Stipula Etruria Inner Cap - Removing Clip

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So the clip on this black Etruria has been sort of loose forever now. It never really held onto a shirt pocket very well, not even a thick one. So I looked inside to figure things out and noticed two sets of inner caps with notches. The bigger inner cap, to the right of the threaded thing below, doesn't come out. It's threaded on the inside to accept the second inner cap, which is the little threaded thingy below. The point of that threaded inner cap is what holds the clip in. Once the cap lip and ring are installed and glued into place, the large inner cap can't come out. It has a hole in it to allow for the clip. The holes of the big inner cap and the cap have to line up so the clip bar can fit through.

 

I hope that makes sense. If you have a clip that needs tightening, you can borrow my weird screw driver tool that I made, it's a snug fit but works fine. When you're done you can pass it on to whoever else might need it.

You'll have to check inside the cap first. My wooden Etruria doesn't have this inner cap stuff.

 

 

[DustyR]

Shawn: forgive me for replying to a year-old post, but do you know whether the regular steel-nibbed resin Etrurias also have a hole in the larger inner cap opposite the clip hole? I've seen this in two now, but can't figure out what it would be for. It would be weird if two were broken in the same way.

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I have no clue. Sorry. It seems like having a hole on both sides would make it easier to get the clip installed though right? Or is the hole shaped differently?

[DustyR]

That makes sense. It looks like this (cap lit from lamp outside - clip is at top left, so there is nothing opposite the hole at bottom right):

 

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h286/bakuma/IMG_1469_zpsqqueel6x.jpg

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So then the little black inner cap thing can be installed either way. Makes assembly easier. Cool.