My only real horror story involved an ancient Mabie Todd BCHR. It a wonderful over / under feed and was full flex. For some reason, I decided to pull the nib and clean everything. I was curious about the split feed. I was trying to gently pull the nib and heard a sickening crunch. I hadn't been collecting long and I didn't know hard rubber could "crunch". I can still hear that sound and feel the rubber shatter. When the section broke, it broke the split feed. I still have that nib somewhere. It's a tiny thing.
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