philthephlier
Member
I have messed up with at least 3 of these kits and made the same mistake all three times. Having turned several dozen pens of different model kits I had developed a form of what psychologists call persistence of set. In this case i had gotten used to the idea that pen kits with two barrels of different lengths usually use the shorter tube for the cap and the longer tube for the base. This kit is the reverse and instead of carefully reading the assembly instructions I proceeded on the assumption that this was just another kit of that type. Wrong! I wasn't wild about this kit at first because I originally had the opinion that the plastic insert that grabs the nib or the end coupler when it snaps open or closed would not hold up and would soon loosen. It has not happened with any of the pens I assembled correctly. The 24K Gold kit I will stay away from due to a plating issue but the Rhodium model makes a nice pen. Just follow the directions and everything will be jake.