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Our Services

Our Scope of Services

Please note that all prices are a guide for your estimating purposes and only upon inspection can an actual quote be given. In the vintage world, parts are not always easy to come by and may need adjusting – or even fabrication to suit each particular job.

We strive, where possible to repair/restore all pens with OEM (original equipment manufacturer) parts and the market for these is not at all consistent. Even when quoted, we reserve the right to, upon consultation with you, adjust the prices as necessary.

Please note:
PenDen will charge a $30.00 inspection fee for the first 3 pens you bring for assessment. Should you wish to proceed with repairs, this fee will be credited to your final bill.

We only do work on fountain pens.
No ballpoints, rollerballs or pencils, please.

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Pricing Guide

(CAD Funds)

Crack Repair (solvent weld)

Starting at $50

Full Restoration: Typical Sac Pen

(Lever fill/button fill)
Sheaffers, Watermans, Wahl, Parker, Esterbrook, etc.

$80

Silicone sacs which are ink resistant can be installed if requested. Note that pens must be stored NIB UP if installed.

$5

Full Restoration: Wahl Coronet

Starting at $140

Full Restoration:  Snorkel and PFM

(Includes replacement of the sac, O-ring and point holder gasket)
Snorkels are restored using synthetic rubber point holder gaskets, buna-N 0-rings.

$100

Full Restoration: Touch Down Pens

(Includes replacement of 0-ring and point holder gasket)
PFM pens are restored using synthetic rubber point holder gaskets and buna-N 0-rings.

$100

Full Restoration:  Parker 51

$80

Full Restoration: Parker Vacumatic

$80

Full Restoration: Waterman Inkview

$90

Full Restoration:  Sheaffer and Wahl Vacuum fillers

Replacing the packing material with a Viton 0-ring, and fitting the plunger with a specially selected synthetic rubber. The section threads are sealed using a sealant made to Sheaffer specifications. If the plunger rod on either model has to be replaced, add $15. If a Wahl Personal point seal has to be replaced, add $20.

$100

Custom replacement filler rods for Sheaffer and Wahl Vacuum fillers

This price is provided only when pens are sent in for restoration. If the stainless steel piston rod is pitted or corroded, or the celluloid covered rods damaged, a new stainless steel replacement rod can be made to the original dimensions for your pen.

$40

Replace Packing unit in Waterman and related retractable safety pens

$100

Service of Pelikan and other piston filler pens

Replacing seals when needed or appropriate.  Cork seal replacement is included when they were used in the pen.  Because we have to buy rubber or plastic/synthetic seals, the cost for the seal will be a separate charge, and will depend on cost, which varies by manufacturer and pen.

$100

Several Services are available à la carte as listed below.

Buff Pen

External polish, etc.

$40

Nib Adjustments

Tine alignment, straightening, smoothing, improvement of ink flow.

$55 and up

Sac Replacement

Includes sac

$50

Custom nib grinding

$65 and up

Waterman Hundred Year Pen barrel ends:  Remanufacture

$140 and up

Pelikan 100 size and up: Section/barrel repair

Reattach broken off section

$100 and up

Remove dents from Parker 51 caps

$60 and up

Lathe work

Repairs requiring lathe work will be billed out on a time and materials basis.

Minimum charge is $60

$120/hr

Replating

Gold and rhodium trim, replating two tone nibs or rhodium plated nibs.

Prices vary depending on what is to be replated.

Upon consultation

Picking up and satisfactorily testing your PenDen.ca repaired pen

Priceless!

Warranty

90 days on parts and labour. Shipping and handling costs excluded.

Note:
We cannot accept responsibility for pens and/or parts that are damaged in the repair and restoration process because of their age, the brittleness of some materials and difficulty finding replacement parts.

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Fountain Pen Restoration and Sales

OUR PROCESS

Fountain Pens are often very personal items. These are what many of us turn to when we need time and space to communicate with ourselves, others, the universe… I can compare it to an artist’s instrument; a violin, guitar, maybe a piccolo or trumpet. Or a voice. It is our instrument which gives our voice a sense of stability, permanence; that it not be lost on the ether, but remain, at least long enough for a reflection, or a fond memory.

As such, when you trust PenDen.ca with your fine, or sadly abused instrument, we will take the time to assess and hear your wishes for this pen. You may just want it to write without fuss, you may want it to look like it did when it was presented to you on some occasion, or you may want to have it as a memento of a loved one, and for it to be useable should you choose.

However you want your pen to service you, we will do our utmost to ensure that it meets your expectations. Sometimes it is not possible to bring your pen up to the standard that you wish, sometimes it requires more work, parts, or expense than you are prepared for, and sometimes, despite all our care and attention, the pen utterly fails and is for nothing but scrap. However, we proceed, know that you will always be consulted should things change substantially in the process, or expenses appear that they may exceed our estimate.

Should you choose to ship a pen to me, please ensure that it is well packaged, utilizing cushioning, a box, and insurance. Please also include a note with your contact information, return address and what you require in services. Often, just a printout of our email communication is all I need to proceed. Should we require any further information, we will contact you and proceed accordingly. Return postage is in addition to any charges and will be invoiced at our cost.

We hope to be of service.

Please contact us, click here for details.

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Pen Grading

Our thanks to David Isaacson for granting us permission to adopt his standard of pen/nib grading.

New Old Stock (NOS)

An unused pen asserted to have been never sold. Uncertainty exists as to confirming how the unsold status possibly could be confirmed.

Mint

Pen never met ink. Unused

Near Mint

Pen has been inked. Otherwise superb. Expect sharp imprints, unbrassed trim.

Excellent

Minimal wear. Trace high point brass IS allowed (eg. The clip ball of a Parker Duofold). Imprint sharp. Threads intact and functioning.

Extra-Fine

A gray zone grade offered as a concession to pens a flaw away from Excellent. One feature is off. Imprint is weak or a bit more brassing than is conveyed by Excellent. Consider Extra-Fine to mean “Pen is Excellent except for X” with X representing one weaker detail.

Fine

Still a nice pen. Moderate brassing, weaker imprint, more wear to plastic (light teeth marks) etc. all can be in play. Pen still is clean and presentable.

VG

The slippery slope continues. Light imprint, heavier brassing, stress lines (but not hairlines or cracks) to cap-lip, etc.

Good

Bad

USERGRADE

User grade pens have a large flaw that is of great significance to value, independent of other grading features. Most commonly, user grade will reference a hairline cap crack, barrel crack, bad cosmetic flaw, etc. Note that the flaw will be described and the overall grade will be provided independent of the flaw that renders the pen USER GRADE.

The Nib (the writing point, which in the old days actually WAS called the “pen” when the fancy barrel and cap we tend to focus on now, was just the pen holder).

Mint

No evidence of wear or ink.

Near Mint

Signs of Ink Exposure.

Excellent

Mild wear. No damage.

Fine

Moderate wear. Modest signs of adjustment or of straightening.

VG

More worn. A bit of bend/ripple.

Good

Quite worn. A more flawed.

USERGRADE

Severe flaw. Crack. Missing Iridium etc.