Hi,
This is the price list for the repair services that I offer.
$50 for below:
Two-sided fine/italic
two-sided fine/stub
two-sided fine/ Arabic
$35 for below:
Nib size reduction
Standard Needle point (Specify line width)
Add flex
Vacumatic restoration
Snorkel (Includes PFM) restoration (Includes all seals (Fluorocarbon) and special thin wall sac) I will be using a reproduction snorkel or PFM gasket.
Vacu-fil restoration using the fountainbel packing unit. We remove the old packing unit and put in this redesigned packing unit. When anything needs to be replaced (e.g. The gaskets wear out) They may be replaced easily and simply by using a handful of special tools to take the packing unit apart. Any future overhauling can be done in less than five minutes.
$30 for below:
Obliques
Standard Italic (Specify standard or rounded edges, both are smooth, but the standard one has a smaller "sweet spot")
Standard stub (2:1 or 3:1 line variation)
Make a Kugel nib (Will write on both sides extremely smoothly and accepts movement in any direction without snagging)
$20 for below
Nib Rhodination (e.g. making Pelikan two toned nibs completely rhodinated, repairing the missing nib plating--no nib work, adding plating in different places to the nib, or reverse-plating nibs-- all rhodium becomes gold and all gold become rhodium)
Make smoother
Flow Increase or decrease (I may or may not grind the nib to optimize the nib for the flow)
Fix skipping/baby-bottom
Fix intermittent flow
Grind down nub on capless nib for fitting into Decimo
Resac
$10 or free with any of the above:
Nib Rhodination (if the pen has come in for nib work and some of the plating is missing) I will ask first before perfoming repair
Internal cleaning (Always done on any pen that gets sent here) (Includes lubrication of filler parts like pistons on Pelikans, Omas pens, and Montblancs and section sealing on pens that need it.)
Mould removal
Nib rhodination is free if the nib has rhodium plating next to the tipping material and some of it had to be ground off during the grinding process.
On vintage pens especially, please pass the information that the nib has been replated to prospective buyers. Nothing irks me more than selling something as original when in fact it is not.
Please send description of how you hold your pen: Angle of attack, Left or right handed, over or under writer, and a little writing of yours. Not all nibs are suitable for all regrinds. In the case that your requested regrind cannot be performed, I will notify you with options and ask you what I should do.
All of the prices do not include shipping. Shipping costs depend on how the item is shipped.
The warranty on nibs is valid as long as I am around and as long as the nib I made has not be really tampered with. It extends to poor workmanship.
For pens that have rubber diaphragms, I warrant them for one year or 10 fillings for vacumatics or snorkels, whichever comes first.
For pens with silicone sacs, the work is warranted for 5 years.
Vacufils are warranted for 5 years against leakage and problems concerning the filling system
All work done will take 1-3 weeks depending on the condition of my queue and will be sent off the Monday after it is completed.
When you send your pen here, you do not need to clean it out very well, just be sure to empty the reservoir and fill and empty with water a little. I will be giving it a thorough cleaning anyway, and I would also be filling it to test it then cleaning it again.
Shipping is at cost. Items will be shipped the Monday after the order is placed. Not insuring you package on it's return trip home is at your own risk.
I can send items via Fedex, UPS, and USPS.
I take Paypal (Preferred), Credit cards, checks, and money orders.
Dillon