Baby Bottom Repair - Any Shops Near London?

[Bexinthecity247]

So i think my Meisterstuck 149 has baby's bottom since it has bad starting and downstroke skipping problems (I probably should have sorted this when I bought it but as it was second hand I didn't think I had any options).

I thought it would wear in by now but it hasn't. I don't really want to try rectifying this myself but want to get it repaired somehow without going through MB (since the cost of their repair is the same as what I paid for the pen!). Can someone recommend some independent shops they've used (ideally in the Londonish or Birmingham area) and prices?

 

Thanks.

[Bexinthecity247]

Actually with several flushes back to back it seems to be rectified temporarily so that means it probably wouldn't be baby's bottom.

I'll have to do more investigations.

[LukeSkyliner]

Montblancs tend to have this issue congenitally; elsewhere on the network I've seen it attributed to the manufacturer's desire to have the pens write relatively dryly.

[da vinci]

I haven't used them but a friend thinks Battersea Pen Home are good, if thats any use to you.

[Bexinthecity247]

Battersea won't touch any pen of MB made after 1970 apparently (why I don't know).

 

It' got a bit better when I flushed it with just warm water but I might try it with a bit of dish soap.

It doesn't look like baby's bottom under magnification but then if it's very fine I couldn't really tell.

It's not a pen I intend to use for every day writing - I use a really flexible 14 for that or a ballpoint as I do lot's of writing daily and the 149 is just far too heavy for extended use.

[Chrissy]

If it's a F or EF nib, I've found that some are worse than others for behaving in this way. I tried changing the ink in my pen, and the problem was instantly fixed.

[Bexinthecity247]

No it's a medium and it's using MB ink