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Have you ever had a pen whose body stinks, as in smell? I have a Bexley America the Beautiful. Years ago when purchased, it had a kind of plastic toy smell. It was not a harsh smell, kind of a smell reminding me of those hard plastic toys of my youth. Now, it has a definite different odor, reminding me of one of those gumball machine toys. It stinks! At first, thought the current smell was my imagination.Yet, each time I fill the converter, and put the body parts back together, I smell it. When I post the cap, I smell it. I don't have to press my nose against it to do so either. Now, weeks ago, changed it's original nib for one which writes like a dream. It is smooth, flows across the page better than originally; It is perfectly wet, an XF producing a perfect line. Did I mention it is beautifully red? Once again I am enamored with this pen. Tell me if you had a similar decision to make, what would you do? Ignore the smell and write on? Or would you put it back in its box and find a new love?