Notes from the Work Bench
How Do I Polish a Pen? Celluloid Edition
EDITOR’S NOTE: Polishing a vintage pen can be a surprisingly dangerous exercise in vintage pen…
How Do I Restore A Parker Vacumatic
This is a new old stock Parker Vacumatic Maxima in the “Golden Pearl” design. Check…
How Do I Restore a Sheaffer TouchDown
Fixing a Sheaffer TouchDown filler can be easy with a little practice. Personally, I love…
Fun with Refills
You can see a Pilot G2 refill next to a Pelikan standard rollerball refill in…
How Do I Restore a Conklin Crescent
We are by no means done with the Decameron 2020 Project. However, I felt like…
How Do I Re-Sac a Vintage Pen
You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, the old saying goes, and…
How Do I Replace a Lamy Nib?
(There is risk in doing any repair. We will not be held liable for what…
Fun Pen Repair Help
Not too long ago we were approached by a radio restoration expert named Jaime A.…
When Nipples Go Bad…Section Nipples, That Is
Once in a rare while, I find that the section of a pen has lost…
Slaying the Snorkel Siren
If you have been following these Drippy Musings for some time now, you know that…
Painting A Parker Vacumatic Blue Diamond
Use Testors paints to fill in the blue diamond of your Parker Vacumatic clips. Some…
Fix Scratchy Nibs
WARNING: The following repair advice can easily mess up your favorite nib if you aren’t…