My Studio paint was chipping off so I took it all off. I love the new look of the pen

[ihaveafountainpen]

[onepuff]

I agree. That looks a lot better and makes it look like a more expensive pen. Did you abrade or polish the metal surface at all?

[ihaveafountainpen]

I agree. That looks a lot better and makes it look like a more expensive pen. Did you abrade or polish the metal surface at all?

Scraped it off with a razor blade as it wouldn't scratch the metal. I gave it a quick wipe with metal polish but nothing extensive.

[jadehawk]

Looks very nice..

[Zanshin]

That's nice, I might try that with mine. It's annoying how easily the finish chips on the Studio, I barely had mine a few months when I saw the first mark.

[Newjelan]

I've noticed my Royal Red Studio has some chips on the end of the cap where it meets the pen body. It's really annoying and yours looks great but I love the red so won't be doing anything to mine.

[snedwos]

I've noticed my Royal Red Studio has some chips on the end of the cap where it meets the pen body. It's really annoying and yours looks great but I love the red so won't be doing anything to mine.

I'd be tempted to clean up the cap, but leave barrel red. It would work better the other way round I venture, though.

[earthdawn]

Well done!

That looks great.

[Newjelan]

[QUOTE=snedwos;90475]

I'd be tempted to clean up the cap, but leave barrel red. It would work better the other way round I venture, though.

It's not that noticeable (so far) and hopefully I can avoid more damage, but it's a little annoying. I agree that a red cap would look better than a red body. Although I like the way this one looks, I don't want to remove any colour from my Red one.

[Bogon07]

ihaveafountainpen, were you moving the clip back and forward with some pressure to cut through the lacquer like that ?
It looks quite nice in the stripped back metal finish.

Newjelan, my Royal Red has a couple of chips there too.

[snedwos]

My studio (before it abandoned me) was chipped behind the clip too.

[ihaveafountainpen]

ihaveafountainpen, were you moving the clip back and forward with some pressure to cut through the lacquer like that ?
It looks quite nice in the stripped back metal finish.

Newjelan, my Royal Red has a couple of chips there too.

Nope, it was my school pen so was in my pocket everyday for a year and it just gradually got worse.

[Newjelan]

. Newjelan, my Royal Red has a couple of chips there too.

Thanks for telling me Bogon07 as I thought it was something I'd done.