What to do with kit refills?

[shortz1lla]

I found older posts regarding this but the answers left something to be desired.

For the most part kit refills are terrible, thus they are unworthy of a handcrafted pen. I want the writing experience to be as nice as possible, otherwise what's the point? I like the MilyLime and Dayacom refills, but primarily replace kit refills with Schmidt easyFlow 9000s.
I have a bag full of kit refills that will eventually turn into two bags, then three, etcetera.

For those of you, like me, who replace kit refills, what do you do with your ever-growing collection?

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Smitty37]

I found older posts regarding this but the answers left something to be desired.

For the most part kit refills are terrible, thus they are unworthy of a handcrafted pen. I want the writing experience to be as nice as possible, otherwise what's the point? I like the MilyLime and Dayacom refills, but primarily replace kit refills with Schmidt easyFlow 9000s.
I have a bag full of kit refills that will eventually turn into two bags, then three, etcetera.

For those of you, like me, who replace kit refills, what do you do with your ever-growing collection?

Thanks,
Joe

Buy kits that come with no refill or with the refills you want to use....On a 2nd note - not everyone feels the way you do and they are pretty easy to give away in the deals forum here.

 

[Dan Masshardt]

Sell cheap. Trade. Put in lower end pens.

Keep in your pens and then switch out a higher quality one when selling the pen.

Are a few options that come to mind.

Personally, I don't toss the stock refills aside automatically. I find the quality to vary quite a bit. If it writes well, I'll keep it in a pen or at least keep it around to offer someone as a freebie extra.

 

[JD Combs Sr]

I throw it in with the pen as a freebie with a note about how I have upgraded the refill to a premium one and they can keep the original or not.

 

[shortz1lla]

I throw it in with the pen as a freebie with a note about how I have upgraded the refill to a premium one and they can keep the original or not.

Not sure why this never occurred to me. Make it their responsibility, that's actually one of the best solutions I could hope for.

 

[LeeR]

I don't sell pens, I give them away. But I do use an upgraded refill when I give it away, and include the standard as an extra. Most of my gifts go to relatives or friends, and so I'm not too concerned about reputation based on refill quality ... :wink:

 

[Dan Masshardt]

Not sure why this never occurred to me. Make it their responsibility, that's actually one of the best solutions I could hope for.

The other nice thing is that if their good ink goes dead, they have another ink to use while they wait to get a replacement of the better quality.

 

[toddlajoie]

Some prefer them. My wife is one, so she has a near infinite supply of parker style ball points. The big advantage of the "cheap kit ink" is that it will write on nearly everything short of wax paper... The "good ink" often has problems with store credit card receipts (ESPECIALLY those stores with the little screen and the really cheap all plastic pen they want you to sign your name with!!!) and paper that has been printed on some laser printers (ours at work uses an oil in the process that stops the good ink from writing on anywhere that has been printed on. Makes marking up photos a real pain....)

 

[Mack C.]

I found older posts regarding this but the answers left something to be desired.

For the most part kit refills are terrible, thus they are unworthy of a handcrafted pen. I want the writing experience to be as nice as possible, otherwise what's the point? I like the MilyLime and Dayacom refills, but primarily replace kit refills with Schmidt easyFlow 9000s.
I have a bag full of kit refills that will eventually turn into two bags, then three, etcetera.

For those of you, like me, who replace kit refills, what do you do with your ever-growing collection?

Thanks,
Joe

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