Lou,
With the black cap, could you get away with putting a red inlace on each end of the pen to eliminate the section that has the slight imperfection? If you choose to do this, mount a washer (Preferably CA-resistant material) next to the bushing (touching the brass tube). Then, turn off the "bad" section, down to the brass. Fill with inlace and CA.
While I am pretty confident you have done this before and did NOT need this detail, I hope it may help others who have encountered the "end of the pen" problems. I use it (as one method) whenever I get chips in polyresins at the ends. I DO, generally, use the same technique at BOTH ends, even if only one end is "damaged". I think it makes the pen look more "planned" than the "one-end repair" that screams "OOOOOPPPPPSSSSS"!!![
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Oh, Great looking pen Lou and Eagle. But, you both KNEW that!!![
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