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    Default I Successfully Fixed My Crooked Visconti Spring Clip!

    For those of you who've had this problem and looked closely at it, I'm sure you've seen the little spring behind the top of the clip. I'm sure you've suspected something about that spring was the source of your stress. It was.

    The disc you see in the picture is inside the cap, below the magnetic finial. I made a rudimentary tool to unscrew it (regular thread, CCW to loosen). First I removed the adjustable stop ring in the cap (this is reverse thread).



    The problem is that the ends of the spring aren't ground flat. If the spring turns such a way as the end of the coil spring seats crooked on the clip it pushes on the back of the clip at an angle. I tried to turn the spring in place but it it so compressed that I couldn't budge it. It had to come out. I ground the ends flat, as you might see on a valve spring, and put it back together.

    O frabjous day! It's fixed!


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    Default Re: I Successfully Fixed My Crooked Visconti Spring Clip!

    Good job.

    It sounds like Visconti should consider grinding the ends of the springs flat to ensure their pens don't have crooked clips.
    Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens

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    Default Re: I Successfully Fixed My Crooked Visconti Spring Clip!

    Nice! Thanks for sharing. I have a Visconti with a crooked clip but never understood the reason why until now. I'm not brave enough to tinker with it so I'll probably leave it alone.

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    Default Re: I Successfully Fixed My Crooked Visconti Spring Clip!

    Good call. Congrats on not having the spring disappear across the room!

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    Default Re: I Successfully Fixed My Crooked Visconti Spring Clip!

    Thanks, that's how I fixed mine

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