Pen services
I provide many service on vintage and modern fountain pens. Please see the
Please contact me when your pen needs a service, repair or modification which is not listed.
When working on your pen, I will work with care and respect. Before starting work on your pen, I will carefully inspect the needed service and send an advice with a quote.
Nib work
Please feel free to contact me for custom plating jobs on your nib.
When working on your nib, the nib and feed will be cleaned and checked too. The gold nib will be polished if preferred.
Nib customisations
Your nib can be personalized with our nib customization grinding program to create a writing line that differs from standard round nibs.
Feel free contact me when you would like to grind your nib to one of our grinds to discuss the preferences and possibilities. When grinding your nib, pictures and/or a description of your writing angle are sometimes required.
Repairing your nib is also possible when it suffers from scratchiness, baby bottom,, flat foot etc.
Small adjustments to the nib and testing the pen are also included in the prices.
Please note that extra work and/or replacement parts are not included.
When additional parts are needed, they will be charged separately, I will give a quote before replacing the parts.
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Tuning, smoothening + aligning € 40,--Makes sure that your pen writes well and smooth.
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Flat foot repair € 40,--Routing and smoothening out the edges of a flat footed nib
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Rounding your nib € 45,--When revering a grind to a standard round nib again
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Stub Italic € 65,--Round edges for smooth writing. gives less line variation than cursive and crisp italic nibs.
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Cursive italic € 70,--Thin sidestrokes, wide downstrokes. Round edges than the crisp italic for smoother writing.
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Crisp italic € 70,--Thin sidestrokes, wide downstrokes. This sharpened italic nib gives maximum line variation but has less forgiveness than rounder nibs.
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Architect € 80,--Thin downstrokes, wide sidestrokes. The edges are smoothened but sharp for maximum line variation.
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Left foot oblique € 75,--Standard at 15 degrees. For writers that use their pen slightly rotated.
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Right foot oblique € 75,--Standard at 15 degrees. For writers that use their pen slightly rotated.
General pen restorations
Below services include all the necessary work as disassembling, cleaning, greasing, assembling, sealing and light polish as well as small adjustments to the nib and testing the pen are also included in the prices.
Please note that extra work and/or replacement parts are not included.
When additional parts are needed, they will be charged separately, I will give a quote before replacing the parts.
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Replacing ink sac in a standard lever- or button fill €55,--When replacing the pressure bar in a lever- button filler, add €5,--
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Replacing Parker vacumatic ink diaphragm 51, small / debutante € 60,--
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Replacing Parker vacumatic ink diaphragm medium / oversized € 60,--
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Replacing Sheaffer snorkel ink sac + gaskets, O-rings, greasing € 60,--
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Replacing Sheaffer PFM, touchdown ink sac + seals, greasing € 55,--
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Replacing Sheaffer vac-filler seals + greasing € 70,--
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Replacing piston seals for rubber seals vintage pen Starting from € 45,--
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Replacing modern Montblanc 146/149 piston rod € 65,--
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Repairing 1st generation Parker duofold ballpoint mechanism € 80,--Repairing the internals of the twisting mechanism with new parts.
Pen service / pen maintenance
Below services include all the necessary work as disassembling, cleaning, greasing, assembling, sealing and light polish as well as small adjustments to the nib and testing the pen are also included in the prices.
Please note that extra work and/or replacement parts are not included in these services.
When additional parts are needed, they will be charged separately, I will give a quote before replacing the parts
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Servicing modern piston filler pen € 55,--Montblanc 146, Montblanc 149, Pelican M800, Pelican M600, Aurora Optima /88, Omas, Lamy 2000, etc.
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Servicing modern C/C filler pens € 50,--Montblanc 144, Montblanc 145, Montblanc 147, Parker Duofold Internationall/centennial, Waterman LeMAN 100/200, etc
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Remove engraving in solid sterling silver, solid gold and resin € 55,--
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Other services please ask for options
Payment methods
All prices are stated in Euros (€) and include BTW (Dutch VAT). Payment can also be done in the equivalent of any currency.
- Paypal
- Direct bank transfer
- Cash (only at local pick-up)
When your pen(s) need service or repair, please contact me via the contact form.