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Finally got a proper nib grinder for my vintage fountain pen repair
Spent about $75 on a small, hand-cranked nib grinder from a 1950s stationery shop catalog. It arrived yesterday, all rusty, but a bit of oil and elbow grease got it turning. I smoothed out a scratchy nib on a 1930s Waterman in under ten minutes, something that used to take me an hour with sandpaper. Anyone else fix old pens and have a tool that changed the game?
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uma_taylor472d ago
Remember my friend's old loupe?
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julia_anderson2d ago
That old grinder sounds like a total game changer for vintage pen work.
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jamie7702d ago
My uncle's garage is basically a museum of broken tools he swears are still useful. He tried to fix a 1930s pen nib with an angle grinder last year, and let's just say the pen is now a very stylish shiv. That grinder probably sends more pens to the great writing desk in the sky than it saves. I guess it changes the game from "restoration" to "creative metalwork.
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