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

Step 12: Enjoy

Enjoy the fact that you have one of the world's finest writing instruments without the pompus shiny band names and logos on it. Way to go, common man.

Comments

[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.

[supertoria12]

That's exactly how I feel. I personally never lend a pen or pencil to anyone regardless of the quality of the writing implement. I almost lost a family heirloom of sorts in school last year. My mom had given me her old Cross pen that she recieved for her high school graduation. It had run dry so I put in a cheap refill I extracted from a pen I got at a church function. Nevertheless, this was still a nice pen and the thought of misplacing it in a building full of ignorant athlete-types sickened me and loaning it to anyone was never even a thought. After all, one wouldn't lend one's sword to another person and since the pen is indeed mightier than the sword I couldn't imagine lending a pen.

[tiredoldwhiteman]

Truly one of the finest Instructables around...Useful, clever and intelligently humorous. Well done, indeed!

[KwartzKitten]

This is the funniest, along with one of the most useful, instructibles I've ever read.

[SteampunkManiac]

Ditto.

-Ash- Ditto, I choose You!
-Ditto- Why'd you say that? I already sliced Paul's face off and collected his blood to use a syrup on our pancakes!

[KwartzKitten]

Wait....

Wait what?

[SteampunkManiac]

PAAAAAAANNNNNNNNCAAKES!

[KwartzKitten]

I just had pancakes. No blood though.

[SteampunkManiac]

nomnomnom

[Chimex14]

I agree
:)

[clandarkfire]

The idea in itself is good; I tried it and it worked fine.

The problem is that I really can't tell any difference between the original ink and the Monte Blanc one. They write exactly the same. Can I have my $14 back, please?

[srilyk]

Yeah, turns out I'm a pen snob, but I couldn't tell the difference between writing with a Mont Blanc and most roller ball pens. The only difference was the solid feel of the pen. Now, fountain pens are another thing all together...

[Kharabe]

Ill take my thirteen dollar flat black write in the rain pen any day, you all can argue about what pen is best. but if it works in the rain and the sand in iraq and afghanistan then itll work in a class room.

[vandal1138]

Don't forget your waterproof green ranger book haha. Nothing like nightime land-nav in the rain at pldc.

[Estwald]

The "write in the rain pens" use the Fischer Space Pen cartridge. So rest assured, not only will it stand up to the sands of Iraq and Afghanistan, it will write under water and in the depths of space.

[Rainh2o]

it would probably only write underwater to a depth of 30 feet...after that the pressure inside wont be enough to overcome the water pressure :)

[mettaurlover]

Isn't pressurized; uses capillary action in order to dispense the ink. That's why it doesn't squirt everywhere when you pull the tip off a refill cartridge. Get your tubular facts straight, please.

[theburn7]

it does use pressure, Mr.Fischer created an ink with enough resin that it will not leak even though it is pressurized under nitrogen gas

[HeavensnoHellyeah!]

The Space Pen, that's where they get all the resin in that movie "Water World".  Maybe they float?  Resssssin, ReEEeeesssssSsssinnnn.

[Kharabe]

rosin he says, rosin. he may as well want paper

[Rainh2o]

maybe he has special trade

[mettaurlover]

Ah. Didn't know the tech with that one; still, if there's enough resin that it won't leak even though it's under pressure, it's still actually using capillary action to draw the ink out. I think that the cartridge uses the pressure to get the ink into the thing and pressurize it in a way that more can fit, but it isn't written with due to the pressure.

[a480641]

May i please explain this? The cart. is nitrogen pressurized to force the ink to the tip regardless of angle or gravity.Then, as usual, capillary is uesd ti get ink from barrel to paper

[mettaurlover]

No, you may not, as the comment you are replying to is two years old and you did not bother to check that before replying.

[evan_124]

another much cheaper way to write in space... use a pencil

[Shentianqi]

 n1 rofl

[static]

 But would you want a conductive material that  foul electrical circuits floating arounf the cabin?

[Pwag]

Or a crayon!

[bowmaster]

That's what Russia does. The USA uses pens so the graphite dust won't break anything.

[mrebersv]

Both Russia and NASA have used Pencils and the Fischer space pen.  Neither agency contributed one cent towards development, but purchased the pens after they had been developed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_pen

There's a link to a "Scientific American" article cited on that page.  I would've pasted that link, but instructables doesn't seem to want to allow query parameters on a URL.  

[wolfkeeper]

They don't use pencils much because they don't want conductive carbon floating around.

They've mostly used felt-tip pens; they work great in zero-g!

[jotism]

umm, ever heard of a filter? and besides, all they need to do is pressurize the ink cartridge just the right amount!

And ANOTHER point, computermabob???

[bowmaster]

NASA didn't think of that.

[J-Manoo7]

The Russians used a pencil..

[braintumor]

Pencils can burn....bad for rockets.[ I agreed with You until the article pointed this out. There may have actually been a point.]

[gannon12raiders]

Heck yes. Space pens are so cool.

[eygen]

What about a 30 cent pencil? Works in space, and under water :P Just kidding, I love the idea behind this. I use a completely solid metal parker pen, because that's the only pen I can't chew on and it won't break. It doesn't write really good though.

[bowmaster]

Get a Zebra F-301 stainless. It's stainless steel.