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I took my OMAS extra out of storage and was so happy that I'll be using it, and as I started to fill the pen the nib fell off! The bit that holds the nib and feed together broke.

 

Should I send it back to OMAS to get it fixed? Is this the best thing to do? I am located in UK I guess I should contact the Italians directly?

 

Had this pen since 1999/2000, bought it from a seller in Bremen in Germany and I didn't even use it much and only ever used OMAS ink. I had no idea that it can fall apart just like that. :bawl:

 

Best regards to all.

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The bit that holds the nib and feed together broke.

 

Should I send it back to OMAS to get it fixed? Is this the best thing to do? I am located in UK I guess I should contact the Italians directly?

 

So the collar that holds the nib and feed is broken? There's a period of production where those collars are quite susceptible to deterioration -- probably a bad lot. They should be made of ebonite, so probably a lot that wasn't cured/produced properly.

 

It happened to one of my Omas pens, and a couple of stores have mentioned that it seems an issue with just a certain period. The rest of my modern Omas pens have been fine with regards to the collar -- other than the one I dropped nib down on carpet and cracked its collar. :doh:

 

Whoever has Omas spare parts can fix it for you, although I don't know offhand anyone in the UK or who the UK distributor is if any. The only European repairer (other than Omas) I know who has parts and can fix it is also located in Italy.

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it should be a relatively simple affair for a third party repairman to even fabricate a new collar out of HR or delrin. In the UK i would contact Eckiethump: Eric Wilson who is known to do such repairs or Francis Gossens aka fountainbel in Belgium. Just a tradeoff between getting things done locally at probably a cheaper rate Vs sending the pen off for warranty service, long waits and possibly service charges.

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Thanks to both of your replies. Yesterday was the first time I realised that there was such a part in an OMAS... and thanks to you guys now I know it's made with ebonite.

 

The pen is date stamped 1994. So maybe that was a bad year?

 

Thanks again for your replies. :notworthy1:

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Yesterday was the first time I realised that there was such a part in an OMAS...

 

The pen is date stamped 1994. So maybe that was a bad year?

 

LOL, that's how I found out too about that part on my 1991 Blue Royale celluloid Paragon. Early 90s seems the period *but* it doesn't happen to all pens made during that period. I have other date stamped celluloid pens from the early 90s, only the blue Paragon suffered deterioration of the collar.

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Yesterday was the first time I realised that there was such a part in an OMAS...

 

The pen is date stamped 1994. So maybe that was a bad year?

 

LOL, that's how I found out too about that part on my 1991 Blue Royale celluloid Paragon. Early 90s seems the period *but* it doesn't happen to all pens made during that period. I have other date stamped celluloid pens from the early 90s, only the blue Paragon suffered deterioration of the collar.

 

What coincidence! Mine is also a Blue Royale celluloid... lady sized. :o

 

I have a 1992 Dama in grey celluloid and as far as I can see (hands firmly on wood) the collar looks perfectly fine. :D

 

Could it be some sort of interaction between blue celluloid and collar?

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What coincidence! Mine is also a Blue Royale celluloid... lady sized. :o

 

I have a 1992 Dama in grey celluloid and as far as I can see (hands firmly on wood) the collar looks perfectly fine. :D

 

Could it be some sort of interaction between blue celluloid and collar?

 

I don't think so. I saw of photo of a pearl gray Paragon that suffered the same collar deterioration.

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Same issue with a NOS Paragon 94' (under lifetime guarantee).

Sent to Italy from Switzerland, waited 2 months so far.

I asked to get a EF extra flexible nib. I heard yesterday they have it in stock and will do it for free.

Waiting for a handling quote though.

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