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Re-Discovering The Love For Fp's After 30+ Years


Bipul

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Hi,

I'm re-discovering my love for FP's after more than 30 years. I have purchased some really nice pre-owned Sheaffer FP's from eBay and two of them need to be re-furbished. I would need an ink-sac for one pen and O-rings for the piston filler. I'm sure this question has been asked before. Would someone be kind enough to direct me to the relevant string. Thank you,

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Welcome from Brooklyn, NY!

 

Are you planning to refurbish these pens yourself? If so, you may want to consider getting your feet wet with some yard sale pens first.

 

The pen that requires an ink sac might be an easy fix. Take a look in the repair forum here and there are multiple threads on re-sacking pens, such as this one:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/275183-resacking-my-first-pen/

(as well as multiple sources on the web and videos on Youtube).

 

As for the piston filler, Sheaffer Vacuum-Fill pens are not easy to repair, even by repairers with a lot of experience. I suggest you send it to a professional. Ron Zorn at Main Street Pens recently did a great job on mine.

 

Hope you enjoy spending time on the forum!

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Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell. There are lots of fountain pen makers in India so find one and sit at there feet to learn what to do and not do.

 

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Welcome to our little corner of the universe from a pen user in San Diego. I'm glad you are here!

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Welcome welcome! lots of good information here on the forums about your question. A little google searching should point you toward the supplies you'll need- or alternatively- some good people who will do the job for you.

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Greetings and welcome!

 

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...The history, culture and sophistication; the rich, aesthetic beauty; the indulgent, ritualistic sensations of unscrewing the cap and filling from a bottle of ink; the ambient scratch of the ink-stained nib on fine paper; A noble instrument, descendant from a line of ever-refined tools, and the luster of writing,
with a charge from over several millennia of continuing the art of recording man's life.

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Hello Bipul and welcome to FPN.

 

I'm also in the process of having a Sheaffer PFM Snorkel (circa 1983) repaired: lots of advice received from various pen forums; many point to:

 

http://www.indy-pen-dance.com/restorations.html

To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a [fountain] pen - that is true happiness!


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Welcome !

 

While lever-fill pens are simple to restore, other systems are not for beginners, who desire NOT to break a valued pen.

I opt not to restore any of my vintage pens, rather have them restored by more experienced technicians. As a result,

I have a full collection of working fountain pens, and none has been broken. I don't consider the work to be particularly

expensive.

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Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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Welcome to our warm nook of the internet, where you can share this beautiful hobby with good and friendly people. Or as we say in low Saxon: Mooi a'j dr bint! (Good you're here.)

Forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde.

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Hello and welcome to the Fountain Pen Network. Glad you have joined us. You, having joined us, make us better. This is now your place as much as it is ours. Please don't be shy. Ask all the questions you have and don't hesitate to state your opinions. I hope you enjoy your time here.



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Hello and welcome to you

A wise man once said    " the best revenge is wealth "   but a wiser man answered back    " the best revenge is happiness "

 

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