The only real difference between a regular ball point pen and a fountain pen is the tip.
With a replacement fountain tip pen cartridge and some light dremeling you convert any pen to a fountain pen.
You will need to modify the tip of the pen since the fountain pen tip is considerably larger than a ball point tip, which may give you less finger space while writing, depending upon the make and model of pen you are converting.
1. Unscrew the ball-point pen case and remove the ball-point pen ink cartridge. The ball-point tip will be attached to the cartridge itself.
the ball-point cartridge to the side and separate the top and bottom of the casing. Tip the top over so that the clicker spring falls out, a fountain pen cannot work in a clicker-activated pen casing.
2. Glue the circular flange stop on the end of the pen clicker so that it sticks to the inside of the top casing. Pull the clicker outward by hand to keep pressure on the glue until it sets.
Slide a fountain pen replacement cartridge into the top pen case.
3. Slide the bottom part of the pen case over the fountain pen tip. It will not be able to go all the way. Mark where the fountain pen tip stops with your X-acto knife, scoring the plastic in a circle around the casing.
Plug the Dremel in and put on a pair of safety goggles. Grind away at the circle score with the Dremel disc until the bottom part comes free.
4. Slide the bottom case all the way flush now and screw it tight. The pen will now function as a fountain pen.
If the pen case will not screw tight then file away at the inside of the cut you made to give a little more room for the larger fountain pen cartridge to sit inside of the pen casing.
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Pelikan Rollerball Pen
The Pelikan Souveran Series pens are meticulously crafted using high quality materials available.
Distinguishing features such as the striped celluloid overlay and the beak shaped clip make the Souveran anything but ordinary. The 400 rollerball is the smallest rollerball in the Souveran Series.
It is appropriately sized for most women or for men with a smaller grip. The rollerball pen features gentle comfortable gliding with the characteristic stroke of ink handwriting.
Pelikan Rollerball Pen Features:
- Red acrylic resin finish barrel and black cap with diamond ground surface and gold-plated trims.
- Gold-plated Pelikan’s beak shaped clip.
- High-performance ink-refill 338M black.
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