@Lee, you mentioned you would be using the pen regularly to determine how it stood up to wear and tear. How did that turn out?
I used the pen for a about 3 years off and on (swapping it with another pen that I used regularly) and learned that it developed a shine, more like a sheen where I held it and under the clip - because of slipping it into my shirt pocket. The sheen was more like between a satin and semi-gloss finish and also like the shine on some keyboard keys after a couple of years use. The most used keys on keyboards develop a shine from use. This is what happened to that pen.
I did not disassemble and knock the sheen off but just continued to use it until a several month before moving back to the States. I moved back to the States just over a year ago and have not seen the pen since I returned. It is still in some box packed somewhere.
The pen took some drops and the CA protected it well. By having a flat finish, it did look more wood like. One thing that I will say is that I did not have many people ask about it, but when I had a shiny pen in my hand, people did ask about those. THIS brings up something that large pen sellers have said on this forum for years - Shiny sells, flat don't - except to those who specifically like the pure wood look. That is OK but the numbers are something like 100 to 1. I never had a person comment on the flat one but I did have a few comments on the shiny one.
A caveat on this last comment: In Japan, the culture as a whole values "shiny" to a higher degree than I find in the States. I do realize this is a subjective statement but when I view furniture here in the States vs Japan, there is more of a diversity here. Lacquer like shines are highly valued there.
