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PM me your address. I have a SJ section I can send to you. The organ donor is my little blue SJ, her barrel cracked through the threads when section/barrel separation did not go well.

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"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars" ~Henry Van Dyke

Trying to rescue and restore all the beautiful Esties to their purpose.

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The restored Gray SJ mentioned in the prior post. Heading out in today's mail.

 

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Bruce in Ocala, FL

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Sad, so sad, this beautiful blue SJ cracked severely, right through the threads, suffering in my inexperienced and impatient hands. She was only my second patient, when I mishandled and treated her so badly. I had so much yet to learn. I am happy to report she has been my only casualty, all of my other patients survived to write again.

This little Estie did not die in vain. I learned from the experience what not to do, and now this little Estie is becoming a donor. Her section will be sent to FPN member AndyLa, a part of her will live on, and that makes me very happy.

 

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"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars" ~Henry Van Dyke

Trying to rescue and restore all the beautiful Esties to their purpose.

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Now that I have some free time I'll give a little update on my patients (or former patients). Thanks to the very generous Kathleen I was able to use the donor section to revive my little black sj. It came to me with a rusted J bar, a cap and barrel. The Jbar had a nice soak in the bath while it was being re-saced. The silver J was in need of a new sac and the section had to be surgically removed from the bad nib. After days of soaking, it would not budge. Hit with a fair amount of heat and some pliers I was finally able to separate the two. It appears there was some black glue gunk in there. Maybe india ink or some sort of grease? Both patients have found lovely homes (the sj stayed with me).

 

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Two new patients have entered and exited the clinic as well. A copper J and a red J. Both only came with shells (cap and barrel). New sections, sacs, jbars and nibs were used on both. The red had a piece cracked off by the threads. I was able to use gorilla super glue and it looks like it is holding up. The red J is fitted with a medium Linton and the copper J with an Italic medium Osmiriod nib. Some of the jewels are cracked, but that can be addressed at a later time.

 

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I apologize for the crappy quality of the photos, but they were taken by my iPhone. Consequences of a stolen camera.

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You have to be kidding. I don't think my doctor even uses a pen anymore. Tablet computer, wireless.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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AndyLa, It's wonderful to see you have those Esties writing again! I like your green ink. What is it?

"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars" ~Henry Van Dyke

Trying to rescue and restore all the beautiful Esties to their purpose.

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I found this pretty little copper SJ with a 9550 nib in a thrift shop today, price $2, Lucky me! Now the question, should I trust the still pliable sac? I hate an inky mess in the middle of my school day. Experience tells me a new sac is inexpensive, easy to accomplish, and yields peace of mind. So this is my next patient, sacectomy surgery is elective.fpn_1331413918__dscn2634.jpg

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"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars" ~Henry Van Dyke

Trying to rescue and restore all the beautiful Esties to their purpose.

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I found this pretty little copper SJ with a 9550 nib in a thrift shop today, price $2, Lucky me! Now the question, should I trust the still pliable sac? I hate an inky mess in the middle of my school day. Experience tells me a new sac is inexpensive, easy to accomplish, and yields peace of mind. So this is my next patient, sacectomy surgery is elective.fpn_1331413918__dscn2634.jpg

 

Ah, the elusive Copper SJ...for $2??? Wow! I can hear it speaking ...faintly but clearly: "need new sac want new sac please a new sac and I promise to behave for the next 30 years"

 

(I admit it...I'm envious. Have never found a fountain pen in all my skims through thrift stores, flea markets, and antique stores in NYC and nearby NJ.)

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In:

 

- Green J: sac twisted to unusable. Would not draw ink.

 

- Red J: lever stuck. Appears to be dead sac

 

- Blue Dollar: stuck lever. Assumed dead sac

 

Examination revealed:

 

- the oddly twisted sac on the Green. Must have been one of my early surgeries; needs to be re-done.

- Red J has shortest sac I've ever seen on an Estie. Also a thick tan gummy substance around the nipple / edge of section.

- Blue Dollar has a stiff sac, filled with dry ink.

 

Post surgery cleanup enhances the pattern on the Green J and Blue Dollar. Both now filled with mix of 2 parts Diamine Majestic, 1 part Diamine Royal Blue; writing well. My first Dollar, and I like the way it's built.

 

Red J sac replacement goes well until I slide the section/sac into the barrel. Ah...now I know what the gummy stuff was doing: this is an LJ section gummed out to fit a full-J barrel and cap. Ayeee! Missed that because I wasn't even looking for it. Just assumed that the section matched the barrel. Must contact Lisa and Brian A for full J section.

 

Anybody have an LJ with a broken section? (No, not likely...). I'll give you this one.

 

Post-op pictures later.

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Kathleen's Estie Clinic has patients awaiting attention.

 

Received from Leon, aka Noel249, a blue J cap and barrel with jewels. I am reluctant to attempt jewel and trim extraction to make whole my Blue J barrel with no trim or jewel and cap with sawed-off clip. I am more inclined to add a donor section, j bar, sac and new nib to Leon's cap and barrel. One Esterbrook J would be made whole. "Sawed-off clip" and "Jewel-less barrel" will continue to languish. What can the hopeless offer? They have already donated a section and j bar; left are a lever, cap liner, sac tray, not much more that I can use.

Leon, thank you again for donor parts enabling another Esterbrook to "write on".

 

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"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars" ~Henry Van Dyke

Trying to rescue and restore all the beautiful Esties to their purpose.

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This was too fun of a thread to let get away.

 

Here's the latest visitor to Spa Estie. Note the Root Beer Streaking. And the India ink on the nib (it's gone now. I think. :rolleyes:)

The section is my second in a row hard rubber and is oxidized a heck of a lot more than it shows in these pic. :angry: Oh well,

it'll make me more thankful the next shiny black plastic one I get without having to Make It black and shiny.

 

Place your bets on if that nib every writes under it's own power again... :P

 

Here be the Fleabay way befo pics.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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Bruce, that is one gorgeous root beer Estie, it deserves a clean nib, a section that is not shiny does not detract so much, but that nib is ugly!

"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars" ~Henry Van Dyke

Trying to rescue and restore all the beautiful Esties to their purpose.

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Welcome back to your thread Kathleen! <missing clapping hands emoticon>

 

You are so right, that nib was Nasty, maybe the worst I've ever had myself. India ink on it so thick and dry I at first thought it was paint. Light fingernail scrapes didn't faze it. :unsure: It got the full Rapido-Eze Nuke session. All nice and clean now. I also rotorooted out the feed channel with piano wire and got what looked like a micro plug of dried Lacquer from the India ink out the front of it. Flossed and brushed the channels clean too. I have no idea if it will still write but it LOOKS good. :lol: We'll see.

 

The pen was in Really good shape except that nib and the section was oxidized lightly. That's my least favorite polish job as there's not much to hold onto while you're polishing. It's all nice a Shiny Black again now.

 

2 of the 3 polish steps are done on the rest of the pen. This is gonna be a Really nice one.

 

Now for the really fun last polish. :P

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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I finished the polishing on the Copper Streaker tonight.

 

If I should say so myself, it is jaw dropping. :o With the heavy Root Beer streaks, in a couple places it almost looks

wood toned. :wub:

 

A major impetus for me to get the tracing paper to recover the inside of my light box. It's fried right now. Stray light was

getting inside it in the shots of the last Blue Streaker and messing the shots up. :( I'll get the tracing paper tomorrow.

The light box needs to be at it's best to pick up the streaks the best in the pics.

 

Pics maybe Tues.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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You should sell some of those pens and make some money. They look very attractive.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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That's what happens to them.

 

It's been awhile since I bought an Estie for Me.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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And now for some long overdue pics and some newest ones too. The first one is the Copper Streaker mentioned above.

 

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Yes, in the last Blue Streaker pic there's a (DAMN!) finger smudge in the middle of the barrel that got past me from moving the pen for the different shots. :angry:

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl :gaah: :gaah: :gaah: :gaah: :gaah: :gaah: :gaah: :gaah: :gaah: :gaah:

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Well I just got through resacing several Esterbrooks (J, LJ, SJ).

All but 1 were successful, one suffered heat related damage.

 

I have one patient waiting for replacement surgery, the J-bar was rusted thru.

 

I have another patient that needs a 2nd opinion from a specialist. I cannot pull the section out.

 

I am almost finished rehabilitating a 444 and pen. The prior owner used something other than fountain pen ink in the 444. The dried ink was like hard rubber and was a PiA to remove, especially from the rods in the collector. I had to use ammonia in a 1:1 solution in an ultrasonic cleaner to finally break off most of the ink from the rods. I still have to replace the cover gasket.

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About getting the nib out of the section.

If you have an ultrasonic cleaner (USC), use it.

I had several where dry ink had cemented the nib assembly into the section.

After a cycle or 2 or 3 in the USC, the ink had been ejected from between the nib assembly and the section, and the nib was easily unscrewed.

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