A rose by another other name is still a rose

[navycop]

Can you tell me why there are so many names for the same pen kit? I like the Wall Street II pens because of the single body. I see they are the same style as: Gatsgy, Le Roi, Sierra, The Speakeasy.
ps. I heard the Le Roi is good because the final does the twisting and the pen doesn't come apart in 3 peices.

 

[ed4copies]

Can you tell me why there are so many names for the same pen kit? I like the Wall Street II pens because of the single body. I see they are the same style as: Gatsgy, Le Roi, Sierra, The Speakeasy.
ps. I heard the Le Roi is good because the final does the twisting and the pen doesn't come apart in 3 peices.

Because they are NOT the SAME pen kit.

A Chevy, oldsmobile or cadillac share many of the same parts, but are made in different factories to different tolerances.

So are pens.

 

[Emery]

Along the same line. I would appreciate some the more experienced turners making a list of similar kits that use the same bushings. I might try a new kit more often if I knew I already owned the bushings.

 

[ctubbs]

Look here, http://www.penturners.org/forum/f139/iap-library-general-reference-77366/, then scroll down to Pen info or something like that. The Library is chock full of gret information.
Charles