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Ever try making franken-pens? I made one with the cheapest... Jinhao I think and a friend's unmarked, broken pen; a brass nib iirc. Works better than the expe

Ever try making franken-pens? I made one with the cheapest... Jinhao I think and a friend's unmarked, broken pen; a brass nib iirc. Works better than the expensive pelikans I've tried, and was interchangeable, weirdly enough. No leaks. What you say about polymer pens could still be really expensive if they leaned into the prestige of carbon fiber or something. Weird.

TheRealPomax 4y ago
Of course. I've cut 1950's gold nibs down to #6 dimensions and used them with modern demonstrator pens with added o-rings so that no cartridges are necessary, but that's a terrible thing to tell folks they'll want to do if they're considering getting a fountain pen =)