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Lord! I forgot all about this thread until someone alerted me to what was going on. How in heck could a simple question on a board populated by fountain pen enthusiasts get such crazy responses? As someone said: It is a fountain pen, not a rocket ship. I have since realized that there are few things I cannot do to repair or adjust my own pens. If you really don't have any confidence in your ability to adjust a nib or screw a cap and off, then by all means, spend 100. and send it in to the factory for a seven week wait while they make a simple adjustment a child could do.

 

Sorry for the tone, but I really can't believe some of this stuff.

 

Thanks very much to those who provided reasonable and helpful advice. You guys are an example of the few good things on the internet these days.

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Lord! I forgot all about this thread until someone alerted me to what was going on. How in heck could a simple question on a board populated by fountain pen enthusiasts get such crazy responses? As someone said: It is a fountain pen, not a rocket ship. I have since realized that there are few things I cannot do to repair or adjust my own pens. If you really don't have any confidence in your ability to adjust a nib or screw a cap and off, then by all means, spend 100. and send it in to the factory for a seven week wait while they make a simple adjustment a child could do.

 

Sorry for the tone, but I really can't believe some of this stuff.

 

Thanks very much to those who provided reasonable and helpful advice. You guys are an example of the few good things on the internet these days.

 

Just go for it, kronos: it's actually a lot of fun. The Ahab and the Lamy Safari gave me the confidence to investigate the innards of other kinds of pens. If I needed work on a 1930s Pelikan or something like that, I would hesitate of course. But most modern pens are indeed not rocketships.

 

If I may, a quote from our Mr. Zorn: "You’re going to break pens,” Zorn says. “I broke pens. You have to be willing to take a risk if you’re going to fix pens. Every time you open a pen you’re taking a risk. But when you get a pen to work … that’s the reward.”

 

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Actually, you are right. If there is something wrong with your pen and you think you can fix it, you should try. If you think you can adjust it to perform better, go ahead. Most of the pens come apart. Montblanc 144, nib and feed are friction fit, clutch ring part unscrews from section, colored plastic cone comes off for R&R, converter unscrews or for older pens, friction fit. Cross Solo, nib and feed are friction fit, and I have put other nibs into the Solo, but nothing beets its original nib. Solos are fun to play with, but I got two of these in a lot with Esties. Yes there is wear and tear, but if you haven't stripped the threads on something or worn out a friction fit by too many R&R operations, you haven't lived. You will possibly make something not optimal any more, maybe you can't get back to original configuration, but it's your pen. Press on . . .

"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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I am curious, where did all the experts come from? Were they born pen experts? Did they go to school to learn pen anatomy?

 

Surely, they did not tinker with their pens before becoming professionals!

"You have to be willing to be very, very bad in this business if you're ever to be good. Only if you stand ready to make mistakes today can you hope to move ahead tomorrow."

Dwight V. Swain, author of Techniques of the Selling Writer.

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Please, tell me where all these inventing jobs are? I want one!

 

Here:

 

http://www.shapeways.com

 

Now go invent something :thumbup:

 

Any road, the OP has buggered off and is probably stripping his new Ahab. At least I hope so. ;)

 

I picture him like someone doing gun breakdowns...

"One always looking for flaws leaves too little time for construction" ...

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It's good to know that 45s are easy to take apart. I just picked up one at an antiques mall a couple of weekends ago, and so far haven't had time to really look it over and try flushing it out (the nib looked like it was in decent shape other than a slight crack on the side of the hood, and the sac is not at all hard and dried out).

Any tips on on disassembly?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

There are instructions with pictures right here on FPN. Gently grab the nib and twist it to the right(nib side facing up), and after that remove the feed with the nib- it`s that easy, no need for using force. If the pen has ink residue in it, just rinse it in water before disassembling it :)

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/166648-parker-45-disassembly-in-easy-steps/

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