A few days ago a Wahl Gold Seal in Coral was put up for auction on eBay. The pen had some problems - mainly severe corrosion of some sort to the hardware on the cap. Oddly the metal on the barrel seemed to be fine. In addition, the pen wasn't working - but that didn't concern me much. Other than the corrosion the pen appeared to be in great condition. The "M" on the feed still had its white color intact. Here is a picture of it:
So, I bid and won the pen. I got it in the mail today. The corrosion was pretty bad, but looking at the pen other than that it was great. The personal point, when I unscrewed it showed that it almost certainly had never been inked at all. So I attacked it with a soft cloth and Simichrome. The corrosion was so thick, I even used a small file on some of it. But it finally turned out pretty good. Here is the pen now:
Underneath the corrosion, the gold fill was still viable. In fact all the metal is now perfect. The only flaw is actually a tiny area where the corrosion ate into the plastic a tiny bit on the black cap end. This is not really noticeable, unless you know to look for it. So the pen turned out to be a bargain for the price I paid (slightly over $200). Essentially, the pen is mint and uninked. I confirmed the uninked aspect when I removed the old sac.
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