I have recently aquired a large stock of pens for repair and consequently in need of parts. If you can provide me with any of the items, please contact me:
I have recently aquired a large stock of pens for repair and consequently in need of parts. If you can provide me with any of the items, please contact me:
Okay - this is the plunger with the pin half pushed out
This is what you should have once the pin comes out and you’ve separated the front and back parts. The perished washer is bottom centre, and its replacement is bottom right
Pop the small hard washer on first with the replacement on top
Put the front [...]
Following three pens for sale and posted on FPN:
A lovely Onoto pen - De la Rue, in need of repair. This is my first plunger filler and I am waiting on repair guidance from a few FPN users!
Well I picked up the lathe this evening and boy was it hard work to shift - this cast iron isn`t light stuff I have to go back for the boxford bench later next week.
The serial number as shown on the plaque under the boxford logo is: 2473 A 423
The serial number as shown on [...]
An update of my italic writing - I have been spending some time recently trying to improve my italic hand. The grid that Caliken provided (and can be found here) are really useful and have helped immensely.
Comments welcome, I know I have many improvements to make…
Conway Stewart 75 in marble green with nickle plated trim. Nib is an original number 3 with a good bit of semi flex.
Nib imprint: Conway Stewart 14k Gold - 3
Barrel imprint: Conway Stewart 75 Made in England
New sac has been fitted and the pen is in good condition with just some brassing on the [...]
02 Mar, 2009
Posted by: admin In: Fountain Pens
As there has been some interest in the Italic guideline sheet which I posted a couple of days ago, I felt that an explanation as to how I arrived at the format, might be useful.
Italic lettering derives from the Roman and as it began to be written at speed, so it naturally began to slope [...]
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