piscov
November 1st, 2014, 05:22 AM
Good Morning!
This is the latest addition to my collection and one I am very please to add and that was a pleasure to do all the repair work.
The pen had a few problems, the biggest ones being a burn mark in the body and the lack of Casein star. The lack of the star is very common because as casein swells when in contact with liquids and tends to force his way out of the hard rubber " star hole"
It also had a gold nib of a 146 and a feeder of the late 50s so not original to the pen. Fortunately I had a steel nib and flat feed that are correct to this 148.
This are the before shots:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/5.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/4.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/3.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/2.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/1.JPG
List of repairs:
1) Cap - Polishing all the scratches and polish the metal ring- Easy
2) re-blacking the top of the cap (hard-rubber) that was completely brown
3) Fitting a new of new star in casein -
I used an original MB star that I had at home from an old 136 cap. First I had to re-profile the base of the star to fit the new cap hole, I used patience, files and sandpaper
Isolated of the base star with epoxy resin so that the star doesen't contact with the ink in the future.
Fix the star in place by heating the hard-ruber so it adapts to the new star shape and locks the star in place.
reduce the height of the star by sanding to be perfectly "smooth" and framed in the " new hole"
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0747.JPG
4) Repair of the body - Sanding the burn and polishing the barrel. Luckily it was not necessary to do any filling. Sanding and polishing the rest of the body to be risk free.
5) Disguise pliers marks in the filling mechanism. Not gone completely, but are heavily mitigated. I did not want to risk removing the knurled that are really good in the process,.
6) Make a new cork and fitting it.
7) Installation of the palladium nib and flat feed so that they are historically correct with the pen unlike the feed that came with it.
Now I'm hesitant to paint the body inside black to cover some transparency. It is possible and easy to do and looks good, but I'll probably leave it like like it is now : "Demonstrator stlyle".
Today I'll ink it and try it, before putting it a honourable position of my collection.
Still missing the 139 to end the 13X series....
It feels great to bring some pens to "active life" again!!
After pictures:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0748.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0749.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0750.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0751.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0752.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0753.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0754.JPG
Cheers,
Vasco
This is the latest addition to my collection and one I am very please to add and that was a pleasure to do all the repair work.
The pen had a few problems, the biggest ones being a burn mark in the body and the lack of Casein star. The lack of the star is very common because as casein swells when in contact with liquids and tends to force his way out of the hard rubber " star hole"
It also had a gold nib of a 146 and a feeder of the late 50s so not original to the pen. Fortunately I had a steel nib and flat feed that are correct to this 148.
This are the before shots:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/5.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/4.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/3.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/2.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/1.JPG
List of repairs:
1) Cap - Polishing all the scratches and polish the metal ring- Easy
2) re-blacking the top of the cap (hard-rubber) that was completely brown
3) Fitting a new of new star in casein -
I used an original MB star that I had at home from an old 136 cap. First I had to re-profile the base of the star to fit the new cap hole, I used patience, files and sandpaper
Isolated of the base star with epoxy resin so that the star doesen't contact with the ink in the future.
Fix the star in place by heating the hard-ruber so it adapts to the new star shape and locks the star in place.
reduce the height of the star by sanding to be perfectly "smooth" and framed in the " new hole"
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0747.JPG
4) Repair of the body - Sanding the burn and polishing the barrel. Luckily it was not necessary to do any filling. Sanding and polishing the rest of the body to be risk free.
5) Disguise pliers marks in the filling mechanism. Not gone completely, but are heavily mitigated. I did not want to risk removing the knurled that are really good in the process,.
6) Make a new cork and fitting it.
7) Installation of the palladium nib and flat feed so that they are historically correct with the pen unlike the feed that came with it.
Now I'm hesitant to paint the body inside black to cover some transparency. It is possible and easy to do and looks good, but I'll probably leave it like like it is now : "Demonstrator stlyle".
Today I'll ink it and try it, before putting it a honourable position of my collection.
Still missing the 139 to end the 13X series....
It feels great to bring some pens to "active life" again!!
After pictures:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0748.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0749.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0750.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0751.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0752.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0753.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31730936/Material%20posto%20nos%20foruns/FPB/MB%20138/IMG_0754.JPG
Cheers,
Vasco