Parents decided less than a week ago to fly in to help unpack. They arrived two hours ago. Now my partner's entire family wants to meet them, so we're juggling moving, big life changes of job/school, and now trying to squeeze a big family gathering in the mix. So as much as I was hoping for a quiet unpacking and organizing it seems to be anything but. Oh well, it'll be a fun adventure regardless. Going to be attending the SF pen show in a few weeks to hopefully get someone to fix my partner's pen nib. It's a really nice pen but it's writing is very scratchy and gives a lot of feedback and everyone says this is the way to do it. No appointments though, it'll be a show up and hope for the best extravaganza, and I'm not super optimistic. But worst case scenario we send it back to Florida for Pilot USA to send it to Japan for a warranty claim. And that's got an ~12 week lead time without shipping times factored in. I requested a copy of my background check. Everything clear except my last job, but the only discrepancy was the job title (formal vs forward facing) so I am hoping I'm in the clear. It's been a few days and I haven't heard anything so I'm pretty optimistic at this point. Also my tuberculosis test came back clear, so that's nice!
If it qualifies for a warranty claim it should be a warranty claim. I don't know if pen people are as twitchy about chain-of-custody as watch people but if they are, "get someone to fix it" is a collector faux pas. The show is probably a good opportunity to get something to use in the meantime. Do a report. I'm curious to see what's there.
Not only do pen people not give a damn, there's a whole profession of people who fix up nibs called "nibmeisters" and some have months to years long waitlists because they're so in demand. We talked to some folks who recommended visiting the pen show for this exact purpose. Regardless, I'm confident my partner will be keeping that pen for herself forever. I still gotta do a Japan trip report let alone the pen show lol but I'll try for ya.