I thought it might be interesting to have a thread where we can share those pens that aren't, well, perfect but you'd never consider not having and using them. It can be just some minor adjustment you make in your normal pen habits, a tweak to the pen to keep it going, anything out of the ordinary.
A recent one for me is a pen I really enjoy, to look at and to use: a Lucky Star "LuckyStriper". Nice acrylic that is well made, except that when I swapped in a different nib I noticed that threads inside the section are just a teeny but loose. The nib unit can move and I discovered it by pushing in the converter one day and popping the nib out!
It's basically custom and I don't think a new section is in order, and so, frankly, I just did a kludge: one layer of Teflon tape on the threads of the Jowo nib unit (holding a Franklin-Christoph nib). I'm a bit more careful when filling, but all it really took was that small adjustment and it stays in the rotation.
What are the pens you have to baby?
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