Sierra rattle

[rwfish]

I like using the sierra kits but they seem to have a rattle noise at the tip. I am not sure if it is the spring or the ink or both. Anyone experience this and/or have a fix for it?

 

[PenPal]

At last something to startle a Rattlesnake.

Peter.

 

[leehljp]

I have had that on two Seirras that were several years old - the nib (or as some have lately written "nose cone") gets loose from the metal sleeve above it. Very slightly loose, and yet as I write with it, there is a slight click like noise. I fixed both by taking it off and applying a light coat of epoxy and putting it back together.

 

[magpens]

Hank,

When you took it apart to apply the epoxy, did the metal sleeve actually separate from the nose cone?

Reason I ask is there was recently another thread about deliberately doing this and then replacing the metal sleeve with another material.

I have had that on two Seirras that were several years old - the nib (or as some have lately written "nose cone") gets loose from the metal sleeve above it. Very slightly loose, and yet as I write with it, there is a slight click like noise. I fixed both by taking it off and applying a light coat of epoxy and putting it back together.

 

[leehljp]

Hank,

When you took it apart to apply the epoxy, did the metal sleeve actually separate from the nose cone?

Reason I ask is there was recently another thread about deliberately doing this and then replacing the metal sleeve with another material.

I have had that on two Seirras that were several years old - the nib (or as some have lately written "nose cone") gets loose from the metal sleeve above it. Very slightly loose, and yet as I write with it, there is a slight click like noise. I fixed both by taking it off and applying a light coat of epoxy and putting it back together.

Yes, on one it was loose by the center band and by the nose cone, IIRC, but on the other - it was loose up close to the centerband only. These two pens were made around 2008 or 2009, and they came loose around 2014 - 2016. I fixed them with epoxy as mentioned.

The thread you referred to - I think I saw it. I had the same idea back when I was in Japan and tried to take one apart, and could not without tearing up the piece between the nose cone and the center band. I never did get time to build my own before I moved back to the States, but I still have those parts somewhere.

This brings up: how does one carefully - without causing damage - separate that piece from the nose cone and center band on a "good" Sierra component? My two above came apart from overuse, too much pressure and age. With a press and care it could probably be done without causing damage, IMHO.

 

[magpens]

Hank ... Thank you for reply.

I think, IIRC, that there is an article or a thread about doing this, but I could be wrong.

 

[rwfish]

thanks everyone.