REMOVING CORPORATE LOGO FROM CROSS PEN

[lannercpa]

Is there an easy, non-destructive way to remove corporate logo badges from Cross pens?

[ZeissIkon]

Is there an easy, non-destructive way to remove corporate logo badges from Cross pens?

 

That depends how they were applied and what the barrel or cap is made from. More details?

[sirksael]

Funny this. I just yesterday removed my employer's badge from a Cross ballpoint I received a while ago Scratched the pen a bit though...

[significantpass]

I think a buff should do it.

[DSun]

Sorry to open this can of worms again, but I did sign up to FPN just to ask this same question from 12 years ago. Cross and Sheaffer solder those company badges onto the clip. How do I know this? I tried to pry the badge out from a Sheaffer Prelude with a pair of pliers. And no, you don't want to do that. So, is there an easy, non-destructive way to remove corporate logo badges from Cross (and Sheaffer) pens? I bought four of them from Ebay.

[Ron Z]

I haven't found one.  The  clip and logo were meant to be permanent. 

 

Sheaffer in essence riveted the clips on Preludes.  I cut a damaged Prelude cap apart to see if it was possible to replace an inner cap which had a worn clutch.  No non-destructive way to do it.  You are bettr off replacing the cap.   Cross clips are IIRC folded under inside and are really stiff.  They did a good job of making it tough to break one.    Any method used to remove the logo leaving the clip in place will likely damage the clip, the finish, or both.

[A Smug Dill]

4 hours ago, DSun said:

So, is there an easy, non-destructive way to remove corporate logo badges from Cross (and Sheaffer) pens?

 

Not easy readily accessible to the average consumer, but if you're not prepared to mechanically grind or sand off as much as it takes to remove just the corporate logo badges (while leaving some of the metal under the piece of graphic attached to the clip, and giving the clip a shape unlike one that never had a badge, not hiding that there was some tampering), can you at least cut off as much as you want precisely with a laser?

 

I see your basic options are:

1. leave the logo/badge untouched, clearly displaying the graphic or company name
2. deface the graphic badge just enough with home tools to leave a smooth surface, so that you're not carrying ‘advertising’ for the company with which you have no affiliation, but the pen remains obviously a souvenir item not acquired as retail stock in the first place
3. go high-end, spend as much money or effort as required, to do a clean job of either cutting off the excess metal, rehabilitating the clip's finish if necessary, or just replace the cap, if owning a pen that doesn't look like it was a souvenir item is the highest priority

 

 

Edited October 7, 2022 by A Smug Dill

[Bristol24]

6 hours ago, DSun said:

I did sign up to FPN just to ask this same question from 12 years ago.

It looks like the badges will no go without leaving their mark.  Here's hoping you sick around and become part of FPN.

 

Cliff

[dipper]

Having never seen the offending articles I just now searched on eBayUK for "Cross pen with logo", and found a few examples.

 

Those logos all appeared to be substantial rectangular slabs of metal, attached to or part of the pen clip. The logo itself seems to sit on top of those slabs of metal.

(Is that the same type of logo as being discussed here?)

 

My suggested approach for that slab type of logo is to retain the rectangular slab. It appears solidly attached to the clip, and the clip itself is relatively thin - designed to flex.

However, as the offending logo is sitting on top of the thick rectangular slab there is plenty of scope for removing that layer of paint, coloured epoxy, embossing, or whatever material has been employed to form the logo image on top of the slab.

 

Some logo images may soften with acetone. Acetone moistened cotton bud applied to the top surface only, taking care to not get any acetone on the pen body.

 

If the logo is embossed then more serious action is needed. A good (Swiss) jeweller's metal file is capable of very fine work, something like this...

https://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Vallorbe-16cm-Pillar-Needle-File---Cut-2-prcode-976-020

 

Cover all parts of the pen and clip with multiple layers of adhesive tape.

Clamp pen body gently in a vice with padded jaws. (Layers of cloth.)

File the top face of the logo rectangle down to smooth bare metal. (Keep the file clean of metal clogs, with a wire brush, for best result.)

Repeat with wet&dry papers of increasing grit numbers.

After wet&dry grit 1000 or 1200 you can probably achieve a mirror finish with a cloth and metal polish.

 

 

Are there high quality pens-with-logos sold at much lower prices than their "logo-free" cousins? Could be a new source of quality pens for me to look into buying?!

 

 

 

[A Smug Dill]

57 minutes ago, dipper said:

My suggested approach for that slab type of logo is to retain the rectangular slab.

 

Agreed. Let the pen be subjectively uglier than regular retail stock units of such models if need be, as long as it's not inappropriately bearing some other company's recognisable mark outside of Cross's. Presumably there is a price advantage in buying such pens on eBay in the first place that make putting up with the slab-with-logo on the clips worthwhile.