I usually catch 'em right after they've stained a bunch of clothes in the wash....those have emerged unscathed.
Today I am sorry to report I witnessed my first case of full wash/dry cycle survival in the pen probably least suited for this abuse:
My GvFC Intuition, with its precisely fluted ebony barrel-section. And here I was innocently convinced I'd just set it down on the wrong table.
The wood expanded a good deal in width, rendering the nib assembly screw very very sticky, and the cap very very tight, and the section feeling fat. Oddly enough, the captop logo unscrewed a bit too, causing the inner logo insert (would have thought it was one piece!) protrude a bit. That beautiful platinum-plated trumpet cap is now dented along the sides--at least the lovely clip still works properly.
Happily the wood has already shrunk back to size a bit and it seems to remain, to my surprise, completely usable. I've heard they have great customer service, so maybe they could help with the cap weirdness, if not the nib assembly mechanism.
Any others?
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