I guess l lied

[eggman]

I was going through my small pile of older pens and found this. It’s a old Parker Duofold. It has a Parker arrow nib. This one will probably be the first one I try to replace the sac on first. I bet it’s a lot simpler to repair than the snorkel I have.

 

[huffelpuff]

Good looking pen there. I hope you get it up and running again soon.

Jim

 

[Carlos]

I assume that you have found a book, special tools, or some instruction on how to replace the sacs? When I did some investigation it did not sound too hard. More a, take your time sort of thing. I think Pendemonium, or someone else I get emails from sells a kit from time to time with a book, shellac, those long-shanked forceps, and other tools of the trade.

 

[huffelpuff]

How goes the restoration? Inquiring minds and all that.

Jim

 

[eggman]

How goes the restoration? Inquiring minds and all that.

Jim

Well I kinda dropped the ball on this and put it on the back burner. I’ve had a lot of stuff hit me lately that’s taken priority. The wife side swiped the concrete barriers next to a gas pump a couple days ago. The estimates for that little incident is 8,200 dollars. Parts for a 2011 Lincoln MKX are not cheap at all

 

[huffelpuff]

Perfectly understandable. Life is what happens to you while you're busy making plans and all that jazz. Holy cheese and crackers man that's a ton of cheddar. Hopefully you get that sorted without too much pain.

Whenever you do get around to it I'd love to see the results.

Jim

 

[D.L.Ruth]

Ouch that's a hit. My wife has hit her fair share of lamp poles and parked cars and what not lol.

 

[eggman]

Ouch that's a hit. My wife has hit her fair share of lamp poles and parked cars and what not lol.

I feel your pain. Mine has hit parked cars, moving cars, lamp poles, concrete poles/barriers, shredded tires on curbs and whatever else gets in her way. I’ve been teasing her the last couple days about pulling her license and having her 85 y/o mother drive her wherever she needs to go.