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Individually restored vintage fountain pens, sold directly, with a documented record of the restoration work behind each one.
Restoration Log · Recent Entries
From the workbench, in order
Sheaffer Balance Sovereign Lifetime — A Welcome Change of Pace
A Golden Brown Striated Sheaffer Balance Sovereign Lifetime returns to service after a refreshingly straightforward restoration and a little nib tuning.
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Restoring a 1947 Parker Vacumatic Junior
A 1947 Parker Vacumatic Junior in Azure Pearl gets a new diaphragm, a stubborn pellet removed, and its original gold nib back into writing condition.
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Restoring a 1942 Parker Duofold Junior — The Pen That Changed Everything
My first Parker Vacumatic restoration revealed extraordinary barrel transparency, a beautifully preserved 1942 imprint, and a gold nib that delivered the finest writing experience I've encountered.
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Restoring a Green Eversharp Skyline Set
A green Eversharp Skyline restoration revealed an unusual surprise beneath the derby: a perfectly defined transparent section of celluloid, likely left by a long-ago attempt to lubricate the cap threads.
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Restoring an Official Gregg Shorthand Fountain Pen
A straightforward restoration of a 1930s Gregg shorthand pen where the most interesting part wasn't the repair—it was the colorful enamel Gregg emblem hiding in plain sight on the cap top.
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“Every pen is taken apart, cleaned, and brought back to actually filling and writing the way it was meant to — not just polished up to look the part.”