Pen that attracts dust?

[jimbob91577]

I have an Amboyna Burl fountain pen that I finished with friction polish, that was used last friday. I left it at work and when I came in today I noticed a gray haze on the pen. I picked it up and it had dust on it. None of the other pens on the desk seemed to have any dust on them, some finished with friction polish, some with CA.

The desk didn't seem to have any dust on it either.

Any ideas on how/why this phenomenon is occuring?

 

[Dario]

Static charge maybe?

 

[TellicoTurning]

maybe when you turned the pen you used ............





















"Dusty Amboyna" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

 

[Russianwolf]

Don't know about Amboyna, but I can't keep the Ebonite pen I turned clean. I'm fairly sure there is a small blackhole inside it.

 

[jkeithrussell]

Not to worry, the friction polish will be gone in another day or two and the dust won't stick to the wood.

 

[jimbob91577]

I've been using this pen for about 3 months now...

 

[CaptG]

Summers on the way, its shedding.

 

[hdbblue]

Must just be a very "attractive" pen

 

[Rudy Vey]

Amboyna very often displays this "dust", a very thin greyish layer of some kind. I see this all the time on my blanks, this can be wiped off easily. Sometimes, I had this happen when I used friction polish, but it normally took quite some time, say months.