Originally Posted by
welch
Ah. Thanks for the information. I was afraid that I'd have to get the jewel out. Happened to see a discussion in FPN in which several experienced people, including Ron Zorn, tossed around alternate ways of unscrewing a jewel. Several involve heat or a chemical to soften any sealant applied to the Ron Z. sells a funny looking thing that he uses to press down on a jewel as he unscrews it.
No, I don't have an ultra-sonic cleaner. That always seemed like a device for someone in the pen repair business. Too expensive for me...I just want to fix up my own fountain pens.
I remember advice, some years ago, to put a popsicle stick (or two) under the clip, and then to bend the clip down over the stick(s). Wrong kind of bend in my clips. (Just curious: what is British English for a popsicle? Do you folks have them? Here, the weather is getting warm enough that the ice-cream trucks will be out, at least as Gov. Cuomo thinks the pandemic has eased enough. A strange summer we will have.)
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