edstreet
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In the knife making community several years back we tested a good amount of epoxy's, put them in the dish washer, froze them, dropped them, hammered them, acid bath, oven. twisted and bent them. All in the name of testing the limits and what was better for: metal to metal, metal to wood, metal to synthetics, wood to synthetics, heat rating, cold rating, impact rating and rotational torque. When the testing was over we clearly and quickly saw the products that yielded the best results in that given situation.
I think we should do something similar to kit pens.
Pens in common use are subjected to abrasions going in and out of pockets, hand bags, heat from the car, cold from the car, left in the pockets and put in the washer/dryer. dirty, greasy, oily hands and a range of other abuse.
Here is what I propose. We get a small group of testers We do destructive testing on various pens and have a common standard procedure we follow. We post the results and at the end of the testing we make a spreadsheet showing grades for each of the kits.
I would love to hear what everyone has to say on this so please post any/all remarks. I don't car if it is positive or negative.
I think we should do something similar to kit pens.
Pens in common use are subjected to abrasions going in and out of pockets, hand bags, heat from the car, cold from the car, left in the pockets and put in the washer/dryer. dirty, greasy, oily hands and a range of other abuse.
Here is what I propose. We get a small group of testers We do destructive testing on various pens and have a common standard procedure we follow. We post the results and at the end of the testing we make a spreadsheet showing grades for each of the kits.
I would love to hear what everyone has to say on this so please post any/all remarks. I don't car if it is positive or negative.