redfishsc
Member
I was sitting in class yesterday studying Greek participles. Exciting stuff, right?
I went to take the cap off the Jr. Gent II FP and did what I always do--- I "whirled" the cap off. Not "twist" but "spun" or "freewheeled" it--- ie, spinning the cap with enough force to unscrew it and then have it revolve a time or two after the threads have separated.
The it hit me, it's rotating on the nib EXACTLY where the spiral scratches are.
It looks to me like the Delrin threads are the actual thing cutting into the plating, but I can't imagine Delrin actually doing that to black-ti plating that otherwise looks PRISTINE even after a hard year's labor.
But repetitive spins....kinda like a stone at the bottom of the creek, give the water and silt enough time and it will polish it clean.
For those of you having the spiral abrasions on your pens, are you twirling the cap as you take it off?
I went to take the cap off the Jr. Gent II FP and did what I always do--- I "whirled" the cap off. Not "twist" but "spun" or "freewheeled" it--- ie, spinning the cap with enough force to unscrew it and then have it revolve a time or two after the threads have separated.
The it hit me, it's rotating on the nib EXACTLY where the spiral scratches are.
It looks to me like the Delrin threads are the actual thing cutting into the plating, but I can't imagine Delrin actually doing that to black-ti plating that otherwise looks PRISTINE even after a hard year's labor.
But repetitive spins....kinda like a stone at the bottom of the creek, give the water and silt enough time and it will polish it clean.
For those of you having the spiral abrasions on your pens, are you twirling the cap as you take it off?