Omas
This weekend I took apart an Omas demonstrator. It had a bit of a leak and I discovered the section unscrewed! Ended up with cap, section, barrel, piston and end cap. Around the section threads was was appeared to be tar. Can anyone shed some light on what this is? I left it there, but smeared it about a bit. I cleaned the pen and reassembled it. It took some experimentation to get the end cap and piston to align where it should be, but eventually it worked. It writes even better now, as I think this was a better cleaning than it ever had before. I also think smearing the 'tar' helped seal the tiny leak.
Parker
Some confidence thus built up, I found out that the nib and feed unscrews from my Parker Sonnet. I put it right back in, but I never knew this. The nibs seal securely without any kind of compund?
Danger
I suspect that I should purchase what I see mentioned as "Da Book" before I continue and injure a pen. (Assuming I haven't already.) I am going to be come dangerous with lots of curiosity and no skill.
Retro
I have a Retro 51 Ghost Writer which I will categorize as expendible and suitable for experimentation. I love the pen, but it leaks by the nib and the cap does not click on with an substance. It is *almost* weak enough that the cap will come off picking up the pen by the cap. Yeah, its that weak. How does this nib come out? It does not appear to unscrew. Is this one that has to be driven out?
Thanks for all the info on this site!
