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bent clip...how to bend back without breaking?
I have a pelikan m200 that i use on a daily basis, and the other day had
it clipped in my pants pocket. i was carrying my laptop computer case, and a strap from the case got caught on the end of the clip, and i went to put the computer case down, and it bent the clip. now there is about a 1/8" gap between the bottom end of the clip and the cap. the bend is up at the top of the clip, right where it connects to the cap. it looks like it needs to be bent down instead of in toward the cap, if that makes any sense. i tried bending it with my hands, but it wont budge. i am worried if i use pliers or something that the clip will snap right off. so, my question is this: how do i bend my clip back to its original position without breaking it off? thanks in advance for any help Adam Bailey ps: if my description of my bend doesn't suffice, i can take a picture of it and post it someplace for all to see. |
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Adam Bailey wrote in message ...
I have a pelikan m200 that i use on a daily basis, and the other day had it clipped in my pants pocket. i was carrying my laptop computer case, and a strap from the case got caught on the end of the clip, and i went to put the computer case down, and it bent the clip. now there is about a 1/8" gap between the bottom end of the clip and the cap. the bend is up at the top of the clip, right where it connects to the cap. it looks like it needs to be bent down instead of in toward the cap, if that makes any sense. i tried bending it with my hands, but it wont budge. i am worried if i use pliers or something that the clip will snap right off. so, my question is this: how do i bend my clip back to its original position without breaking it off? thanks in advance for any help Adam Bailey Adam, as a long time Parker pen user, I have found that once the clip is bended, it loses its tightness and becomes loose when you clip it to the shirt pocket. This is a permanent problem and cannot be rectified by the pen amateur without breaking off the clip. That is why I have taken great pains to ensure that I do not clip the pen on to notebooks, thick pockets in thick shirts etc. When I acquire Parker ball pens on ebay, I have found some pens with the clips not as tight as they were when they were new. My suggestion is to send it to the Pelikan service center and ask them if they can repair or replace the clip for you under their lifetime warranty. But in the future, be careful when you clip the pen to anything thicker than the thinnest shirt pocket. James K. Goodwin |
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