Thank you all, again for your information and help! I will definitely wait until after the Christmas rush to send the pen anywhere, so whatever happens with Brexit will probably be known by then. I'll keep you updated with my progress!
Thank you all, again for your information and help! I will definitely wait until after the Christmas rush to send the pen anywhere, so whatever happens with Brexit will probably be known by then. I'll keep you updated with my progress!
The best answer is probably, if the length is 128mm then that would change to most likely.
The word Junior isn't the best, it implies something less than Standard or Major. I would forget that thought straight away.
I have asked a few repair people about doing work outside the UK, only one has come back to me with the line 'wait and see' I find this a bit odd to be honest.
When the Brexit dust has started to settle come back and I am sure that we will find someone to help.
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I have been looking to see if I can find someone in Sweden that may be able to help you and found this website
https://www.penshop.se/
The site contains telephone numbers and an email address for contacts.
God Jul!
Last edited by RobJohnson; December 17th, 2020 at 08:52 AM.
The Jr and Major pens are identical in size and have many interchangeable parts - barrels, pumps, blind caps, clip screws and jewels. The caps can be swapped out but the Jr cap isn't "correct" because of the bands and clip.
The big difference is in the nib - the Jr nib being smaller, which means that the feed is smaller and the ID of the section is smaller. The Major has the blue diamond clip and so had a lifetime warranty, the Jr does not, and of course the bands are different. But the overall quality? Essentially the same.
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welch (January 2nd, 2021)
Another way to go:
Buy twenty vacs on ebay as cheaply as you can.
Repair them all.
THEN
you're ready for grandad's pen. And Europe may have gained a professional repairer :-)
With nothing to do because he's already bought all the Vacs on Ebay...
But yes, that'd certainly be a solution of a sort. Trouble is then you find yourself being asked to repair other people's grandfather's pens, which can bring a whole new level of pressure. I once, and only once, agreed to sharpen a friend's grandfather's Disston dovetail saw. Aside from the expected difficulty of hand filing 20ppi of neglected teeth in Disston's file-resistant steel, the pressure of not screwing up his grandfather's saw had me vowing never again. Of course Frederyck is likely made of sterner stuff than I. In truth limp celery is made of sterner stuff than I.
In the words of Paul Simon, you can call me Al.
amk (December 19th, 2020)
I understand that concept perfectly. I've had ceramics to restore that I have felt the same way about restoring.
I even had my best friend's father's Parker 51 Vac to restore, and that's the only one I've ever done! However, I cheated slightly by buying a ready made brass vac fitting with filler on.
I'm no celery fan at the best of times so that's no comparison for me
Last edited by Chrissy; December 18th, 2020 at 04:28 AM.
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welch (January 2nd, 2021)
Chrissy,
Many thanks for your reply - Peter Twydle.
That was a wake up call.
Last edited by proteus; December 18th, 2020 at 01:38 PM.
I have contacted the Swedish site recommended above, but they answered that they don't do repairs on this type of pen. However, they said that there might be a few people who might be able to help me here in Sweden, so we'll see if anything pans out from this.
Björn Arebom from Pennspecialisten in Malmö (https://pennspecialisten.se/) used to do fountain pen repairs. Unfortunately, his website seems to be down, so I don't know, whether he still is in business. I visited his website last fall, and everything was ok then. Maybe you could phone him.
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