So all the capped pens I've ever seen either have a screw-on cap or a cap that is a compression fit... Has any one seen any pens whose cap secures in a different way?
Different methods of securing pen caps?
So all the capped pens I've ever seen either have a screw-on cap or a cap that is a compression fit... Has any one seen any pens whose cap secures in a different way?
Re: Different methods of securing pen caps?
Visconti has come up with a couple. Their Rembrandt has a magnetic system, while the Homo sapiens uses a really cool bayonet type fixture.
"What are moon-letters?" asked the hobbit full of excitement. He loved maps, as I have told you before; and he also loved runes and letters, and cunning handwriting, though when he wrote himself it was a bit thin and spidery.
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DuPont has a slip cap that clicks on, probably some kind of spring and detent.
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There are also pens like Lamy 2000 and Pilot Capless which nibs retract into the body of the pens.
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I have a Monteverde that is magnetic.
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If they're all screw or click on, after 125 years I imagine there's a reason.
"What are moon-letters?" asked the hobbit full of excitement. He loved maps, as I have told you before; and he also loved runes and letters, and cunning handwriting, though when he wrote himself it was a bit thin and spidery.
Re: Different methods of securing pen caps?
The Lamy 2000 does not have a retractable nib. The nib is hooded (all but the tip is covered), but it has a normal snap-on cap. (Actually not really "normal", but very smooth and efficient...got to love that German engineering!)Originally Posted by RuiFromUK
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In the early twentieth century Mabie Todd used a kind of bayonet fitting for ring top pens. This was because the cone or slip caps of the day were not secure hanging on a chain or a ribbon.
Re: Different methods of securing pen caps?
Must be thinking of the Lamy dialogue. One of my, "if only I had the money," dream pens.The Lamy 2000 does not have a retractable nib. The nib is hooded (all but the tip is covered), but it has a normal snap-on cap. (Actually not really "normal", but very smooth and efficient...got to love that German engineering!)
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I've worked the V HS bayonet cap in person. It's cool!
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I think they were separate points. The L2K has that clutch thing with the nubbins, and the VP has the retracting nib.The Lamy 2000 does not have a retractable nib. The nib is hooded (all but the tip is covered), but it has a normal snap-on cap. (Actually not really "normal", but very smooth and efficient...got to love that German engineering!)
"What are moon-letters?" asked the hobbit full of excitement. He loved maps, as I have told you before; and he also loved runes and letters, and cunning handwriting, though when he wrote himself it was a bit thin and spidery.
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