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RayF

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Dec 2, 2018

Not a bad looker in gold or silver--nothing really interesting about the black version, but black nibs, on the other hand are to fountain pens what whitewalls are to tires, so unless one drives a Dusenburg, nix on that one. I forced myself to suffer through his as-usual, longwinded video review (does anyone really care about boxes, packaging and whatever else comes with a pen, that is NOT the pen?) for one purpose and that was to have only one question answered and it was not! The answer to my unanswered question, and the only reason I would consider this pen is: can it, or can it not, be safely converted to an eye-dropper fill?! Clever and appealing as the pen's design is, there is nothing appealing about looking through a clear barrel/body only to see a converter looking back at you (converters are functional, but not pretty). Conversely, if that pen was converted to an eyedropper, looking at a quart or two of my favorite color of ink, would be pretty stunning. Which brings me back to the safe bit--it does appear that while one set of threads is plastic, the other portion appears to be metal. Metal to metal is never good option for eyedropper experimentation (plastic to plastic almost never fails) but I've never tried a plastic to metal mate-up. My guess is that if properly coated with silicone grease the threads would seal--at least enough for home use, I wouldn't put in my pocket and head into town (so to speak). Hopefully someone who owns this pen can weigh in on the subject?

Dec 2, 2018

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The_Jniac

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Dec 2, 2018

RayFIt seems like it could, but the metal portion at the rear of the pen body is hollow and the metal is exposed, which could present a corrosion risk.

Dec 2, 2018

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RayF

22220

Dec 3, 2018

The_JniacGood point, but you know what I say? I say corrosion be damned, full speed ahead--life is too short to stare at a plastic converter. Know what else I say? I say: "Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side, alright, huh
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side Know what the colored girls say? The colored girls say:
"Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo"

(Cue the saxophone) Know what ah mean Vern?

Dec 3, 2018