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So I got an Eversharp Skyline from a seller that claims it was a model from '46. It was cheap so I decided to adopt as my first vintage and my first gold nib. I saw a video of it working so I know there's flow. I got it today and started looking into maintenance, first thing was cleaning/dissassembling so that's where I'm at. The thing was filthy, I've washed it and gone through it with quite a few cotton swabs and I'm still removing black ink from the feed section and the cap. It also has a few scratches on the plastic and the clip seems to have some rust on the inner parts. The plastic on the pen is not broken and besides looking a bit worn seems to be ok. I don't want it to be perfect, but how do I go about removing the rust on the metal and polishing the outer plastic? Also, anyone knows where I can get a replacement clip? The one on it is broken and was soldered back right on the double checkmark area :'D I'm not bothering with removing the pressure bar/lever as they seem to work fine and are beyond what I feel confident in dissassembling. I've been looking around but also don't want to be too rough and ruin an otherwise working pen.