Save $200 in 2 minutes and have the worlds best writing pen

transform a $3 pen into a $200 pen in just seconds. Mont Blanc pens are the worlds finest writing pens but they make specialized refills so you must buy their $200+ pens to use their amazing ink...until now. This is the easiest hack/adaptation to give anyone the king's writing ink.

Step 1

Go out and find a Mont Blanc pen you like. Ask the salesperson to let you write with it...nice, huh? Now ask the price. When you've gotten over the sticker-shock, leave and go back to your good old G2. Remember what life was like before G2? The pens were cheap and the ink was like cheese. G2s were the best thing since clickable mechanical pencils. Even after we all had G2s, I still admired the uber-extravagant Mont Blanc people. Their pens were so smooth, they nearly wrote by themselves. Alas, at $200-$2000 a pen, that miraculous ink was out of the reach of the common man.....until now.

Comments

[stevenh429]

WHATS A PEN???? Lol

[MINDSTORMER 2.0]

a pen- a thin piece of either plastic or metal that does not ned to be shapened

[TN777]

Okay, you grab both ends and twist untill it comes apart =)

[DaisyDoodle]

I'm not certain if you're still around KingAnt . . . your tutorial sent an important message to all of us . . . and, you had over 640,000 views!

[mikeltv1]

Isn't there a pen where it doesn't use ink but it uses metal? It also costs like 30 bucks.

[DSMP]

Yep, it's pretty cool, saw it on a website called vat19.

[cubemonkey]

I believe the "Bottle2Pen" recycled pens use a G2 refill. I find they are sturdier and don't snap in the middle like regular G2's. They are also a little flexible, being made from plastic bottles, and work great for someone who is rough on pens, like myself.

[thechrisoshow]

Anyone know if you can get a G2 pro in the uk?

[15zhangfra]

Any pilot G2 will work, regardless of pro or not. I'm not sure about the UK, but in the US the G2 is really common and isn't hard to find lying around somewhere.

[50-50]

you could just use the refill with a grip on it

[50-50]

your mean, you kill pens

[freerun]

Why don't you just use the Mont Blanc pen and save 3$?

[Plo Koon]

At the sight of the knife, the pen screamed," AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH! NO! NO! PLEASE, NO!!"
But alas, its cries and pleas for mercy did not soften the Instrucableist's cruel, stone heart.
As the knife sawed through the defenseless pen, horrible screams of pain pierced and rent the air, and yet the brutal Instructableist was deaf to them.

[SteampunkManiac]

U IS SPOOKY!!!!!!

[Plo Koon]

Thank you.

[account3r2]

LOL

[ninjasamurai]

Yay now lets start sawing pencils for the sound it makes... MWHAHAHAHA

[ninjasamurai]

Tee Hee... now lets make fake money with ink printers... yyyyaaayyyy.
Naww this is kewl and I so m Gonna try this.. lets make some money

[taria]

See, now this tutorial is bad for me...I'm a pen a'holic. I love good writing pens, smooth flowing pens that write like butter and are just perfect in your hand, pens that look strange a weird. But I haven't and don't shot me, but I haven't ever heard of this type of pen. Maybe because it is so expensive. I normally use the Zebra NR5 0.5 needle tip pens or the paper mate pens that have the silver and black with the cool flora designs on them. Those to me write smooth. The only pen that I have that might cost a lot was one that I got in Germany years ago as a gift that I never use cause I don't want it to run out of ink. I know I sound crazy. But I LOVE pens and yes I need help with my obsession.

I have at least over 200+ different types of pens, some in coffee can's some in planet containers, some in boxes. I'm obsessed I tell ya! and now I find a tutorial that will help me to improve my pen collection even more...thanks for adding to my obsession. Wonderful tut btw. I will be saving this for later.

[coolo52]

i love pens to i actually collect them i love them so much

[nhereveri]

Nor do I like the marks on my clothes or accessories, but if I like to spend on things that will last a lifetime or work as expected. Excellent instructable!

[bakedicecream]

If you don't have a five year old, make one!
ROFL

[15zhangfra]

old pilot g2, i use 0.38 ink and for some reason it always stops working after a week or two of use- maybe some grit gets into the tip (?). either way, worked this out today. ink cost me 6 dollars, and the pen since i already had it was free.

loving how it writes!

i know my hand writing sucks XD

[MCUman]

Great pen hack. Back in the day Parker, PaperMate and T-Ball Jotter were at war. The thing I miss the most was the smell of the inks. Who had the best smelling ink. I always went for the Parker smell as a kid. The Jotter for the feel and the PaperMate for the look. Bic back then was trying to impress everybody by shooting their pens into 2X4's with a rifle, but they hurt like hell to hold on to and write. Now days I'm a Pentel Excalibur pen with a Pentel EnerGel roller ball black ink @1.0mm hacked to fit the pen. It out writes any $300.00+ pen ever. cost on this one is around $25.00, but it's all shiny metal. But alas, no ink fragrance.

BTW the delivery on a 5 year old, excluding pre-order prep time, has been set a 5 years, 9 months, +/- 2 weeks min. by the bureau of standards.

[nmontgomery2]

If you like the smell of ink, have you checked out Noodlers? Otherwise the DE ATRAMENTIS inks are awesome! I bought the Jet Fuel scented ink. It knocked my socks clean off into the washing machine.

[Phoghat]

'Scuse me, but the Jotter was MADE by Parker. The only difference between it and a regular Parker was that on the Jotter, the ball was textured so it would "grip" the paper better. You can buy them from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Parker-Retractable-Ballpoint-Stainless-78033/dp/B00112XNJQ

[vegetapure]

or is it this? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monteverde-Montblanc-Compatible-Rollerball-Refills/dp/B0048CGLI6/ref=pd_bxgy_office_img_c

[vegetapure]

is this the right one? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monteverde-Montblanc-Compatible-Medium-Refill/dp/B0025ZX0B4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317769887&sr=8-1

[jaythedogg]

I LoL'd out loud like LOL stands for & got funny looks from around the room when I read this: Step 5If you don't have a 5 year old, make one.

[podginater]

I enjoyed reading this on my PC computer.

[Aquilla]

I enjoyed commenting on this in the comment section.

[fidibiri]

I enjoyed reading the comments on this comments section on my PC computer too

[Aquilla]

If I only had half a sentence to write about any comment, fidibiri, I think I

[hockys1]

same dude!

[jfloyd2]

I just went to staples and picked up a 3 pack of Pilot G2 B2Ps for $4.. meaning I got 2 Monte Blanc pens for under $20. These pens are pretty cool too because they are made from recycled bottles and they are clear blue all the way through so you can still see the logo (although probably not as well as you can through the basic G2s.).. none to mention this was the cheapest deal on a pen that will hold a G2 refill at my local store (the smallest pack of G2s I could find was 5 of them for like $8).

[supertoria12]

nice, cheaper way to write with the world's finest ink, plus you have an anti-theft casing for it! kudos!!

[dandrade4]

anti theft casing? more like "hey can I borrow that?" and you not wanting to be mean, "sure!" then you forget or the person walks away before you can catch them. so the next day you ask, "hey can I have my pen back?" and they're like "oh, I lost it" or "oh, I lent it so someone else, sorry. it's just a pen.. i'll get you a new one!" no, it wasn't just a cheap G2, it was an 6-8 dollar pen that you made a special trip to the store for and spent five minutes reading an instructable to make it. lol.

[BigShotUK]

That's where the old bartender/waiter mantra comes in to play.
"One to lend, one to lose and one to use."

NEVER be generous with your good pen. I lost my favourite pen of all time through that. I felt terrible about it for MONTHS after and still get a pang of sadness any time I go to write a letter now. T'was a gift from someone no longer with us.

The short pens you get in some shops and bookies are good loaners (don't put them in a pocket or bag though as they will leak - good for the desk though)... as are the cheap and nasty Bic disposables.

If it's life or death and someone needs to use your good pen tell them they can use it right in front of you and take it nowhere or find another pen. So they think you're an arse? Who cares... those who don't appreciate wanting to hang onto your good pen are thieving savages who wouldn't understand the beauty of writing with a good pen if you got them to pen a million words with one and then go to a scratchy, gummed up Bic ball point.

[sunshiine]

I am totally sharing this with my husband and kids. This ible made my day! Thanks so much for sharing.

[helava]

If you lack a knife, it's trivial to grind down the back of this on the sidewalk.