Visconti Rembrant Barrel Cracked

[Nellybeans]

I own a beatiful Visconti Rembrant red pearl finish fountain pen. Recently I noticed the barrel was not closing on the pen properly after refilling. The barrel is not a screw on type, it's more like push on type. I took a loope and noticed a small crack right at the edge. Due to the crack, the barrel diameter expands as I push the barrel onto the metal part of the pen. It is very lose and I can't write with it.

 

How do I get it fixed? Or can I get a replacement barrel from Visconti? Is that possible? I Google searched but got nowhere. Nothing on eBay either in terms of replacement parts.

 

It's a great pen. It was my very first one when I got into my fountain pen addiction

 

Any advice will be very much appreciated.

[fountainbel]

Hi Nelly,

A picture showing the crack would be helpful !

Francis

[langere]

Best is try to contact Visconti and see if they can exchange the cap for another one.

 

Erick

[LukeSkyliner]

A friction fit on a modern pen sounds unusual. I looked at Goulet Pens' review of the Rembrandt

 

http://blog.gouletpens.com/2015/09/visconti-rembrandt-overview.html

 

and see that, at least now, this is a screw-type reinforced with metal. This is what I expect on a newer acrylic pen. Could it be that you've been pulling the acrylic barrel off the metal lining? Is the screw-in metal liner still attached to the section? If you can unscrew, I'd consider gluing the barrel to the liner and unscrewing when filling.

 

Hope this makes sense; a picture could sure help.

 

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