Pen and Pencil Sets?

[G1Pens]

I have someone who wants me to make them a pen and pencil set. So far no problem. They asked for the pencil to to be a .5 (not a .7). So far in my browsing vendors I have not see a .5. I have found a .2 and a few. 3's but no .5's. Does a .5 kit exist?

 

[thewishman]

Arizona Silhouette has some. On sale!

http://arizonasilhouette.net/New_Years_Day_Sale.htm

El Grande pen and pencil (in .5 or .7 mm)

Perfect Fits will also work.

 

[thewishman]

You can buy just the mechanism.

 

[G1Pens]

You can buy just the mechanism.

I'm a bit of a newbie....can you explain further...and where would I purchase a mechanism?

I went to Arizona's web page and do not see an El Grande pencil

 

[thewishman]

Click on the link and scroll down to the 4th listing. Right above the pictures there are blue ""click here" links that will take you directly to the pencil inserts.

http://arizonasilhouette.net/New_Years_Day_Sale.htm

 

[G1Pens]

Got my order in. Thanks.

Just curious....can the pencil mechanism be used in any pen that uses the Parker ink refill?

 

[jskeen]

Got my order in. Thanks.

Just curious....can the pencil mechanism be used in any pen that uses the Parker ink refill?

In Theory, yes. In practice, some seem to like them better than others. I've been able to get them to work in everything I've tried, eventually, but some take more fiddling than others.

 

[hilltopper46]

There is also the Pentel conversion, such as shown here. Chuck Key also provides the mandrel and other things needed to do the conversion. I've done 6 of these now and they are a nice pencil.

The pentel is available (IIRC) in .3, .5, .7 and .9 lead widths.