Mike-It-Work! Really Works

[crls145]

I have send pens to have their nib modified to three different places. Each of these places had different prices and different lengths of time to do pretty much the same job and there is only one place that I'm planning to come back, and by the way I already have.

 

That place is Mike-it-work!

 

I'm sure that for a lot of you here at FPN what I'm about to write is old news, but if it helps only one person I'm going to be happy I wrote it.

 

If you are looking for a fast and professional service for your pen look no farther. Mr. Michael Masuyama of Mike-it-work! is the man for you.

 

I send to him a large Sailor 1911 with a B 21k nib, a Pilot Falcon SM nib and a Pilot Custom 75 M to modify to italic and in a matter of weeks, as oppose to months as one of the other places, he send them back to me.

 

The Sailor and the Falcon pens wrote like a dream. As soon as I had time to try them they became my favorite pens of all time. They both write with an exquisite smoothness that they didn't have before! As for the Pilot Custom 74 I didn't like the scratchy feeling it came back with. I wrote and email to Micheal telling him how the pen felt to me and the same day he answered asking me to send the pen back to fix it to my style of writing.

 

The other two places, one took three weeks to answer my emails, which they only did until after I call them and the other place never answer neither my email or even the messages I left with my calls.

 

When I put together value for money, customer service, speed and quality of the work Mike-it-work came of top every time.

 

I first heard of Mike-it-work! here in FPN so as my way to thank the FPN community and indeed Micheal himself I'm posting this hoping, as I mention above, that this information is going to help one of our members as one of them helped me when he mention Mike-it-work!

 

All the best

 

Carlos

Edited September 26, 2011 by crls145

[Pepin]

Good to hear. I do nibwork on all my pens but the results vary...it's good to know a place where you can get professional work done.

[OcalaFlGuy]

Since Mike isn't a member here why don't you pen him a Thank You note from the pen

he's done that you like the best.

 

If you think you are happy sending your pens to him, just wait until you have the

opportunity to sit across from him at a show and have a grind done. You think the pens you have NOW are nice...nothing can beat the instant feedback between nib technician and customer real time, face to face.

 

That withstanding, I hear ya, he does Wonderful work. :clap1:

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[Ernie Wayne]

My best writers come from him as well, and he's extremely polite and considerate.

[USMCMom]

Mike tamed a real brat of a pen I had, while I sat across from him at the Little Rock show last March. When he handed me back my pen to try out, I would have sworn that was NOT the same pen, had I not watched him work on it!! He does amazing work and he's a very nice person.

[ExcaliburZ]

How do we contact this magical Mike?

[gregamckinney]

How do we contact this magical Mike?

 

http://mikeitwork.com/

 

Michael has done a number of pens for me as well. Very pleased with the work.

Regards, greg

[PAKMAN]

I had the pleasure of having the table next to Mike and his sweet wife at the Dallas pen show. They kept him hopping! He does great work and is a great guy! He has worked on my HS Lava, 149, 146, Dumas and a Pelikan 800 and I am happy with them all. I believe he is also who Cole's of London sends their Visconti nibs to for adjustment and repairs. He is based in Atlanta.

[jgrasty]

I had three pens worked on by Mike at the Dallas Pen Show last Friday. Outstanding work, all of them.

[crls145]

Since Mike isn't a member here why don't you pen him a Thank You note from the pen

he's done that you like the best.

 

If you think you are happy sending your pens to him, just wait until you have the

opportunity to sit across from him at a show and have a grind done. You think the pens you have NOW are nice...nothing can beat the instant feedback between nib technician and customer real time, face to face.

 

That withstanding, I hear ya, he does Wonderful work. :clap1:

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Bruce I already wrote to him and I'm planning to meet him in October when he comes to the SF show pen. Thank you for your comments!

[crls145]

How do we contact this magical Mike?

 

Visit his web site at mikeitwork.com and if you do contact him send him my regards! ( magic Mike! That was so funny!)

[jkingrph]

I have a Montblanc Legrand Traveler with him for repair to a damaged nib. I am hoping to get it back in the next 4-6 weeks based on his esitmates. From the recommendations I got he must do excellent work.

[Ceilidh]

Another satisfied customer.

 

When I took my lunch "hour" at the Dallas Pen Show last Friday, my first stop was to see Danny at the Write Pen, and Perry (Pakmanpony). (They were the first two "pen people" I ever met, at the Dallas show in 2008.) Danny sorted out a couple of nibs for me, but when I asked about grinding a cursive italic, he directed me to Mike at the next table. I got on Mike's list for Saturday.

 

What fun! I really didn't know which of my pens was the best candidate, and I took several with me. Mike helped me narrow it down, and we settled on a different pen than I originally planned. But that's the advantage of asking an expert. The nib is fantastic and I'm really enjoying it. Mike's wife is delightful, too.

 

BTW, late Saturday I stopped back by to say bye to Danny and Perry and got to see Perry's new acquisition from the show. Hope I'm not giving away a state secret, but it sure was purty!!!!

[Russ Prechtl]

Mike is my favorite go-to guy as well. I've tried some others, but his have been consistently better.

[blopplop]

Mike has stubbed/italisized about 6 pens for me. He's top notch for sure. And Bruce is right about the face to face experience. He stubbed one of my Pilot 823's at the 2010 DC pen show and it has been my EDC pen ever since.

 

Mike's a class act all the way.

 

Dave

[Tumbleweedtoo]

Mike saved my Visconti HS and my Sailor KOP! He is surely the guy I go to!

 

All the Best,

T

Edited October 1, 2011 by Tumbleweedtoo

[Tiffanyhenschel]

I had three pens worked on by Mike at the Dallas Pen Show last Friday. Outstanding work, all of them.

 

 

So YOU'RE the one with three pens that I was waiting in line behind that day . That's OK. While I was waiting, I found my Conklin crescent filler.

 

I was ready to give my Rembrandt away just to get rid of it, but after Mike worked on it, it is fun to write with. I asked him to stub the medium nib. He worked on it for a while, watched me write with it, and then worked on it some more -- one of the highlights of the show.

[OcalaFlGuy]

Just 3?

 

Pashaw.

 

I was Mike's 2nd customer at Atlanta one year. Right behind another FPNer.

 

They had Mike do 7 pens.

 

It was cool, she's a neat lady and her 12 pen leather case was a mobile pen show itself. I think I had 4 done and her and I switched back and forth with Mike well into the afternoon.

 

Haven't bought a new pen at a show yet.

 

Sure have come home with alot of them that were like new when they left the show.

 

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[Ispriluc]

How I envy you all, being able to sit next to people like Mike. I`ve had the pleasure to send him a 51 for a stub grind, came back great. I only wish one day I`ll be able to attend a pen show.

One day...

[georges zaslavsky]

glad that everything worked out