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Repair & Restoration
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| Why choose Pentiques.com? |
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We are a Professional Fountain Pen Repair & Restoration Service Center; this is what we do - Full Time! Since 1997, we have restored thousands of Vintage Writing Instruments and apprenticed with the best in the world. We are proficient will all filling systems and their delicate nuances. A proper restoration involves more than replacing a bladder and a bit of polish. These are your investments; trust them to a professional.
Fountain Pen Repair and Restoration is what we do; honesty and integrity is how we do business. We are the only Fountain Pen Service Center that welcomes you to watch your writing instruments undergo the repair and restoration process. Our live streaming, repair sessions are a very clear statement of our competence and the confidence we have in what we do. All our work is warranted for a period of one year from date of service.
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| Process for sending Fountain Pens for Repair or Restoration |
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Turnaround Options:
Normal - 2-3 Weeks - listed Price
Fast Track - 5 Business Days @ + 50%
Express - Next Business Day @ + 100% |
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FAQ - How is it your repair turnaround is 2-3 weeks while others are between 4 months - a year...
Answer: To our knowledge, we are the only full-time fountain pen repair and restoration facility in the United States. This is what we do all day; everyday, full-time since 2005!
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Fountain Pen Restoration Services
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| Typical Restoration includes (but not limited to): replacement of bladder, diaphragm, seals (as necessary), disassembly of nib / feed, clear ink channel, reassembly, flow testing and final polish to restore as close to original appearance as possible. We are extremely proficient in all filling systems, if not listed please inquire for quote |
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Lever Filler.... $35
Cartridge Filler (Parker 75, Contemporary).... $35
Aerometric (Parker).... $35
Button Filler.... $40
Vacumatic (Parker).... $40
Capillary (Parker 61).... $40
Vacuum Fill (Sheaffer).... $45
Snorkel / PFM (Sheaffer).... $45
Nozak (Conklin).... $50
Piston Fill.... $50
Onoto / Dunn.... $50
Safety.... $50
Pneumatic (Chilton).... $45
Twist Fill (A. A. Waterman).... $50
Touchdown (Sheaffer).... $40
Ebonite / Black Hard Rubber Restoration.... $40
parts - as needed to complete restore.... price varies |
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| Bench Fee: a bench fee of $15 per pen will apply if the pen is deemed non-repairable. This fee recovers time spent in disassembly and assessment and diagnosis and re-assembly of a pen. We are able to restore 99% of the pens that arrive at our pen repair service facility, we reserve this fee for the 1% of pens that we invest an hour or so in only to find they cannot be repaired. |
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Other Fountain Pen Repair Services
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Parker 75 stripped section repair.... $35
Engraving Removal - non metal pens.... $35
Lever Box Replacement.... $35 (labor only)
Clip Replacement.... $20 (labor only)
Crack Repair - Gold, Silver, etc..... vary
Crack Repair - plastic, celluloid.... $35 per crack
Nib Work* - Straighten bent tines.... start at $35 |
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Broken, damaged or missing we can take care of it. From cap lip replacement to the manufacture of an ebonite eyedropper cap... and everything in between. Before you give up hope, give us a call.
*we do not re-tip or re-grind. Please visit our partners page |
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Process for sending Fountain Pens for Repair or Restoration
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