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Spartcom5 NOS (New Old Stock)

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Found this for $2.50 earlier and it looks like a great pen. Overall pretty scratched up but the nib looks great. However, inner black part of the barrel looks to have lost its glue and no longer stays inside the outer barrel? What sort of glue would I use for this? Could I reheat the old glue and reinsert?

 

Also, how should I go about polishing this? I once saw a youtube video where a pen restorer swore that these were the best at polisihing any fountain pen regardles off the material they were made out of. Just a very soft cloth with micro abrasives...

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I have successfully used five minute set time epoxy for this purpose, and not a lot of epoxy.

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Nib on its own is worth a lot more than you paid, I would echo Pajero's advice, just a little of epoxy will do the job.

 

There is lots of advice on You Tube and here about how to polish pens and much depends on the severity of the scratches, your pen doesnt look too bad and you will probably get good results by starting off with some light duty Micro abrasives.

 

I would mask off PARKER SONNET FRANCE on the cap.

 

I had real problems with the retaining ring on the section, I would check that yours is in good order before polishing.

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