I'm pretty sure I have a Sheaffer Valiant, white dot, vac fill, red striated, 14K Lifetime nib. The plunger moves freely but the vac is gone. Needs to be repaired. I know Ron Zorn does wonderful work on these pens but he is not accepting any more work until after a pen show sometime in August. He has a great backlog of pens to repair and is catching up. I tried another repair person, explained to him what I had, he told me to send him the pen, he'd fix it. Then yesterday got the pen back in the mail with a note saying 'sorry for the misunderstanding, I don't make this kind of repair.' So, back to the drawing table. The pen is similar to the Sheaffer Balance and Touchdown pens, but the ring is a little different. It's definitely not a Touchdown, Balance or a Triumph. Did quite a bit of research to determine which model it is and the closest info and photos I could find were that of the Valiant model. Just did a little more research and see that it very well could be a Sheaffer 1250, also see that both Triumphs and Valiants can be referred to as '1250'. The nib on the pen may be a Triumph 14K platinum/gold two-toned nib. The ring on this pen is not as wide as that of the Triumph, but it's very wide with two scores on both ends of the ring. If the forum permits it - and it might not - any referrals for a repair person would be welcomed. I'm not trying to violate any forum rules, but am new here and am not sure if repair referrals are prohibited. My apologies, if that is the case. Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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