Golden brown, striped Waterman 513J. Medium semiflex 14K Waterman #7 size, keyhole nib. Flexes to broad plus. There is a crack in the lower body of the nib, well away from the breather hole & doesn't hinder writing at all. The cap & barrel ends are orange with celluloid necrosis. I've stabilized the surface with an acetone wash to keep it from crumbling. They are solid and stable now. The metal button on the cap is rusted/oxidized & is black. The clip has corrosion blow outs from under the plating. Honey amber visuilated section. This all sounds a lot worse than the reality of things. In the end this is just a great user pen.
$125.00
Waterman 513J
Started by Dennis Lively, Jan 03 2013 09:47 PM
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#3
Posted 04 January 2013 - 02:04 AM
Not in the slightest. Your in more danger standing next to a running car or smoking a cigarette. The sac & HR inner cap out gas sulphur in micro amounts that takes decades to effect the pen. It MAY do something to other pens if they are sealed in a closed environment for years on end. Sitting in an active tray or box thats opened once in a while will be fine. It's not like there are toxic fumes pouring off of the pen that you could set off a hazmat alarm with...lol.
#4
Posted 04 January 2013 - 03:17 AM
No I learned that the off gassing from the fluorescing would also damage other pens kept in the box and was told to keep my other pens away from them for their own safety. Perhaps this would be a good question to put before other repair individuals who have more history with such.
#6
Posted 04 January 2013 - 04:37 AM
You can call BS if you choose to, that is your choice.
How stable are the ends with the fluorescing?
As I sat at a table with a number of experts on pens last year it was explained to me to separate my bad parts of pens which had fluorescing from my good pens for their own safety. I choose to believe them and have chosen to follow that practice to save my other pens.
Once again, I choose to trust a number of different repair experts. My choice
As always, buyer beware and hopefully their decisions will be good decisions.
How stable are the ends with the fluorescing?
As I sat at a table with a number of experts on pens last year it was explained to me to separate my bad parts of pens which had fluorescing from my good pens for their own safety. I choose to believe them and have chosen to follow that practice to save my other pens.
Once again, I choose to trust a number of different repair experts. My choice
As always, buyer beware and hopefully their decisions will be good decisions.
Edited by PatMorgan, 04 January 2013 - 04:37 AM.
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