Greg Minuskin - Quite disappointed

[Deb]

A well-restored vintage pen is completely reliable. Why wouldn't it be?

Materials age. Unless they are replaced they will eventually fail. Some quicker than others (look at Dorics for example)

Quite so, but that's hardly relevant to the present discussion. We're not talking about a Doric or one of the more fragile celluloid Watermans. In any case, don't you think that a responsible repairer will take that into account when he decides whether or not a pen is fit to be offered for sale? Most vintage pens, of whatever age, are not in any danger of imminent materials failure.