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Hi Everyone,

 

I have a pen - the Visconti Ragtime - that has a blind cap on. Unfortunately, I haven't used it for 3 months and in that time, the ink dried. In addition, the ink seemed to have seeped out from the plunger inside to the inside of the body. Terrible.

 

Unfortunately, I can't seem to be able to to remove the body. I can remove the nib, the blind cap but the body seemed to be glued on.

 

Does anyone know how I can open this thing up for cleaning? Part of the body is translucent and the insides look atrocious.

 

Thanks!

Christopher.

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." ~ Albert Einstein

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Hey WhisperBlade, if I gave you advise you'd probably break your pen. Post some pics, if you can and some one will surely be able to offer some good advise

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I don't know where you're hosting your pictures, but I just had to clean malware off my system from clicking the link. A noxious "You have won..." box popped up & locked my machine.

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I use PostImg. I do run an adblocker so am unaffected.

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Tanaina over on FPG had a similar problem a couple of years ago. She was able to get the seller to take the pen apart to reveal the captive converter.

Bryant from Chatterley Luxuries had spare pens in case it was damaged taking it apart as the barrel is fixed/glued to the section so please bare that in mind.

Visconti do not want you to take it apart. I've tried to unscrew mine but it will not budge with the small amount of pressure I was willing to use for fear of cracking the barrel.

 

http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/4085-Visconti-Ragtime-update-and-Dallas-Pen-Show?highlight=ragtime%C2%A0

 

Anyway at least you can see what the inside of the pen looks like when taken apart.

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I hate Italian-designed goods for this reason; They always insist on aesthetic perfection at the cost of completely inaccessible self-maintenance; House. Pianos. Cars. Pens. Gah.

 

The funny part is the initial purchase was not glued together and I could open it. But I broke the blind cap and mailed in to my seller for a replacement. When I received my replacement, I got my pen glued together. Not awesome.

 

I'll put up with it for now. If it bothers me enough, I'll send it back to Italy.

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." ~ Albert Einstein

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