Hi,
Could any one tell me if the method of using heat to raise engravings as used on celluloid, will work with 100 year pens. I have been succesful with this method for vacs, but am concerned that the clear end section may be affected. But would the method work, if the end section was kept protected from the majority of the heat ?

Question is I suppose, what material is the body of these pens made from ?

Thanks,
et

Nobody got any info on this ?

et

et - hi while I am also interested in this question - here is a post I asked with similar question. Richard had some words of wisdom and an example of work he did, I hope this is somewhat informational
Removing engravings

Hi badrsj,
Thanks for the link to that thread, I do remember now, reading it before. In the past I have employed both methods on striped duofolds and vacumatics in particular, filling with the same material and also the aplication of heat to chew marks and engravings. The application of heat is the preferance, takes time and patience but the results are very good.

I have since learned, that at the advent of war, 100 year pen bodies/caps, which were made from lucite, reverted to celluloid, as the lucite was needed for the war efffort. I have with celluloid melted some scrap of the same colour with acetone as a filling material, appling thin layers at a time. If you fill it there is a tendancy air bubbles to form.

I think the pen I have maybe lucite, no real experiance of doing much with this material. If so, this begs the question, what would be used as a filling medium ?

Any help, much appreciated,

Eric

Eric
You are correct. The Hundred year Pen by Waterman was made out of Lucite by DuPont. That is as far as I can take you with regard to it's behavior with heat.
Mike