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Nib Repairs: Before & After

CLEANING

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	To the left is a very clogged and unhappy Hysek feed and nib near corrosion. After intensive cleaning, John was able to get them back into working order and make them better than ever.

STRAIGHTENING

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This Extra Fine Sailor nib as seen from above had seen better days. The Extra Fine is Sailors most delicate tip especailly in the soft 21K gold.
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	This Pilot inlayed nib had a very bad day. The left tine was bent under and twisted. The right tine was bent to the left just below the tipping. This is the same nib three hours later after being straightened polished and reset. We were able to preserve the original tipping. It writes well.

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Above: This is a customer's Senior Parker Lucky Curve nib from a circa 1925 jade pen. The customer informed us that it had been dropped on its tip. The crossed tines presented several challenges: they had to be straightened and realigned, and good ink flow had to be reestablished.


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Above: This Montblanc 146 nib suffered collision with something firmer than itself. We don't know how it happened but partly because it is an eighteen karat nib it straightened without fatigue to the metal. The feed was slightly deformed and had to be returned to proper alignment under the nib.

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		This Sailor 21K gold nib went through the wash with the cap off. In the left image, notice how the tines are lightly hammered through repeated and consistent blows. 21K gold is soft and pliable, and more easily returned to its correct shape than nibs with lower gold content. After straightening, this Medium-Fine size Sailor nib is ready for smooth sailing again.
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Above: Straightening of the body and the tines of the nib.		Above: We straightened this superflex nib after the tine got caught on rough paper.

CRACK REPAIRS

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This Moore's Maniflex nib was cracked all the way through the imprint and into the tail.
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	Through the whole crack repair, and straightening process, we were able to save the original tipping on this Waterman's Patrician nib. Note the typical Waterman's bevel on each side of the tipping.

RE-TIP

Before	The iridium was missing from one tine of this Grieshaber #6. We retipped it to a medium, duplicating the original grind.	After

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With the multiple imprints as well as being in three separate pieces, this nib was a challenge to assemble, re-engrave and fit into the section.

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TINE REBUILD
We were asked to rebuild the tines on this Azura. Although fragile, this pen can write again.

SMALLEST NIB WE'VE EVER WORKED ON...

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This is one of the smallest nibs we've ever worked on. (That's a real penny next to it.)

The Zero size Montblanc Simplo was worth working on.

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