Just thought I would share this difficult repair with you all.
Greg Minuskin
MB Broken Tail Repair Before and After
Started by Greg Minuskin, Sep 20 2011 08:39 PM
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Posted 21 September 2011 - 11:30 PM
Great job!
How did you manage to break it like that?
I did not break it; it was shipped to me as such. I think the gold was brittle, as these old nibs get that way over time. Plus, hard rubber expands and contracts on the feed/nib, which can stress the gold over time.
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Posted 22 September 2011 - 12:43 AM
I should have added a 
, I never thought you would have broken that nib. Great repair job, could not see the seam. Gold solder?
, I never thought you would have broken that nib. Great repair job, could not see the seam. Gold solder?
Pedro
Looking for a Sheaffer OS Balance with a Stub nib and other OS Oddities.
Looking for a Sheaffer OS Balance with a Stub nib and other OS Oddities.
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Posted 22 September 2011 - 06:08 AM
Great craftsmanship Greg 
If it wasn't for the 'broken nib' photo, I wouldn't be able to recognise where the repair was done.
I take it you are, or have some training in jewellery? Possibly a manufacturing Jeweller?
The skill required to do this repair would be akin to the skills involved in that trade.
Again, a remarkable piece of repair.
If it wasn't for the 'broken nib' photo, I wouldn't be able to recognise where the repair was done.
I take it you are, or have some training in jewellery? Possibly a manufacturing Jeweller?
The skill required to do this repair would be akin to the skills involved in that trade.
Again, a remarkable piece of repair.
Garth
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Posted 27 September 2011 - 07:06 PM
Great craftsmanship Greg
If it wasn't for the 'broken nib' photo, I wouldn't be able to recognise where the repair was done.
I take it you are, or have some training in jewellery? Possibly a manufacturing Jeweller?
The skill required to do this repair would be akin to the skills involved in that trade.
Again, a remarkable piece of repair.
Thank you! I am actually a Swiss trained watchmaker. I have a degree in watchmaking when I attended watchmaking school in Switzerland.
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Posted 27 September 2011 - 07:13 PM
I should have added a
Thanks!
Yes, gold was used in the repair, but my own process which renders the repair completely on the top almost seamless.
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