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John the Monkey
May 24th, 2012, 06:56 AM
Does anyone follow sbebrown's youtube feed?

I've been watching his reviews for a little while, but I've only just happened across his Frankenpen experiments.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4doZbwlok_E

In this video, he uses a Noodler's Piston filling flex pen, and a Kaweco nib unit to make a $26 pen with a gold plated nib - I do wonder if this would work with the Noodlers nib in the Kaweco body, to give a highly portable flex pen...

goldiesdad
May 24th, 2012, 07:25 AM
Now that would be cool .. I go and watch the video ...

KrazyIvan
May 24th, 2012, 08:28 AM
I posted a coment about how it should be called the Nooweco instead. :p

jor412
May 25th, 2012, 09:53 AM
Interesting although why would one bother unless one had spare parts?

KrazyIvan
May 25th, 2012, 10:11 AM
Interesting although why would one bother unless one had spare parts?
To get a larger filling capacity without having to go the ED route on the Kaweco.

jor412
May 25th, 2012, 10:39 AM
That would probably be my only complaint about the Kaweco -- the small ink capacity. Otherwise, I like it precisely because it's pocket-sized. It's literally the only pen I can stick in any of my pockets without a hitch.

KrazyIvan
May 25th, 2012, 02:09 PM
Keep Kaweco on your radar. They hinted around to a bringing back a production piston filler.

eriquito
May 25th, 2012, 03:28 PM
Keep Kaweco on your radar. They hinted around to a bringing back a production piston filler.

I want them to bring back the safety filler. Please, oh please.

jor412
May 25th, 2012, 08:25 PM
A piston filler & safety filler would be excellent, and in that handy size, too. Found this history (http://www.kaweco-pen.com/img/global/kaweco-sport-historie.pdf) of the Kaweco Sport while looking at pics online.

Maja
May 26th, 2012, 04:44 PM
Oh yeah, Stephen's YouTube pen & ink reviews are great! He is very fair and tries to present a balanced view of the stuff he reviews. Highly recommended! :thumb:

eriquito
May 26th, 2012, 06:35 PM
A piston filler & safety filler would be excellent, and in that handy size, too. Found this history (http://www.kaweco-pen.com/img/global/kaweco-sport-historie.pdf) of the Kaweco Sport while looking at pics online.

Great Kaweco Sport history pdf. Should I thank you? Now I have 7 or 8 additions to my "Pens I Must Have" list =)

jor412
May 27th, 2012, 12:32 AM
:pound: Created the same problem for myself as well.

FP_GaF
May 27th, 2012, 02:15 AM
I follow Stevens videos since day one and found them always very inspiring. I took up his idea but since I don't have a Noodler's flex pen to swap the nib with, I call mine the "Kawoodler's piston pen'. I think his is a great idea and I love my 'new' pen, works great with the old ebonite feed in my Noodlers.

Like Stephen says "Its alive!!!"...

Pinkys.Brain
June 13th, 2012, 07:11 PM
You can also just use an early 90's Kaweco Sport nib to get some flex ^_^

The Nib does not have exactly the same shape as the new ones so the nib goes in deeper. This combination is rather wet - I made it an eyedropper because I once damaged the part where cartridges are attached to. The feed can keep up the flow.
Ihe ink is Waterman Florida blue. I may change to Lamy Black as it seems to be wetter which leads to less railroading during flexing.

Kaweco Sport Classic with an 90's (?) M nib:
http://i45.tinypic.com/24g86q8.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/20afek2.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/mcdok1.jpg

John the Monkey
June 14th, 2012, 01:53 AM
Oh, that is NICE.

Pinkys.Brain
June 14th, 2012, 02:10 AM
Only problem: I don't know how long the nib will survive the duress, as it was clearly not made for flexing.