Repair To A Bard

[Paul Hurst]

Hi

An idiot (me) lent his pen to another idiot last night, who managed to drop it from some height onto the floor. There is now a 25mm long curved crack in the cap - any suggestions for a good repairer (or even if this is possible). Thanks.

 

[RMN]

Send it back to CS in Plymouth. They'll be able to repair or replace....

 

D.ick

[SimonJamesLucas]

Bad luck Paul, I'd be quite distraught. If CS can't help and all else fails, you could try... jewellers loupe (eye glass), super glue, a really sharp craft knife, P1500 wet and dry paper and Brasso metal polish.

 

Try to spring the crack open just fraction and apply a tiny amount of superglue from the edge of the craft knife (remember superglue runs and if you get it into the cap threads you may be unable to screw it on again), leave for twenty four hours and then very carefully using an eye glass, scrape off any excess you can see with the knife. Then really, really gently sand the crack and finish by polishing with the metal polish. I've never done this to a CS pen but I've repaired a few others including an Osmiroid 65 mkll that was so badly cracked that the clip fell off. I can see where I repaired it but I seriously doubt anyone else would ever notice.

 

ps Brasso has been reformulated in the last year or so, smells utterly foul now and I've not used the new stuff on resin pens, so proceed with caution there, Maas metal polish may be a safer bet.

[Mary Burke]

May I suggest you contact Kayleigh at our factory: kayleighcare@conwaystewart.co.uk

 

I do not know the colour of your Bard, but we might still have caps from when we were producing the model and if so, there is a possibility we can make a replacement cap.

 

I wish you good luck!

 

Kind regards,

 

Mary Burke

Conway Stewart

[Jackson]

Reassuring words from Ms. Burke for one like me, whose CS collection is expanding rapidly...(--initial pistachio Wellington, I-M kick-started a spree of seven more CS pens in as many weeks!)