This pen is suicidal! The finish got messed up in the display case, and when I tried to disassemble it to repair the finish, the brass tube upper pulled out of the blank. I re-glued the upper tube back into the blank but only got it part way in before the CA glue kicked. I had to cut off the excess tube and glue it to the other end. When finally refinished and reassembled it looked good, but what a load of work!