This discussion reminds me of the discussions I have read about personalized Parker 51s, which usually seemed to be on the barrel. Some like the personalizations and favored keeping them, some wished them gone. I personally felt some discomfort with them on pens I bought used, and I replaced all those barrels. In cases where the barrel or other part could not be replaced, as with a name on a plum fountain pen, I didn't buy the pen. I considered some Montblanc pens with personalized clips, but just didn't buy them. I knew something would bother me about those pens, and there were other pens in the resale market.
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