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Oops, sorry, its called "Great Knobs" its sold by a guy in San Jose who mostly caters to pen collectors. "Pensbury" is the name of his business.
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Dave,That is a great tip for recoloring hard rubber butt plates.How well do you suspect it will last? On another note I once knew a girl......Aw never mind...
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Thanks Dave, just ordered a bottle for my NH, it's but plate has turned a lite brown for some reason.
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Bob,I have seen this"lightning or turning brown" on many of the Dogshead butt plates. I think it is just the natural aging process of the gutta percha that they are made from. Or it may be a result of excess sunlight...
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01-24-2010, 06:13 AM | #7 | ||||||
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Learn something new here every day! Makes for a good Parker trivia question!
http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1456
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01-24-2010, 09:19 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Gutta percha
Gutta Percha was an imitation? a synthetic? rubber like substance made from the sap of other than rubber trees. Henley's Formulas(1907) gives a process for making imitation gutta percha from the black extract of birch bark and india rubber.
The 1899 Parker catalog identifies the DHBP as the "rubber butt". This might be translated to the American version containing india rubber. The fact that dhbp's and grip caps lighten indicates that lampblack was not used as a sunlight inhibitor, as it is in modern rubber products. Best, Austin |
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01-24-2010, 09:29 AM | #10 | ||||||
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Dave,
By the wear on your butt plate I would suspect your hammered Parker has not seen heavy use. What is it? Harry |
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