it?

here is the link to the review.
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=14236

Contact Victor Chen @ http://www.penopoly.com/index.html. As far as I know, he's the master at hard rubber repairs. It won't be cheap, but from what I understand, he can do the work.
I wouldn't advise trying to glue it yourself, most (if not all) available glues won't work and you'll make further repairs by a professional more complicated.
Just my $0.02 worth.