Crack repair in Japan?

[Sammyo]

Hi all,

I have two pens with cracks that I would like to get professionally repaired... the rub is that I live in Japan and do not know of any services outside of America. I could do a lot of research, but as these are crack repairs I really want someone good and trusted by the community.

One is your classic "faceted Capless" barrel crack that has been killing me for a long time and I finally want to get repaired instead of sitting carefully in storage.
The other is my daughters mini Creeks & Creeks pen, which has developed a crack in the section and it's her favourite pen, and she wants it, but I can't give it to her, so every day she asks when it will be repaired and...

Any and all advice gratefully received,

SamO

[Chrissy]

There are repairers who usually suggest plastic 'chemical welding' for barrels and sections made from many versions of plastic. You can always send them to the US for repair. I believe Ron Zorn does this and he's very highly respected.

I don't know how well a Creeks and Creeks section will stand up to a plastic weld type of repair, but Ron or someone like him will know.
Can you not buy a new section for it?

If I lived in Japan, and had a Japanese manufactured pen, my first choice would be to ask the manufacturer if they can repair the 'faceted Capless' barrel, or fit a new one.

At the lower cost end of the scale, I've repaired quite a few barrel and cap cracks with a specialist adhesive called Araldite 2020 that I can get within the UK. I find it it works very well. If you can obtain it, I bet you could fix the 'faceted Capless' yourself.

[Sammyo]

Hi Chrissy,

Sorry it's taken so long to respond... I've had a... well, it's been tough.

Thanks for the info. As far as I know Ron Zorn is "THE go to guy" for repairing faceted capless barrel cracks. He is in my back pocket if I can't find somebody locally.

As for a replacement section for the Creeks 'n Creeks pen, that is a great idea... I'm off to check flea-bay...