Decoband Lever - Need Replace

[Firerunner]

hi

 

I just bought my first Decoband. I suppose is from the 1st serie (anybody could confirm?) with personal point and i really like it very much. Unfortunately the lever system is damaged and i tryed to find a spare part to replace it. I don't think it is possible to repaire it (see pictures)

Till now I was not able to find a new lever anywhere.

Does anywhone knows where I can buy a new lever that fits?

 

Any help would be abbreciated.

 

ps I hope to post in the right place

 

[Vintagepens]

The lever can be repaired. A new tab can be soldered on -- I've done this myself.

Your pen also appears to have had its cap lip trimmed, and the nib is not correct. The proper nib is much larger, with the Gold Seal imprint.

I'm not sure what you mean by "first series". There's not really much change in the Deco Band during its production run, the main change being the clip -- the earliest pens having a shorter clip with just "WAHL" without the "EVERSHARP".

[Wahlnut]

Smaller nibs were used in the Decobands with a hole drilled into the gold seal (signifying voided warranty) found on discontinued pens. All evidence of the "Gold Seal" (Lifetime Guarantee) were expunged from the pens when the seal was drilled, including not using gold seal nibs. The photo of the pen does not afford a good view of the gold seal, so I can not tell if it has one or not.

Syd

[Firerunner]

Syd

 

here some detail of the cap and the Gold Seal. If you need additional details please let me know. The pen has a personal point nib #3. can you post an original nib of a Decoband?

There is a color light difference between the body and the cap. could it be that the cap is not the original one?

 

any information will be appreciated.

 

Maurizio

[Michael McNeil]

I grabbed the photo of the top of the pen, took it into photoshop and lightened it and enlarged it a bit. It looks like the seal has been drilled.

 

http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc361/MacPenz/Show%20And%20Tell/WahlGoldSeal2_zps5xt8cy47.jpg

[UptheWahl]

_{The nib is a No. 3 Wahl from before the Gold Seal period. If it is in a Personal Point unit it is because someone pulled the correct nib and replaced it. For a Deco Band with a drilled Gold Seal, the correct nib is a warranted nib with a heart shaped breather hole, not a Wahl nib.}

[terim]

Here's what the nibs look like for non-drilled Gold Seals ....

 

http://www.peytonstreet.com/pens/wahl%20eversharp/decoband_blackprl_set_10.jpg

 

TERI