maxman400
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I am trying to learn this craft, so I am always looking for new venders and ways to improve my pen making skills. Well the other day I found this web site www.penkits.com.cn and so I checked them out and they had Jr Gents for $6.00 so ordered 6 of them and some other stuff that came to $46.00. Well at check out they got me for $27.00 shipping, (first slap). I get the stuff in by DHL and I made my first Jr Gent as I press the center band in the tube starts peeling off the clear coat so I stop to clean it off before seating, when I try to seat it the center band crushes (see photo). So I try to beat it out and it pulls out the whole tube. So to finish the pen I rob a tube and center band from another kit, not wanting to take any chances I sand off the finish down to the copper plating(under the gold). When I tried to contact the Company rep, He informed that they ship all over the world and no one else has had any problems. and he sent me the instructions on how to put the kit together (2nd slap). The instructions are the same ones that I had already, the instructions says that the center band has a black plastic piece attached to it and this one don't. So today I put 4 hours in to this pen , I even sanded the center band like I did the second one and during assembly the center band crushed..(3rd slap) I finally took some measurements the center band it 10.9mm od and the tube is 10.5mm id, the cap goes in just fine and it is 10.5 mm id.
SO needless to say I won't go back to them, Tough expensive lessen learned I guess!
SO needless to say I won't go back to them, Tough expensive lessen learned I guess!
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