One more incoming! Omas Paragon Noir

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This is the last one for a few weeks . So today was a scary day for fountain penning. For one DHL left the pen on my door step without notifying me it was delivered. I went home at lunch on the off chance it was there and, sure enough, there is was. I ordered the pen from a very reputable dealer in Malaysia and the shipping was super fast. I open the packaging and got the pen out. I went through the usual cleaning out with a drop of soap in water but after unscrewing the piston filler, the knob just kept spinning. That's bad!! Apparently the knob was stuck tight to the threads and trim ring and just unscrewed the piston from the body. So this was scary. Really scary. I had no experience working on an Omas before today. Expensive pen from a company out of business with no warranty bought from out of the country. Luckily I was able to loosen the cap after pulling the piston assembly out of the pen and add some shellac to the body side of the threads. I added some silicone to the piston filler threads and where it meets the pen body to slick it up a little. I put it back together and went back to work, letting it dry. I inked the pen but later the cap was very tight on the pen to line up the facets. I uncapped the pen and the pen body started turning in my hand while the cap is stationary........oh $&*@! What's this all about!? The section had sort of expanded and grabbed the threads too tight. I was able to get the cap off by unscrewing the piston filler. Not sure how that worked exactly. Some how I was able to twist the body to get the cap to align by holding the section. The piston side is still a little tight but it's not seizing up anymore. When putting the cap on, the whole pen kind of creaked a little. Those threads were cut too tight or something. I added silicone to the threads on the section and now it's fine. Everything lines up and the pen writes great. The nib is a little off center to the feed but I'm not touching it! Ebonite feed, Omas out of business, I have bad luck with feeds........nope run away! I need a drink! I think I misunderstood the astethics of the pen when looking at the pictures. It's the same Paragon form factor as the other models but the ruthenium and rice grain pattern make it look very modern in person. It took me a while to get used to it but I really like it now. The body reminds me of the rear grille on a Ferrari 360 Challenge car and it sort of shimmers and reflects the light in a certain way that looks very futuristic. Anyway here's some pics of the pen.