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Good day all. I recently filled my MB WE Oscar Wilde with Waterman Aquamarine - a mixture of equal parts Waterman Green and Waterman South Sea Blue. To my dismay, when I cleaned the pen yesterday, I noticed some staining on the barrel, mostly (but not exclusively) next to / around the grip section. I have tried friction - a cloth and water + dish detergent - but it only faded away slightly. Any suggestions? I do not want to harm the instrument, obviously. Many thanks! MS

 

PS - My MB WE collection is currently 12 pens.... '92 - '97, '99 - '01, '04, '08, and '13. They are incredible.

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Doesn't sound very good. Do you think the ink seeped through the barrel or somehow leaked and ended up staining the bit it did?

 

Some photos may assist people in offering advise. Mine would be to take it to MB and see what they say.

 

Sounds like you've got a good few of the WE pens. Any plans on getting more? I found collecting them a very addictive past time.

My Collection: Montblanc Writers Edition: Hemingway, Christie, Wilde, Voltaire, Dumas, Dostoevsky, Poe, Proust, Schiller, Dickens, Fitzgerald (set), Verne, Kafka, Cervantes, Woolf, Faulkner, Shaw, Mann, Twain, Collodi, Swift, Balzac, Defoe, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Saint-Exupery, Homer & Kipling. Montblanc Einstein (3,000) FP. Montblanc Heritage 1912 Resin FP. Montblanc Starwalker Resin: FP/BP/MP. Montblanc Traveller FP.

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Thank you BrandonA. I live and work in Saudi Arabia, and there is an excellent MB Service Centre in Jeddah.. Next time I am there, I will take my Wilde in to them.

 

I think you are right about the cause as well, which means that my attempts to remedy the situation will be wholly futile.

 

Unless I miss my guess, there are no holes in your WE collection at all... it is complete, yes? You are right on the money (pun intended) when you observe that acquiring Writer's Editions is very addictive. I started out determined to buy one of each type / category as identified by goodguy...a modest collection of four - Dumas, Dosteovsky (Richard Binder's pick), Shaw, and Kafka. Somehow the whole thing just got away from me... Such is life, eh?!

 

Best regards, MS

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