I think something similar has come up before with rollerball refills but it has been pointed out to me that some Schmidt 588 refills do not fit it Caballero pens. Schmidt 5888, easyFlow 5888 and Stock Rollerballs all seem to work fine. Some Schmidt 888 also work I tried several and some worked and some did not. The 888 can be made to work by sanding just a bit around the 2nd shoulder at the tip end.
This problem only exists on the Rhodium Kits at this point. It seems to be the plating might be a little too thick at that point. A lot of these kits were shipped with Schmidt 888 refills...The final fix will have to be replacement of the Schmidt 888 refills with Schmidt 5888 or equivalent I am unable to supply them at this time...If you received kits from me with 888 refills at this time I can give you an allowance of $1.00 per purchased Rhodium Caballero Kit (What I figure into the price of each kit for the refill} and you can purchase alternate refills when I can get them in Stock. I have the email address of everyone who purchased kits and will let you know when I can supply the refills which I will provide at my cost - you may keep the Schmidt 888s which will work fine in other rollerball sets including Gold Tn and Chrome Caballeros.. Mean time the method above is a work around for the problem.
This problem only exists on the Rhodium Kits at this point. It seems to be the plating might be a little too thick at that point. A lot of these kits were shipped with Schmidt 888 refills...The final fix will have to be replacement of the Schmidt 888 refills with Schmidt 5888 or equivalent I am unable to supply them at this time...If you received kits from me with 888 refills at this time I can give you an allowance of $1.00 per purchased Rhodium Caballero Kit (What I figure into the price of each kit for the refill} and you can purchase alternate refills when I can get them in Stock. I have the email address of everyone who purchased kits and will let you know when I can supply the refills which I will provide at my cost - you may keep the Schmidt 888s which will work fine in other rollerball sets including Gold Tn and Chrome Caballeros.. Mean time the method above is a work around for the problem.
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