txbob
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Browsing at Walmart I found the package shown below, containing two pens and two spare refills, for $3.99. The point is exposed/covered by extending/retracting the lower barrel from the upper barrel.
Here's the pen extended, next to a slimline:
Here's the same pen retracted:
If you separate the top and bottom barrels you get a set of parts that looks like this:
It looks to me like someone could take the pen apart, use the upper barrel like a brass tube to add a wooden sleeve to it, and reassemble the pen. My problem is that I'm on the road and don't have a shop available, so I'd like someone else to try my idea and see how it works. Anybody wanna accept the challenge?
The pen shown has a blue upper barrel and gold plated fittings. The last ones I bought have red upper barrels and chrome fittings. The lower barrel is aluminum. Be careful when you take the pen apart, it's easy to lose those two little brass pieces.
Let me know if you try it. It should make a pen that's really different. Especially if you leave off the clip, to make a purse pen, and top it with a wooden finial.
Keep on turning,
Bob (txbob)
Here's the pen extended, next to a slimline:
Here's the same pen retracted:
If you separate the top and bottom barrels you get a set of parts that looks like this:
It looks to me like someone could take the pen apart, use the upper barrel like a brass tube to add a wooden sleeve to it, and reassemble the pen. My problem is that I'm on the road and don't have a shop available, so I'd like someone else to try my idea and see how it works. Anybody wanna accept the challenge?
The pen shown has a blue upper barrel and gold plated fittings. The last ones I bought have red upper barrels and chrome fittings. The lower barrel is aluminum. Be careful when you take the pen apart, it's easy to lose those two little brass pieces.
Let me know if you try it. It should make a pen that's really different. Especially if you leave off the clip, to make a purse pen, and top it with a wooden finial.
Keep on turning,
Bob (txbob)
