Best of the Pen Doctor

Are your fountain pens feeling and performing at their best? If they're not, here is the intervention they — and you — need to perk them up and whip them into shape. From a leaking Vacumatic to a Snorkel whose feed has fallen out, from stuck caps to levers that rattle, from blots after filling to nibs that stop writing halfway down the page, the professional tips and techniques in these pages have been written in answer to questions from real people like you, and they can help you reignite the joy of collecting fountain pens and writing with them.