Greg Minuskin

It is often that I receive special requests for retips on special pens. Such is the request on this nib which belongs on a Virginia Woolf. The client requested that a smooth, stub/italic be placed on this nib, of which now the nib is has. Photos below show some of the attention to detail and symmetry I give to my retips, as well as the polished writing surface.

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So, your nib feels a bit scratchy, but “seems” to be in good condition; tines are aligned, feed is aligned; Look again at the tipping! Such was the case with this Waterman nib. I think there are more craters on this tipping then on the moon

After a retip to a rounded extra fine, the owner of this nib will be happy with a much smoother writing experience.
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There has been a quite a discussion on the Fountain Pen Network about Noodler’s ink. I can only go by my years of experience with this ink in that it is quite caustic to pens, at least the pens I have dealt with. Such was the case with a recent repair I received from a client, his S.T. Dupont. Using Noodler’s ink (not sure the color or “fancy name” Noodler’s assigns to its inks to market it colors) the ink, in about four days, chemically melted the feed. Photos below are of the feed still in the pen, and then when I removed it, which was difficult, as the feed was stuck in the section, which was also damaged, but hard to photograph to show what happened.

Least to say, the client was not too happy, especially with the repair bill from S.T. Dupont!

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Nice pen, equally nice broad ball retip! After some modification of the feed to support this nib, the ink flows freely for grand, wet signatures on important documents. Rounded ball assures smooth writing. Notice that the white plating has been preserved on the nib as well, a tricky thing to do when doing a retip of this size.

I can do this for you! Let me retip your nib to this size or smaller. Turn around right now (July, 2010) is only one week!
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So, you purchased a fairly nice fountain pen, but the ink just does flow? The pen came from “someone” on the internet, and they assured you the pen would be in good condition. Yet, the ink does not come out. No amount of shaking and pressing will make the ink flow.

Such is the case with this recent repair from a good client. He sent me his Parker 75 Lapis. Photos below show the damage to the feed once I removed the nib to inspect. Someone had taken a sharp instrument, perhaps a nail, to “grove” out the feed channels. Done rather poorly as you can see.

First photo is of the damaged feed, and the second photo is of a new, undamaged feed.

Okay, so a juicy retip may not be for everyone, but then some folks love paint brushes. Pictured below is a retip I did this morning for a very nice, sterling Ferrari da Varese pen for one of my VIP clients. He enjoys large, super broad ball retips. Can’t get them any wetter then this otherwise the ink will drip on the page

How fast can you empty the ink on this pen

Broad ball Retip, Smooth Too

A New Baby! What a joyous event, and what better way to celebrate the arrival of a child but with a fountain pen. Just like the newborn baby, which you will cherish for years to come, so too with a custom fountain pen.

One such client of mine decided that this would be a great way to celebrate the arrival of their new baby girl, with a custom reground Namiki Falcon. Once I reground the pen to a nice superflex, extra fine/needlepoint, my wife Janet tested the pen with a writing sample to pay tribute to the new owner’s newborn baby girl pictured below.
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Do you have a graduation or special event that you could honor with a new pen in your life, and modified by me to your needs? Let me know, my turn around time is only 2-3 weeks, sometimes much sooner. No rush fees here either, and I do not go away for an extended summer holiday so that I may better serve you and your pen needs! Currently I have two Pilot Namiki Falcon pen in stock ready to go!
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So, you have this really nice, and rare nib, and it has a tail crack? Don’t rely on someone to botch the repair with a welding torch; I have my own, much safer, patented method of sealing up those cracks where they will never open up again.

Photos below of a rare Chilton Wingflow nib with a crack in the tail. Actually, this crack did not go all the way through, which is a more difficult crack to repair.

Sure do not see these pens that often! Let alone three of them together. Such is the world of Chilton collectors, very rare pens indeed, in any condition.

One of these pens is a rare Ford V8 model, denoted by the “V8″ logo on the cap.

I have restored the nibs to these pens, retipping them with standard sizes, fine and medium. Also I have restored the filling system (very unique, and quite efficient!) New ink sacs fill completely, and quickly too. Enjoy the photos and I hope to hear from you soon with your pen that needs repair.

Now here is a curious pen that came in for a stub regrind today. Marked as a Tiffany “Atlas” pen, sporting a custom nib design too, see photos.

As I am sure many of your can recognize, this is actually a Pelikan M800 black, with a slightly more fancy, faceted back end/gold piston body near the rear of the pen, and of course the nib. I bet for a fraction of the cost of this pen, one can purchase a nice M800 and get the same performance, then again, it is not a Tiffany & Co.

After I reground medium nib to a nice stub which will provide the owner years of writing pleasure with some character. By the way, the turn around time was just two days for this regrind, and no extra/rush charge either!