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Filling in imprints? Who does it and why?


Alriel

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Hello All,

 

I was just admiring an MB 246 that had imprint that had a gold color to it. On the other hand, my MB 344G does not have a filled in imprint.

Have you ever thought of filling in an imprint when it never had one before? If so, what can you use so that it is reversible?

 

No imprints filled by my hand.

 

Alriel

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I'm not sure what you mean by filling. There are two possibilites:

 

1. Some people fill the imprint temporarily for visibility with either chaulk or a special crayon.

 

2. There are people who offer services to remove imprints basically by polishing it out.

 

I'm not an expert, but those are my guesses

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I'm not sure what you mean by filling. There are two possibilites:

 

1. Some people fill the imprint temporarily for visibility with either chaulk or a special crayon.

 

2. There are people who offer services to remove imprints basically by polishing it out.

 

I'm not an expert, but those are my guesses

Sorry for the confusion. I meant that the imprint is visible because there is a contrasting color - in the MB 246 case, it is a black cap with gold color filled in. Just curious what materials are out there that can enhance the imprint's visibility while being able to remove it easily.

Chalk is a good candidate, but it seems that it can be rubbed off easily. What kind of crayons are you thinking of?

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Alriel -

 

I know that Jim M does it because most of his pics have imprints filled in. I have done it on a couple of parkers and modern Conklins.

 

I use either a china marker (grease pencil) or Caran d'Ache makes a water soluble crayon. Dick Blick has them both.

 

Here's an example of a Challenger I filled in:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/justiniano/DSCN2722.jpg

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i'm not wild about this. I suppose that as long as it's not permanent then it's totally up to the user/owner. But I'd rather only do that if the imprint was originally highlighted. And I'm not a purist - based on the polishing discussion I think that's obvious. So - I can't really say why I don't like it. Aesthetics for the most part - my own personal opinion of what is attractive and what isn't.

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hmm Kcat, you SOUND like a purist.

 

I haven't tried to take mine off, but Jim assures me it comes right out. Frankly, if the imprint is shallow its not that easy to get the grease in and keep it in when you buff it. I tried to fill a couple a Esterbrook imprints and I buffed the grease right out. DAMN Esterbrooks (KEEEEITH!)

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