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Fountain Pen Restoration

I have been restoring vintage fountain pens since 2016. Over the years, I have received more than 1000 pens for repair, from all over the world, thanks to my free restoration offer that has been viewed more than 60,000 times till date!

If you are new to fountain pen restoration, then I recommend The Pendragons for parts and supplies, and the following for learning resources: (1) Richard Binder's website or books, (2) Marshall and Oldfield's book, (3) FPN's Repair Q&A forum, and (4) YouTube, of course. If you can’t find what you’re looking for there, I hope the documentation below will be helpful

How to Prepare Cork Seals

If you are new to making cork seals for your piston or safety fillers, then check this video out...

Aurora 88D

This Aurora 88D's turning knob was not working as intended...

A. A. Waterman Twist Filler

This 100 year old twist filler needed a new sac. Here are my video notes on the restoration...

Dunn Pen

These old Dunn pens are quite tricky to repair! Check out the video documentation of my repair...

Onoto Plunger Filler

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Here are my video notes for an Onoto No. 4601 Plunger Filler...

Vintage Acrylic Cracks

In this video, I demonstrate how I restored cracks on a Waterman Hundred Years pen...

Omas Extra Piston Seal

This was a pretty straightforward piston seal cork replacement repair...

Vintage Celluloid Cracks

In this video, I restore multiple cracks on a beautiful celluloid green striated Montblanc 642...

Wahl Eversharp Doric

Watch how I restored this vintage Wahl Eversharp Doric fountain pen...

Sheaffer Vac-Fill

This was a rather tricky restoration of the Type-II vac-fill triumph nib pen with the inner ink chamber...

Montblanc 14x Helix Rod

It is surprising how many modern 14x pens with broken piston rods come to me for repair...

Waterman Lever Box

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The tabs on these old Waterman lever boxes often break during restoration. Here is how I fix them...

Pelikan 400N and 500N Piston

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These Pelikan pistons can be a bit tricky to disassemble and restore...

Japanese Eyedroppers

I have restored a bunch of Japanese eyedroppers. Check out my notes...

Montblanc Boheme

This Boheme had been put aside by the owner and was not writing. Here is how I fixed it...

Cap Lip Crack

Cap lip cracks are not uncommon on celluloid pens. Here is how I fix them...

Waterman Ink-Vue

Over the years, I have done only two or three Ink-Vue repairs. I documented one restoration here...

Haro Piston Head

Here is how I added a removable piston head retaining nut on this glass nib Haro...

Montblanc 24x Piston

I took a chance buying this beautiful but non-functional 244. Here is how I restored its piston...

Montblanc Heritage 1912

If you need to disassemble your Heritage 1912, check out these notes first...

Trick for Rods

Here is how I remove stubborn piston rods on vac-fils and other pens...

Montblanc Ink Pencil / Tintenschreiber

These old Montblanc "ink pencils" are beautiful, but difficult to repair. Here are my restoration notes...

Waterman Glass Cartridge JiF

Here is how I fixed this glass cartridge Waterman JiF...

Sheaffer PFM

Here are notes from a PFM I restored years ago...

De-oxidising Hard Rubber

Here are three techniques I use to de-oxidise hard rubber pens...

Montblanc 22 Disassembly

If you are about to disassemble your Montblanc 2x, then check out these notes first...

Conway Stewart 28

I received a CS 28 for repair. The lever was missing its 'C' ring, and so I had to fashion one from scratch. Here is how I did it...