My Pilot VP with bent nib now works like Fude pen :)))

[KyleClapton]

I have a Pilot VP special alloy which I bought 2 years ago. One time, I dropped it and it landed the ground by the nib.

Nib was bent up like this (this is current condition of the nib, before the nib was bent and 2 tines were apart)


First, it couldn't write, I was thinking of sending it to Pilot for repair. But then I realize it will take times and also it was already passed the warranty period, so I decided to fix it by myself first.I took the nib out, try to balance the 2 tines to make them together again. And after awhile, I managed to get it write again.

And surprisingly, it can write quite smooth (of course not as smoothly as it did before, but I couldn't ask more)



And here is writing sample of its


What is the most surprised things you got from your broken pens?