Question:
Lets say I have a Wahl Doric, unrestored. The pen's sac is dead, clip is showing brassing, feed is all gunked up, and it has a cap lip crack.
Obviously if all that was necessary was to replace the sac and clean the feed, and the other problems weren't there, we'd say the pen is "restored".
Here's the question - if we replate the clip, do we report the pen as "restored"? Or should we add that the clip has been replated?
If we repair the crack by fusing the plastic on both sides of the crack by essentially melting the plastic, is that a repaired crack, or is the pen now restored? If we use matching donor material to fill a crack, is that a repaired crack, or is the pen restored?
I would argue that since Wahl's pens were originally gold filled, the thin plating we use should be declared. However, if we fuse two original pieces of plastic together, and the repaired crack would stand up to visual and fingernail scrutiny, the pen is "restored".