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I mean actively polish your pens to a shine. As in every week you check your pens and polish those that look unshiny.

 

I'm an occasional polisher as in if there was event or somewhere new I'm going to. I polish my pocket pens. (And anything metal I wear.)

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In a word, no. But when they aren't being used they are in a pen wrap. The one I like best is cloth made by alc3261. Does a pretty good job of that by itself.

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I mean actively polish your pens to a shine. As in every week you check your pens and polish those that look unshiny.

 

I'm an occasional polisher as in if there was event or somewhere new I'm going to. I polish my pocket pens.

 

Nope.

 

Not even..now and then.

 

Hope this was helpful..and your mileage may vary.

 

Fred

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No, but I have been contemplating polishing them up and even have a bunch of things picked out from LeeValley to do the job. Now it just remains to be seen whether I go through with it or not. I do have a Vacumatic Deb I got for $30 on the way so that might just serve as a guinea pig before I go ahead with my more expensive pens...

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No, though I do wipe them down to get rid of fingerprints.

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No, not on a regular basis.

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No

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When I use my vanishing points I tend to always find myself rubbing the finger prints off them. I'll write for 5 minutes then wipe. NOT that they need to be but I am becoming more OCD I guess and if I pause to think of what I need to write next I start my wiping the pen clean. And I click it a lot.. people probably hate that in public too.. oh well :D

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Clean off: every now and then. Polish, as in remove even small amounts of material to resurface: no, though I have carefully hand-polished one or two vintage pens with good results

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When I mean polish. I mean with a good rag and (also some muscle) some waxy chemical to give it a ultra shine. Not using a buffer wheel and abrasives.

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I clean them, but scratches are character. I do my best to keep the ones I'm using clean, and general handling and cleaning keep them shiny.

 

Paul

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Nope, just wipe off fingerprints now and then. Usually only when I want to use a pen in a picture.

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in the past no, but it has been on my mind to the degree that I just started with my pens that I finished using last week......So Now, everytime I cleanout a pen and retire it to a case somwhere it will get waxed!

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I have a sterling silver pen, and it gets slightly tarnished if I don't use it often enough. But I don't polish it; the tarnish disappears with a little use.

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