Knew that getting the section out was highly likely to result in a crack of some kind, since it was flat out glued, not rosin or shellac, but glue.
Went ahead and cleaned and polished it up, will likely use a dab of shellac (or rosin if it'll hold firm enough) when putting the section back in, since the broken part is glued firm to the grip and provides a guide to the aged orientation and can still smoothly thread the cap.
The nib and feed that someone attempted to put into it, isn't quite right (too much gap between nib front and feed) so likely if I want to make it work in this pen, instead of using the Wahl nib in a future body, I would have to heat set it.
If the barrel material is hard rubber as I suspect, and not some odd early plastic or celluloid, I'll likely use a PVC sac so that it'll be quite some time before needing to re-sac it.
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