Refinishing A Maple Wood Fountain Pen

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Hi all, I want to Refinishing a Maple Wood Fountain Pen... This one ( http://www.jetpens.com/A.G.-Spalding-Bros-BRFT220-Fountain-Pen-Maple-Wood-Beige-Medium-Nib/pd/2032 ).

 

What I want to do is sand it down a bit because it has a semi-gloss finish to it, what I want to do is stain the wood black and then put some kind of lacquer or varnish or something to seal it and bring it back to the semi-gloss finish it has now.

 

I want the varnish or whatever to be safe after it dries because it is a writing instrument and I really don't want to hold a poison pen all day long ya know... :-)

 

Anybody have any suggestions as to what to use that is safe and will seal the wood and make it semi gloss or gloss if I have no other choice?

 

Thanks peps!

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