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[Richard]

Moderator's Note: Please see post #53. Richard has stated that he now surmises that the feed was not made by Bock.

 

 

I don't know what ink did this, but I think it worth pointing out that not all inks are benign. The pen is a Nettuno Nautilus; the feed, before the ink ate it, was a standard Bock feed.

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/shared/eaten_nautilus_feed.jpg

Edited December 11, 2009 by Ann Finley

[majorworks]

That is not a pretty picture. Imagine uncapping your pen to discover... that.

[penrivers]

I have 52 years with Sheaffer Skrip and thats all I want.

[alkman]

Was the feed ebonite or plastic?

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Think I'll stick with Sheaffer and Pelikan. They ain't never done nothin' like that to any of my pens.

[Seufari]

Newb here...

 

What is it supposed to look like...

[dizzypen]

Oy! I hope nothing like that happens to one of my pens!

[biffybeans]

+1

 

 

Newb here...

 

What is it supposed to look like...

[biffybeans]

Maybe it was a shellac based India Ink

 

 

I don't know what ink did this, but I think it worth pointing out that not all inks are benign. The pen is a Nettuno Nautilus; the feed, before the ink ate it, was a standard Bock feed.

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/shared/eaten_nautilus_feed.jpg

[Zaarin]

I half expect the tines of that nib to start waving about and a tinny voice to start emanating from the feed: Exterminate! Exterminate!

[Possum Hill]

I don't know what ink did this, but I think it worth pointing out that not all inks are benign. The pen is a Nettuno Nautilus; the feed, before the ink ate it, was a standard Bock feed.

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/shared/eaten_nautilus_feed.jpg

Looks like nasty stuff. Was there ink or other liquid in the pen?

 

It looks like there's an interesting story there, but if I were the owner, I wouldn't tell it.

[handlebar]

Ouch.

[bphollin]

*rushes to flush and clean his pens*

[ethernautrix]

I need more information before I can panic.

 

How long was the pen sitting with ink in it? Was it overnight? Over a month? Over two years?

[Richard]

What is it supposed to look like...

 

Like this:

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/shared/good_nautilus_feed.jpg

[Richard]

I need more information before I can panic.

 

How long was the pen sitting with ink in it? Was it overnight? Over a month? Over two years?

It doesn't matter. No fountain pen ink should eat plastic that way. I have pens with feeds like this that have sat for several months, filled, without damage.

[GouletPens]

A great example of why a pen shouldn't be filled with acetone

[Jared]

Yikes! What inks will do this? I have heard of BSB destroying Lamy feeds, but this looks terrible.

 

 

[loweevan]

There was a post with a similar picture to this awhile ago, which I can't seem to find using the FPN search function or Google. I suspect that the website cache was reset or something with the upgrades that have been happening. As I remember, that picture wasn't of this quality. The corrosion of the metal in addition to the plastic doesn't seem consistent with anything that ink would do, however.

 

Richard, what do you know about this pen? I assume that it came into your shop for repair, but perhaps that's not the case. Is it at least possible that the damage done here could have been caused by someone attempting to clean a feed that had been seriously clogged with dry ink by soaking it in something like (as GouletPens mentioned, I suspect in jest) acetone? I'm just skeptical that any ink manufacturer would produce and sell an ink that could eat at the metal like that.

[wood]

That is nasty! Any way to find out what ink caused it?

 

PB Blaster would cause that if someone sprayed it on the nib.

Edited December 9, 2009 by wood