Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/29

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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Friday's flora, fungi and old stuff
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 10:27:46 -0500
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> On Oct 29, 2016, at 8:03 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> The pen really appeals to me, as I am also one of those Luddites who still
>> uses fountain pens on a daily basis. My taste runs to the Japanese ones
>> though, which, like everything they do, are beautifully made, intricately
>> detailed and with more than a dozen nib choices.....
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
> =================================================================
> I'm a daily user too.
> 
> Two years ago I treated myself to a Pilot retractable pen after I dropped
> my Waterman
> while shopping and bent the nib about 45 degrees up, because the cap
> retaining
> mechanism was shot.  My pen store guy said it's not fixable.  But I was
> able to manipulate
> the nib back so that I can still use it at my desk where it doesn't matter
> if the cap is loose.

A nib can always be replaced;
unless the barrel itself has been damaged beyond repair.

fond regards,

George

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