What Pen Are You Waiting For On The Workbench?

[praxim]

Whether you are waiting for someone to repair your pen, or you have some you will be repairing yourself, or you have something you know you should fix, what pens are you waiting for on the bench (rather than in the mail)?

 

It does not matter how small the repair, or even whether you are using the pen while knowing it needs repair. To kick off, here are mine, representing about 10-12% of all the pens I own.

 

Montblanc 149 - needs lubrication, waiting on making a disassembly tool, after which it should be routine.

Waterman Edson - ink spotting below section - Endemic problem for emeralds? Crack? Converter?

Waterman 452 1/2V - clean, re-sac, possible tine work; routine.

Onoto 6233 - recalcitrant pins, need parts for overhaul.

 

For what pen repair or fix are you waiting?

[Slider20]

Visconti Homosapiens, out for repair at a Nibmeister. Really miss it.

[sidthecat]

A sterling Cartier ringtop with a William Hicks nib. Mr. Zorn is going to try to make a new bit to keep barrel and section together. He said something about a lathe.

[Aristosseur]

A Wahl Eversharp Doric plunger, it'll be the first I have and I can't wait.

[welcmhm]

I've got two Pelikan M805s and an M1000 waiting for new bindes. Not really a repair, but the pens are out of commission for a while regardless.

[praxim]

The 452 1/2v came off the bench today, although the 'routine' repair came close to disaster. The section was very reluctant to go back in to the barrel, even with heat and a bit of silicone grease. I wrapped some gripping rubber around the section, reached for the pliers and applied some force; still no go. I took a firmer grip on everything and .... got a grip on myself instead. I put everything down for 24 hours to think.

 

Today, closer inspection showed still some sac remnants not properly cleaned out, adhering in the barrel right where I was meeting resistance. A dental pick then some 500 and 1200 grit smoothed the barrel, following which (after measurements) I abraded the section by about 25 um (diameter) before smoothing that as well. Now, heat and a smear of grease allowed a neat fit, with the hard rubber barrel end still showing no split.

 

On it goes to the end of my currently ten-long queue of pens yet to be inked by me, with two significant jobs still on the bench. At least I am in a mood to think I can get there.

[praxim]

Visconti Homosapiens, out for repair at a Nibmeister. Really miss it.

What happened to it? A fall?

 

A sterling Cartier ringtop with a William Hicks nib. Mr. Zorn is going to try to make a new bit to keep barrel and section together. He said something about a lathe.

Some time I mean to ask Mr Zorn how he holds a section in a lathe, safely.

 

A Wahl Eversharp Doric plunger, it'll be the first I have and I can't wait.

Make sure you show us when it arrives. What was the problem, or is this an overhaul?

 

I've got two Pelikan M805s and an M1000 waiting for new bindes. Not really a repair, but the pens are out of commission for a while regardless.

Out of commission, rather than out of ink, means on the bench