10 replies to this topic

[matt]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/381272467416

 

Nib is bent and one tine is de-tipped, feed has a big crack at the adjusting screw.  Rare, yes, but seems kinda steep to just fill a hole with a non-working example.  Is this something Greg Minuskin can repair?

[FarmBoy]

Greg should be around and will likely answer.  In case it takes him a while since I know he is busy with a few projects, we have discussed this and he was NOT retipping T1s at that time.

[vintage penman]

$240 is a bit much for a broken anything if repair will be nigh on impossible.

[oztech]

Check with Susan Wirth, she can regrind what's left to a stub nib..The Iridium will be gone but the pen will at least write.

[david i]

Don't buy broken T1.

 

regards

 

d

[Greg Minuskin]

Greg here!
 

I am developing a method to retip these pens, as wells PFM'sl The need is great. Still, $240.00 a bit much for this pen.

 

Greg Minuskin

www.gregminuskin.com

greg@gregminuskin.com

[matt]

Seems like Nathan Tardif came up with a method of heating the PFM section until the nib could be removed. The nib is in the mold when the section plastic is injected. And that there were tabs on the side of the nib that helped hold it on the section. Don't know how well the process worked, or how the repaired nib was reattached, and the idea faded away rather quickly, like many other things Nathan started (vac-fil repair with o-rings, etc.) years ago.

[david i]

 Nathan's ideas for Sheaffer vac-fil repairs have not faded away.

 

regards

 

d

[David Nishimura]

The parts could well have been worthwhile if you owned a T-1 with a good nib unit and a badly scarred or dented cap or barrel. Alternatively, you could put a 75 section into the eBay pen for a nifty titanium Frankenpen.

[matt]

Nathan's ideas for Sheaffer vac-fil repairs have not faded away.
 
regards
 
d

Yes. I just meant he's no longer repairing them.

[Christof Z]

Greg here!
 
I am developing a method to retip these pens, as wells PFM'sl The need is great. Still, $240.00 a bit much for this pen.
 
Greg Minuskin
www.gregminuskin.com
greg@gregminuskin.com

Greg
That's great. Please let us know when your T1 retip method is proof!
Christof