List Of Nibmeisters?

[Ron Z]

 

 

I wish there was a formal school or list of accepted practices- Perhaps there's documentation from Sheaffer/Parker?

 

There have been efforts in the past to standardize and all that, but there is always disagreement on how to do it. Folks who would not be accepted might sue, and then there would be THAT mess to deal with. It hasn't gotten far.

 

The repair techniques used by the advanced repair people are beyond what the factory service centers did, and do. I don't think that their standards for authorized repair centers apply today. Many of the instructions in the manufacturers repair manuals say to replace a part. We don't have that luxury, so have to fix or remake, turning vintage pen repair into another whole ball game.

 

I remember, sitting with the folks in the Sheaffer service center when Richard Binder and I were there in Feb. 2008. We were discussing how we repair the Sheaffer plunger fillers and some of the other things we do. One looked at us for a moment and said "You're the real repair people!"

[Garageboy]

That's on the repair side/restoration side, and we all appreciate the techniques that you guys have come up with in lieu of stockpiles of replacement parts

 

On the nib work side, I've seen some gnarly looking nib work that wrote okay, but but I'm sure the boys and girls at Sheaffer would not have let out the door looking that way

[GHigley]

I'm interested in hearing what folks experiences have been with various nib workers/grinders. I think this forum is the perfect place for such a discussion. Perhaps someone with experience with one or several can start a thread if this isn't the proper place for it. Thoughts?