stuckinohio
Member
Hello,
I found an earlier post from a member @wimkluck using hardware acquired from Germany and I liked the looks of it, so I started searching to find where to buy it. I found the site and corresponded back and forth with the owner with questions about sizing and the refills.
www.liebensteiner-shop.de
I decided upon the Berlin clickers without tubes or threaded inserts shown below and some of the other kits.
The Berlin uses the Schmidt SKM-88 and has threaded nose cone of the same thread as clicker. The hardware is .356 at the nose cone and around .352 at the clip and click mechanism. So it's quite thin. It achieves this thin diameter by using a non-standard G1 type refill. Papermate was the original maker of this style but discontinued them. Apparently a German company manufactures them now under the name Schneider Express 225. They are somewhat hard to get in the states, so I bought 50 at the same time as the hardware (and will buy more next time I order).
I have previously made several custom click pens using the Schmidt click mechanism and making my own threaded nose cone. But the nose cone for the Berlin is Top notch and I don't have to spend 2 hours turning, drilling, sanding and polishing. So I can make a quality thin click pen that looks custom but I don't have to charge custom pen prices.
Time will tell if the refill is an issue. But so far it writes great.
The purple pen is from the Pensmiths aka @Racer3770 called Wonka Berry
The blue pen beneath that is also from the Pensmiths called Blue Steel
The pink/red pen is Erinoid from The Turners Workshop in the U.K.
The wood pen is Honduran Rosewood Burl, no finish applied.
I found an earlier post from a member @wimkluck using hardware acquired from Germany and I liked the looks of it, so I started searching to find where to buy it. I found the site and corresponded back and forth with the owner with questions about sizing and the refills.
Schreibgeräte
www.liebensteiner-shop.de
The Berlin uses the Schmidt SKM-88 and has threaded nose cone of the same thread as clicker. The hardware is .356 at the nose cone and around .352 at the clip and click mechanism. So it's quite thin. It achieves this thin diameter by using a non-standard G1 type refill. Papermate was the original maker of this style but discontinued them. Apparently a German company manufactures them now under the name Schneider Express 225. They are somewhat hard to get in the states, so I bought 50 at the same time as the hardware (and will buy more next time I order).
I have previously made several custom click pens using the Schmidt click mechanism and making my own threaded nose cone. But the nose cone for the Berlin is Top notch and I don't have to spend 2 hours turning, drilling, sanding and polishing. So I can make a quality thin click pen that looks custom but I don't have to charge custom pen prices.
Time will tell if the refill is an issue. But so far it writes great.
The purple pen is from the Pensmiths aka @Racer3770 called Wonka Berry
The blue pen beneath that is also from the Pensmiths called Blue Steel
The pink/red pen is Erinoid from The Turners Workshop in the U.K.
The wood pen is Honduran Rosewood Burl, no finish applied.
