A Warning About Pen Cleaning!

[KCat]

I posted this warning as I forgot about the pen for 5-6 days in water to soak. When I picked it up at an auction I could not remove the cap that's why I soak the pen.

 

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/288279-parker-duette-jr-aka-depression-warning/

Ouch! Oh man! That is brutal. Yeah. I'd probably have soaked it, too. Definitely hard lessons to learn. Fortunately, these are just pens. Hopefully more folks will see your post and mine and not do what we did. I wish I'd had the brain power to keep track of what I was doing. Just trying to juggle too many things in my tiny little brain case these days.

[KCat]

I am truly mortified. I'm really upset for you, because I know if I had done the same thing I would be devastated.

 

I wish I could think of something to suggest. I was thinking about strapping it all together tightly with something, so it would dry in the best position. However, at that time I wasn't aware that it was already dry.

 

It's bed time here in England, but I just know that thinking if there is any possible way to fix this is going to keep me awake.

I'll be fine. It's a pen. I'm more embarrassed than anything. At least it still writes and I can't feel the problem while I'm using it so...

 

Have a good weekend, Chrissy. K

[Tweel]

I've actually read that Pelikan bindes will swell and shrink like this, so I never submerge more than the end of the section.

 

I am very sorry that this happened to you!

[KCat]

I am truly mortified. I'm really upset for you, because I know if I had done the same thing I would be devastated.

 

I wish I could think of something to suggest. I was thinking about strapping it all together tightly with something, so it would dry in the best position. However, at that time I wasn't aware that it was already dry.

 

It's bed time here in England, but I just know that thinking if there is any possible way to fix this is going to keep me awake.

I'll be fine. It's a pen. I'm more embarrassed than anything. At least it still writes and I can't feel the problem while I'm using it so...

 

Have a good weekend, Chrissy. K

[KCat]

Stupid phone!

[tinta]

KCat, that is one gorgeous pen.

Hope it can be restored to its former glory.

 

In one of your responses to me, you described the binde as a decorative CA sleeve that goes on top of the Pelikan pen's barrel.

When I checked a German translation of the word, indeed it is like a sleeve: a bandage (amongst other meanings).

Could Pelikan somehow slip this sleeve off & put another on?

 

Now I am going to be more careful with my celluloid nitrate pen, an Edison Purple Web Pearl.

I was advised not to subject this pen to ammonia solutions (Perfect Flush), so I have been flushing with RO water, but probably leaving the pen in water longer than necessary.

[Frank C]

Let this be a lesson for all of us. I have never had any problems like this with my Pelikans, but I don't want to, either.

[Mr. Dante]

I am absolutely astounded by this. I've soaked my M800s overnight in water up to half the depth of the binde. Don't think I'll do this again. Thanks for sharing and sorry for your loss.

[penmanila]

there's a new M400 white tortoise cap and barrel being sold out of singapore right now for $200 (i think FPN rules prohibit me from providing a link to a live auction). you could buy this and sell the cap or keep it as a spare. not cheap (for $66 more you could get the whole pen from the same seller--one of our trusted members here) but it's one option. (you might even try writing that seller if he'd be willing to sell just the barrel--he seems to have 3 of these cap-and-barrel sets).

Edited May 8, 2015 by penmanila

[Starguard]

On the upside, if the pen ever when missing you'd be able to ID it in a heartbeat. I hope you can find a way to repair it though, it's a handsome pen.

[Fabienne]

I have felt overwhelmed about a year ago with "just let it soak in warm water" for every problem from pens to pantyhose to nuclear warheads. I have just felt this is to "latest thing". It is. Use your discretion.

[KCat]

there's a new M400 white tortoise cap and barrel being sold out of singapore right now for $200 (i think FPN rules prohibit me from providing a link to a live auction). you could buy this and sell the cap or keep it as a spare. not cheap (for $66 more you could get the whole pen from the same seller--one of our trusted members here) but it's one option. (you might even try writing that seller if he'd be willing to sell just the barrel--he seems to have 3 of these cap-and-barrel sets).

 

Just not an option at this time in my life. Maybe someday. If there's a someday, I'll replace with the M600 version. I love this little pen and will continue to use it as is. I have a sweet little Binder fine, demi-oblique stub on it that suits it perfectly.

[KCat]

I have felt overwhelmed about a year ago with "just let it soak in warm water" for every problem from pens to pantyhose to nuclear warheads. I have just felt this is to "latest thing". It is. Use your discretion.

 

Heh. I hear ya.

 

I think the world has gone to "just do/make it yourself" mode because of the 'net. That works great for a lot of things (I've begun making Greek yogurt at home and it is far superior to store-bought and 1/5 the cost) but the 'net is full of "fails" like my pen due to this sort of advice.

[KCat]

On the upside, if the pen ever when missing you'd be able to ID it in a heartbeat. I hope you can find a way to repair it though, it's a handsome pen.

 

Ha! True.

[Chrissy]

I'll be fine. It's a pen. I'm more embarrassed than anything. At least it still writes and I can't feel the problem while I'm using it so...

 

Have a good weekend, Chrissy. K

I feel your pain.

 

Thank you, and I hope you have a good weekend too.

[Chrissy]

Why not just send it to Pelikan and find out what they think?

[KCat]

Why not just send it to Pelikan and find out what they think?

 

They charge $30 just to "assess" damage and I will, of course, have to pay shipping. I really can't do that right now. I'm sure they could "fix" it (new barrel or binde in all likelihood) but again, the total cost would be prohibitive at this time. Just not in the cards. It's cosmetic and, in the long run, low priority relative to other things in my life.

 

It's not that we're strapped for cash. It's that we are picking and choosing carefully where the money goes.

[mhguda]

I feel your pain. I hope some day you may be in a position to have it properly repaired. Until that day, using the pen as is will serve as a constant reminder - hopefully for once and for all. (I've done similarly when I badly scratched my new car after a scary moment when I thought I was having a heart attack - happily I wasn't, and I've let that particular scratch remind me. Crazy? maybe, but it works.)

[cskroeze]

This is a terrible tragedy! i would definitely contact Pelikan and see what they can do!

[Mr. Dante]

If you're able to later, you might consider a custom binde from http://www.custom-bindes.com/