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Earlier today I found a Wearever Pacemaker set in box with papers. The pen was in decent condition with a couple of scratches. However, with my grip and spark plug pliers I gripped the section and with a decent twist I heard a small crack. As you can see in the pictures a very very small hairline crack appeared and I stopped immediately. I had applied some heat beforehand as well.... It wasn't until later I found out these pens are notorious for cracking sections...

 

Pretty bummed out at myself at the moment argh! Is there anything I can do or just use it as parts?

 

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Looking back I probably shouldn't have attempted this but I figured I couldn't go wrong with opening it up and removing the sac remants to prepare it for future restoration work.... darn

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I would say you didn't do anything wrong. These are notorious for cracking sections. All you really can do is look for a cheap Pacemaker - maybe with missing clip, no cap band, or missing a nib, and buy it for parts.

 

The last one (well two Pacemakers ago) I bought arrived with a broken section. The seller chose to discount it rather than take it back. I found what I thought was a good donor pen - missing band, engraved, etc and bought it cheap. On arrival it too had a cracked section. So, it happens.

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That's one of the reasons why I don't like working on Wearevers. They can break if you sneeze in the same room.

 

I needed a section for a client's pen, and at the end of a pen show one year, bought 5 of them with a quick check to make sure that they were OK. I did a closer inspection after we got home - 3 of the 5 had cracks. I got the pen back together without breaking one of the two good ones, and got it out of the shop as quickly as possible.

 

Options: look for another section, or have someone make one, which will triple the value of the pen.

 

Joke: how do you double the value of your Yugo? Put gas in the tank.

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