Some sample pages from the books are shown below.

 

Pen Repair 2nd Edition Price £30.00 (Available August 2010).  Post and packing UK £5, Europe £8, rest of the world £14.  Please add £1 if you are using Paypal.

 

Onoto Pen Repair  Price £10

Post and packing UK £2, Europe £3, rest of the world £4.

 

To order:  

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Be sure to tell me if you would like the title page autographed.

Pen Repair

Onoto Pen Repair

The first edition, with 194 pages in 2008, broke new ground by presenting full colour photographs of dismantled pens and practical ways of repairing them. The emphasis was on adapting and making tools, being patient, using heat to dismantle and assemble and not to be afraid of tackling complex pens.  The second edition builds on this with 264 pages in a totally redesigned outer cover, with a Canadian half spiral that protects the ring binder and is easier to store and use on a bench.  Some of the repair procedures have been updated or revised and there is full information on an additional 28 pens and pencils.

 

The additional pens are:- A A Waterman twist fill, Chilton, Dunn, Eagle, Esterbrook, Eversharp Skyline, 5thAvenue, Decoband and Oxford, Glass nibbed pens, Japanese piston, Waterman and Swan eyedroppers, Waterman pump, Onoto Minor, Soennecken, Swan New York Visofil, Mentmore and Platignum piston, Stylographic pens, and Demonstrators.  Pencils include Eversharp, Onoto and Yard-o-led.

 

There is also more basic data on threads, and step by step procedures for making sections.  It is a repair book, but it also contains a wealth of information on companies and makers. The illustrations show the components and insides of both classic and unusual pens; whenever possible the procedures are also illustrated together with any special tools that are required.  There are few pens that cannot be repaired after reading this book.  It deals with the basic and the complex; it is a book to read and to use as a reference; a must for both would be repairer and collector.