Jonathan
July 29th, 2013, 09:27 PM
Folks --
The "Majestic" flat-top you see in the photo is a third-tier pen and quite inexpensive, but its color has stayed perfect since ~1920, and I'd like to treat it properly. (I think of it as a "poor man's Duofold Mandarin: :-)
The original sac is the rather grotesquely biological-looking object at the bottom of the photo. As you can see, it's mummified itself in an odd cigar-wrapper-like membrane -- the ink inside is still glossy black -- and has stayed somewhat flexible. Do you think the pen owes its perfect color to the way the sac happened to deteriorate? Would I be pushing my luck if I were to install a standard sac? If I did so, how long could I leave it in the pen before I'd have to initiate an obsessive schedule of checks for discoloration? Or should I order one of the silicone ones to be on the safe side?
Thanks,
Jonathan
4251
The "Majestic" flat-top you see in the photo is a third-tier pen and quite inexpensive, but its color has stayed perfect since ~1920, and I'd like to treat it properly. (I think of it as a "poor man's Duofold Mandarin: :-)
The original sac is the rather grotesquely biological-looking object at the bottom of the photo. As you can see, it's mummified itself in an odd cigar-wrapper-like membrane -- the ink inside is still glossy black -- and has stayed somewhat flexible. Do you think the pen owes its perfect color to the way the sac happened to deteriorate? Would I be pushing my luck if I were to install a standard sac? If I did so, how long could I leave it in the pen before I'd have to initiate an obsessive schedule of checks for discoloration? Or should I order one of the silicone ones to be on the safe side?
Thanks,
Jonathan
4251