PO Box 1277 Tustin, CA 92781 US
A Razor Tip Conway Stewart!
Nice Pen/Nice Color
Nice Pen/Nice Color
Nice Pen/Nice Color
1930's Conway Stewart Blue Marble
Classic Nib Style
Nice Pen/Nice Color
Nice Pen/Nice Color
These pen rarely leak due to their feed/section design.
Sharp Foot!
Nice Pen/Nice Color
Another Angle
Only one sweet spot to write with this nib, ouch!
Another Angle
Smooth and Shapely
Another Angle
Quite the flat foot!
Looking Good Now!
Smooth and Shapely
Smooth and Shapely
Smooth and Shapely
Smooth and Shapely
Smooth and Shapely
Nice and rounded!
Parker #12 Nib Repair!
Major cracks all over!
Hours of careful welding!
Hours of careful welding!
Talk about cracks everywhere! How many cracks can you count?
Hours of careful welding!
Hours of careful welding!
Hours of careful welding!
After 3 hours of careful welding the repairs are complete!
Back side View
Hours of careful welding!
Imprint Re-Engraved
Small bead welds assure the least amount of gold is used but also a strong bond is created
Imprint Re-Engraved
Installed in the pen
Imprint Re-Engraved
Hand engraving of those missing letter forms and numbers done with a 10x magification
Installed in the pen
Installed in the pen
Installed in the pen
Some tricky fitting was needed but now aligned and ready to go.
The pen ready to go!
Installed in the pen
Installed in the pen
#12 eyedropper Parker, nice pen!
Nose dive Parker sonnet!
90 Degree Bend!
Bottom Side View
90 Degree Bend!
Quite the bend when this nib hit the tile floor of the owner!
Close Up
Bottom Side View
90 Degree Bend!
You can see that the nib tines and tip bent evenly down.
Bottom Side View
Bottom Side View
One Hour, 15 Minutes Later
Tricky repair because the nib is bent inward as well
One Hour, 15 Minutes Later
One Hour, 15 Minutes Later
One Hour, 15 Minutes Later
Careful hand manipulation of the tipping and alignment of the tines produced this results, quite good!
Straight now
One Hour, 15 Minutes Later
Straight now
Nearly parallel and true, ready to write
One Hour, 15 Minutes Later
Straight now
Nice gap to allow proper ink flow!
NIB PHOTOS AND REPAIRS
A Difficult Nib Repair, But Worth It!
One Does Not See a Mont Blanc #12 Nib That Often
One Does Not See a Mont Blanc #12 Nib That Often
I receive about 7-10 Waterman’s #10 nibs for repair in a calendar year, and some of these nibs are really in bad shape!
This nib had massive body cracks (luckily not in the imprint!) and needed a retip as well.
Came out pretty good and another rare nib has now been saved by my workshop!
One Does Not See a Mont Blanc #12 Nib That Often
One Does Not See a Mont Blanc #12 Nib That Often
One Does Not See a Mont Blanc #12 Nib That Often
And this Mont Blanc #12 nib required a re-tip, and it came out really nice!
Nib photos and repairs
Re-tips for Some Mont Blanc and Parker Vac Nibs
Look What I Can Do For Your Pilot Namiki with a FA 912 Nib!
Look What I Can Do For Your Pilot Namiki with a FA 912 Nib!
Dealer nibs come in often for re-tips, and this lot of nice nibs came in for original re-tips. Check out the slide show below and enjoy!
Let me know if I can assist you with your nibs today!
Look What I Can Do For Your Pilot Namiki with a FA 912 Nib!
Look What I Can Do For Your Pilot Namiki with a FA 912 Nib!
Look What I Can Do For Your Pilot Namiki with a FA 912 Nib!
Do you have a Pilot Namiki with that famous FA 912 Nib? Want to “Turbo Charge” its performance so it can write like this?
Let me know and I can modify your nib/pen for thinner lines, more flex, and more ink flow too!
Email me at chronofix@earthlink.net today and I will give you all the details on how you can make your pen perform amazingly well for all your Calligraphic/Spencerian and Copperplate lettering needs now!
A Tough Repair to A #7 Onoto Nib!
Look What I Can Do For Your Pilot Namiki with a FA 912 Nib!
A Tough Repair to A #7 Onoto Nib!
Looks as if this nib got into a bar fight! What a mess!
After many hours of careful work, hand straightening, retip, and proper re-plating, this highly desirable #7 Onoto nib is back in shape and ready for action!
Saved! ArtCraft Nib Now Sporting a 1.00mm Stub
These nibs are rare, and this one really needed some re-tip attention. The Customer wanted a 1.00mm stub.
Close up of the nib tip area. Definite need for a Re-tip here!
After the "Magic" things are looking better!
Looking good! New tipping material is now ready for the owner to enjoy!
And 1.00mm Stub to boot!
Another Basket Case of a Nib!
What a Horrid Vintage Aurora Nib! Someone has chewed this one up!
There is some serious damage for sure!
Once the "Magic" happens, well, things look a lot better, don't they?
Saved from the scrap heap!