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Here are three Skylines. I was trying to get the light to show off the brown and blue pens’ tortoise shell. All three needed cleaning and new ink sacs. The brown one is still in process because I can’t get it apart no matter how hard I pull and I’m afraid to break it. The nibs on these are especially smooth and nice to write with, even when I’m making tiny letters. I’ll keep posting pens as I clean and restore the ones in this box I inherited. Ideas on how to live with, use, and store a dozen or so pens welcome. They are all turning out so well I want to rotate through using them but want to make sure they don’t get all dried out and broken between rotations.

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[–] PastelKeystone@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Those are some beautiful pens. Thanks for sharing.

[–] Unattributed@feddit.online 2 points 5 months ago

Maybe for the one that's stuck you could use a heat gun or hair dryer to warm it up a bit? Might loosen things up a bit.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

One thing you can do to prevent them from drying out is to fill them with deionized water. I wouldn't leave them that way forever, but it keeps everything hydrated.