"value" of kits

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All other features of a pen not withstanding,blank type, embellishemnts,plating, style,etc...
Do you think a potential buyer views a "Parker" type refill pen a higher quality pan than a "Cross" type refill?
 
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No mine have not, it seems that many have the idea that a rollerball is worth more than a ballpoint but a BP is a BP. There are a lot of people who believe that Cross is a top quality writing instrument.

Most of my customers, even the collectors, after being assured that refills are easily found go by looks and then feel in the hand while writing.
 
I have been using slime lines for my antler and shell casing pens.
They are easily customizeable and are very forgiving.
When I pull the pen apart and see that skimpy little refill I think of the the big fat advertizing or novelty pens. I hope my pens are viewed as novel but not a novelty like you wood get at a carnival midway.(Remember the leg lamp the father won on "Christmas Story"?)
Between cutting the casings roughing and turning the antler then the finishing there is a couple of hours involved in them not to mention the cost of either buying or begging materials,wear and tear on tools and shop utilities.
I need to charge for my time in those pens.( in all my work).That particular pen takes a lot more time than most, but the remarks about it fromthis group make me feel That I reall came out with a good design.
I just feel for the small increase in cost a "Parker" type refill pen is a more ,I'm not sure how to say it,quality isn't the right word,I think the buyer would be more impressed seeing a Parker type refill than the thinner "Cross" type inside the pen, that were getting more "value".
Those are my thoughts.
 
Long before I had any understanding at all to the quality of the pen mechanism, my early customers expressed this very point. Quite frankly, this was their ranking. I'm not sure I fully agree with them because I am a heavy-handed, left-handed scribbler.

Lowest quality to highest.
5. Cross
4. Parker standard refill.
3. Rollerbal standard refill.
2. Parker Gel refill.
1. Rollerball Gel refill.
 
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5. Cross
4. Parker standard refill.
3. Rollerbal standard refill.
2. Parker Gel refill.
1. Rollerball Gel refill.
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I thought that all rollerballs used a water-based ink?? Never heard of a gel rollerball. If such an animal really exists, where can I get one??
 
I haven't sold enough pens to have formed an opinion. Personally, I prefer the Parker to the Cross and like the gel better than the standard ink. My top choice, though, is the rollerball!!
 
Randy,

Here is but one reference to Gel Rollerball. I hope this helps. Basically, any pen that takes a rollerball refill will take one of these Gel rollerballs. I know this because I have done it. A few kits that come to mind are: PSI Classic Rollerball, PSI Classic Elite Rollerball, CSUSA Gentlemen's Rollerball...

PSI Catalog Page 62

Oh, BTW, I like the regular rollerball better than the Gel because I am a baaaaad left-handed writer and smear the gel all over the place.
 
Thanks, Chuck!! You know, I've looked at that page 20 times and it just never registered. I was zeroing in on the red Parker refills which I like to use.....but they are devilishly hard to find in the local office supply stores.
 
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