I picked up a neat old Waterman Commando at an estate sale for $8 this morning. It's got some brassing and plenty of scratches, but the real problem is a terrible case of teeth marks.

It has a lovely and rather flexy 14k nib. I'm still waiting for the shellac on the new sac to dry, so I haven't written with it yet. But, I have a feeling that it's going to be nice!

I wonder if anyone here has a black Commando barrel in their parts bucket? I sure would like to get rid of the dental record that some knucklehead left on it

Has anyone used a filler like Bondo or somesuch to fill such things? (these are really really deep indentations) I'm thinking about filling it with bondo, chucking it in a drill press to sand it to shape, and spraying it black with a rattle can. It can't come out much worse than it is now...

Oh well, just thinking out loud.

Cheers! mike