Vanishing Fountain Pen

[louie68]

Does anyone know where i can get vanishing fountain pen kit.
Namiki Co. in Japan makes the real one.
This pen nib actually retracts back in the tube when you press the top clicker.

 

[IPD_Mrs]

Louie I think you mean vanishing. Not sure if any of the kit makers offeranything like that but I could be wrong. If anyone could figure out how to do it it would be Skiprat or Greeneyedcat.

 

[DCBluesman]

No one makes a kit for a vanishing point fountain pen.

 

[louie68]

Linda & Mike thanks for correcting my thread your right "vanishing" not varnishing I got in a hurry on this one.

 

[Buzzzz4]

I asked about this design a few months ago. I came up empty and the customer just bought one from the company.

 

[Glass Scratcher]

I have 2 VPs I prefer a an 40's period Schaffer FP, or a Tombow Zoom FP.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Nope!!!!!!! I would think it would be a nightmare to manufacture it in component form, seem we can't even get a click ballpoint that we all like.

 

[ldb2000]

I have tried a VP , it writes ok but nothing great . My biggest complaint is that the clip is in the way , very uncomfortable to write with for very long .
The design is buildable but for the amount of time it would take to fabricate the mechanism it's just not cost effective to bother with . I may take on the challenge to make one someday but I'm in no rush to try .

 

[PenWorks]

You can buy the Vanishing point nib as a unit for about 50-60 bucks. It includes the 18K nib, holder and converter as shown below. That's the easy part. Fabricating the rest of the pen is the problem.