My Pelikan just broke and what do I do?

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answer:A mainstay of the industry is FPH or Fountain Pen Hospital in lower Manhattan, if they are still in business. I haven’t contacted them in years. Pelikan’s web site is no help for anyone in the US as I learned recently trying to find Pelikan ink for a visiting CEO from Germany. Try this guy http://www.hisnibs.com/ who is a pen dealer but can probably point you in the right direction… SRM

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