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blueorangeblue on Nostr: How to restore a fountain pen (my first attempt). 1. Buy a knackered pen on eBay 2. ...

How to restore a fountain pen (my first attempt).

1. Buy a knackered pen on eBay
2. Remove the nib section, and remove the old ink sac and crusty rubber
3. Install a new rubber ink sac with nail polish and white powder
4. Voilà you have a working pen.

It is mad to think that at the middle of the last century these pens with lovely gold nibs were a commodity.

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