Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens
Search Amazon for "dental pick". I get dozens of hits. Sets of them are cheap.
Know your limits. there are expert repairers who can make light work of some pen repair problems. Eric Wilson repaired a pen of mine with a crack through the cap threads, easy for him but not for me.
There is also the thought that if we dont employ experts then one day they might not be around.
Last edited by Fermata; January 15th, 2020 at 05:49 AM.
Deb (January 15th, 2020)
People like Eric and Derrick Purser, to name two Scottish restorers, have an enviable skillset and go way beyond the capabilities of the rest of us. Some years ago Eric restored a silver Onoto which was in very poor condition. He machined replacement parts from solid silver and the ruin of a pen became an absolute delight.
I know my limits. There are some pens I won't tackle and I send them out to those guys. I don't repair for other people except in exceptional circumstances. I don't want to risk breaking someone else's precious heirloom. Not that I break pens often; it's just that the very idea makes me nervous.
Jon Szanto (January 15th, 2020)
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