Yes, David of Figboot on Pens said in a video that the piston on his Omas Milord became corroded. Maybe it was the same problem I had with my Milord. It is hard when there is no company you can send your pen to for repairs. In any case, my Omas pens are my favorites. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I have quite a few (too many actually!) old company Omas limited editions and they do not suffer from the defects of the new Omas pens regular line. sooo my conclusion is if you can snag an original Omas pen do it -
I don’t have any pens by the current Omas company. The pen with the broken piston was bought right before Omas closed in 2016. Is this the time period that you consider “new Omas”? What era would you consider “old Omas”? I have older Omas pens, like the 360, that I really like too. The 360 is my favorite Omas model. Omas started in 1925, and I don’t have any Omas pens that are really vintage. What is your favorite Omas pen?
@@fountainpeninsanity3344 "old Omas" for me are the Jerusalem, Return to the Motherland, Triratna, Istanbul, Vespucci, Colombo, Pushkin, FAO, that time period (1990's through very early 2000?). I have to say it is difficult to pick a favorite as it depends on my mood at the time. But the pens that tend to get used a lot are the Cinema and Triratna pens. Omas nibs are the best in the business in my opinion, better than Pelikan or MB (heresy!) The piston movement is not as smooth as P or MB but reliable even after many years of storage! The piston mechanism in old Omas pens for the most part are entirely plastic and not married to brass which also helps. One preventative measure to add to longevity of these plastic pistons is making sure you fully clean the old ink from the pen when putting them back into your collection. Ink left to dry in the reservoir does a number on the mechanism after many uses! Also I would never use lubricants on these as some can degrade plastics or gum up the piston screw.
@@gky7170 Sorry it took me so long to respond. I have been very busy. I enjoy my springy and flexible Omas nibs more than my one quite nice, but stiff MontBlanc nib and my Pelikan M600 and M800 nibs which are also stiff. The Pelikan M1000 nibs are on a par with Omas for me, they have a nice springiness. Some of my Omas nibs are stiff, and I don’t like them as much. The Triratna is gorgeous. It reminds me of Montegrappa’s pens with metal work on the bodies. I am not familiar with all the Omas models you listed, but I will look them up. Thanks for telling me about them!
I don’t know who to go to for repairing leaky pens, especially ones that are not being produced any more. I figure, at least the pen still works, I just need to wipe off the grip each time. Also, I have found that as I use up the ink in the pen it is less leaky. I may try filling it less in the first place and seeing if that makes it less leaky. As for loose caps, the tape method isn’t too bad for tightening them up. Thanks for your sympathy in this matter. I am still enjoying these pens (except the one that completely doesn’t work).
there are a lot of talented pen enthusiasts in the community. Try to find one, they can sometimes work wonders, hang on to your pens, put out the word, and wait to find someone who is willing to work on your pens in a very careful and sensitive way
Thanks! I will hold onto these pens. I still use all but the one that has a broken piston. I find that the Ogiva leaks less if I store it clip side down. I don’t know why. Someday maybe I will find someone who can fix the workings of these pens. The only pen repair I usually hear about is nib repair, but that’s not what I need.
There's no reason a pen should ever sit for months with ink behind the piston seal. Regardless of how busy a service place is, they can take a pen apart and make sure it's clean, even if they can't repair it until later. They caused the damage in the pen, and they should make it right. But this is why I would never send a pen to anyplace that has a waiting list that long. There's no reason to do so. A repair like that should take minutes, had it been disassembled and cleaned when it arrived, as it should have been. That's pretty shoddy business practicce. I never, ever left a pen sitting for more than a couple of days before making sure it wasn't deteriorating while I did other things. No repair person I know would do that. As for the leaky pen, it's almost certainly a problem caused by the way the nib was changed. If a pen doesn't leak before someone works on it, and does leak after, then the person who did the work should make it right. But this is a risk you take when you have something done at a pen show. Better to wait until the show is over and send someone the pen. Then they have time to check their work before sending the pen back to you. People need to beheld responsible for problems they cause when working on a pen. Or when they allow a pen to sit with ink where it doesn't belong for months. Responsible people do not allow such things to happen, and they stand behind their work. . .or their irresponsible lack of of proper pen storage.
Everything you say here is correct. Your point about how quickly a pen can be taken apart by a professional and cleaned does make me feel that the repair person was partly to blame for the pen becoming unusable. Before now, I mostly blamed myself for not considering the extra damage that would occur to the pen after the ink which was trapped in it dried out. That ink never dried out while I had the pen and I feel that the main damage was done when the ink dried up after I mailed the pen away. Getting a pen fixed at a show seemed ideal because I didn’t need to mail the pen away, but that didn’t work out for me either. The repairer at the show did take another of my pens home with him and mail it back to me later, but he felt that the nib swap was a quick repair and did it on the spot. After searching the Fountain Pen Network for reasons why the feed area of my pen leaks, I found out that Omas pens can easily be cracked in that area when replacing the nib. I have found that storing the pen clip side down helps. I don’t know why. It is hard to find good fountain pen repair people. There are several nib meisters, but I can’t find people to fix the inner workings of the pen. It is especially hard with Omas pens because the parts are no longer being made. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks for watching my videos and commenting!
If that happened to me I'd be devastated. I'm already dissapointed I ruined my pilot Metropolitan in attempt to fix the nibs and if I bought such a pen then I'd be down for a long time. I think you need to find people who like to tinker with pens and a well known nib smith to fix your problems someone who actually knows what they are doing. I for one am new to the hobby but I think if you look around hard enough you might fond someone who can help you solve that.
I was devastated when my first Omas pen broke. In the end, since I was able to get my favorite nib put on an Arco Bronze pen, I ended up with a pen I liked even better than the one that broke. In the last few weeks I have been keeping the pen that leaks around the grip section with the clip facing down and it hasn’t leaked. Hopefully, this will continue to work for me. It is a lot easier to find someone to tune a nib than it is to find someone to fix the internal workings of the pen. So, currently I am not having any problems with my pens that I consider to be serious. I hope things go well with your pens. Fountain pens frequently have problems to solve, but I think it is worth it. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for this video. From what I have seen here on the net, you are not the only one that has had problems with OMAS pens. But they are beautiful.
Yes, David of Figboot on Pens said in a video that the piston on his Omas Milord became corroded. Maybe it was the same problem I had with my Milord. It is hard when there is no company you can send your pen to for repairs. In any case, my Omas pens are my favorites. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I have quite a few (too many actually!) old company Omas limited editions and they do not suffer from the defects of the new Omas pens regular line. sooo my conclusion is if you can snag an original Omas pen do it -
I don’t have any pens by the current Omas company. The pen with the broken piston was bought right before Omas closed in 2016. Is this the time period that you consider “new Omas”? What era would you consider “old Omas”? I have older Omas pens, like the 360, that I really like too. The 360 is my favorite Omas model. Omas started in 1925, and I don’t have any Omas pens that are really vintage. What is your favorite Omas pen?
@@fountainpeninsanity3344 "old Omas" for me are the Jerusalem, Return to the Motherland, Triratna, Istanbul, Vespucci, Colombo, Pushkin, FAO, that time period (1990's through very early 2000?). I have to say it is difficult to pick a favorite as it depends on my mood at the time. But the pens that tend to get used a lot are the Cinema and Triratna pens. Omas nibs are the best in the business in my opinion, better than Pelikan or MB (heresy!) The piston movement is not as smooth as P or MB but reliable even after many years of storage! The piston mechanism in old Omas pens for the most part are entirely plastic and not married to brass which also helps. One preventative measure to add to longevity of these plastic pistons is making sure you fully clean the old ink from the pen when putting them back into your collection. Ink left to dry in the reservoir does a number on the mechanism after many uses! Also I would never use lubricants on these as some can degrade plastics or gum up the piston screw.
@@gky7170 Sorry it took me so long to respond. I have been very busy. I enjoy my springy and flexible Omas nibs more than my one quite nice, but stiff MontBlanc nib and my Pelikan M600 and M800 nibs which are also stiff. The Pelikan M1000 nibs are on a par with Omas for me, they have a nice springiness. Some of my Omas nibs are stiff, and I don’t like them as much. The Triratna is gorgeous. It reminds me of Montegrappa’s pens with metal work on the bodies. I am not familiar with all the Omas models you listed, but I will look them up. Thanks for telling me about them!
So sorry to hear! I hope you can get them repaired someday.
I don’t know who to go to for repairing leaky pens, especially ones that are not being produced any more. I figure, at least the pen still works, I just need to wipe off the grip each time. Also, I have found that as I use up the ink in the pen it is less leaky. I may try filling it less in the first place and seeing if that makes it less leaky. As for loose caps, the tape method isn’t too bad for tightening them up. Thanks for your sympathy in this matter. I am still enjoying these pens (except the one that completely doesn’t work).
there are a lot of talented pen enthusiasts in the community. Try to find one, they can sometimes work wonders, hang on to your pens, put out the word, and wait to find someone who is willing to work on your pens in a very careful and sensitive way
Thanks! I will hold onto these pens. I still use all but the one that has a broken piston. I find that the Ogiva leaks less if I store it clip side down. I don’t know why. Someday maybe I will find someone who can fix the workings of these pens. The only pen repair I usually hear about is nib repair, but that’s not what I need.
There's no reason a pen should ever sit for months with ink behind the piston seal. Regardless of how busy a service place is, they can take a pen apart and make sure it's clean, even if they can't repair it until later. They caused the damage in the pen, and they should make it right.
But this is why I would never send a pen to anyplace that has a waiting list that long. There's no reason to do so. A repair like that should take minutes, had it been disassembled and cleaned when it arrived, as it should have been. That's pretty shoddy business practicce. I never, ever left a pen sitting for more than a couple of days before making sure it wasn't deteriorating while I did other things. No repair person I know would do that.
As for the leaky pen, it's almost certainly a problem caused by the way the nib was changed. If a pen doesn't leak before someone works on it, and does leak after, then the person who did the work should make it right. But this is a risk you take when you have something done at a pen show. Better to wait until the show is over and send someone the pen. Then they have time to check their work before sending the pen back to you.
People need to beheld responsible for problems they cause when working on a pen. Or when they allow a pen to sit with ink where it doesn't belong for months. Responsible people do not allow such things to happen, and they stand behind their work. . .or their irresponsible lack of of proper pen storage.
Everything you say here is correct. Your point about how quickly a pen can be taken apart by a professional and cleaned does make me feel that the repair person was partly to blame for the pen becoming unusable. Before now, I mostly blamed myself for not considering the extra damage that would occur to the pen after the ink which was trapped in it dried out. That ink never dried out while I had the pen and I feel that the main damage was done when the ink dried up after I mailed the pen away.
Getting a pen fixed at a show seemed ideal because I didn’t need to mail the pen away, but that didn’t work out for me either. The repairer at the show did take another of my pens home with him and mail it back to me later, but he felt that the nib swap was a quick repair and did it on the spot. After searching the Fountain Pen Network for reasons why the feed area of my pen leaks, I found out that Omas pens can easily be cracked in that area when replacing the nib. I have found that storing the pen clip side down helps. I don’t know why.
It is hard to find good fountain pen repair people. There are several nib meisters, but I can’t find people to fix the inner workings of the pen. It is especially hard with Omas pens because the parts are no longer being made. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks for watching my videos and commenting!
If that happened to me I'd be devastated. I'm already dissapointed I ruined my pilot Metropolitan in attempt to fix the nibs and if I bought such a pen then I'd be down for a long time.
I think you need to find people who like to tinker with pens and a well known nib smith to fix your problems someone who actually knows what they are doing. I for one am new to the hobby but I think if you look around hard enough you might fond someone who can help you solve that.
I was devastated when my first Omas pen broke. In the end, since I was able to get my favorite nib put on an Arco Bronze pen, I ended up with a pen I liked even better than the one that broke. In the last few weeks I have been keeping the pen that leaks around the grip section with the clip facing down and it hasn’t leaked. Hopefully, this will continue to work for me. It is a lot easier to find someone to tune a nib than it is to find someone to fix the internal workings of the pen. So, currently I am not having any problems with my pens that I consider to be serious. I hope things go well with your pens. Fountain pens frequently have problems to solve, but I think it is worth it. Thanks for watching and commenting!