Looks like the screw is made of poor quality metal and it corroded
this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2023
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I’ve had this happen with cheap pens before, it’s definitely corrosion. It doesn’t harm the pen function but if you don’t like the look you can replace it with a nylon screw which won’t react to ink.
It looks like corroded metal, maybe?
Thanks everyone! I'll rescue the pen now knowing that it's not harmful!