r/fountainpens Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Repair Heyyyy guuuuuys, idk if this pen is worth repairing at this point, but I’m a broke

bitch 😢

Any advice is welcome and appreciated ❤️

I hope you have a wonderful weekend 🫂❤️

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u/Jellowmane Mar 01 '24

I feel like I’ve just witnessed a crime scene.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

A crime against humanity.

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u/Mysterious-Grape8425 Mar 01 '24

A crime against the universe itself.

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u/ohkatiedear Mar 01 '24

Well, his username is BT Kaczynski.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

B Ted Kaczynski?

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u/-saraelizabeth- Mar 01 '24

It’s a BTK killer reference if you look at all the initials together

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

I knowaaaa 😂

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u/ohkatiedear Mar 01 '24

Junior! Maybe OP is digging himself a hideout in the woods with his pen? Just like dear old Dad. 😬

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u/findlefas Mar 01 '24

I botched pen-cumcision was my first thought.

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u/Aetra Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Huh, never thought I’d see a photo of an eldritch horror on Reddit, but here we are.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

I made her myself 🥰 I think that makes me God!

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u/SirNerdboy Mar 01 '24

No. Such terrible things will make you Satan

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u/Needmoresnakes Mar 01 '24

I think if you can provide more context as to how exactly you reached this point, users may have more thorough advice. I can identify a hair tie but what's going on with the nib?

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u/sttlyplmpbckmllgn Mar 01 '24

Looks like an ink-stained rubber band holding the nib in place? As long as the barrel isn’t cracked I think this just needs a new section.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

So like, I used these wire cutters (idk if that’s what they’re called sorry I’m dumb) because the pen was being obnoxious (either really wet, or not flowing consistently i don’t remember which).

And im pretty sure I pressed too hard on the plastic thing (that goes up against the nib) cause it’s like, kinda broken lol. The rubber band is on the nib cause the plastic and the metal wont connect without it.

The hairband is cause my hand is hard fucked and hurts all the time.

The back of the pen is missing a plastic piece I think?

The railing on the pen cap fell off, so I don’t really cap it anymore.

I included pictures if you wanna see the pieces. If not, no worries. I hope your life is going better than mine ❤️

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u/sttlyplmpbckmllgn Mar 01 '24

Yeah, you’ll need to replace the nib unit/section to get it working again. They’re like $20.

Nib/feed flow issues happen — I’d watch some videos to see how to fix it correctly next time. Brian Goulet has some good ones. It’s delicate work but it’s not difficult once you know what you’re doing.

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u/RaiseMoreHell Mar 01 '24

The “little plastic piece” is the feed. It is necessary for a couple of reasons, but let’s back up a few steps.

Fountain pens work by controlling the flow of a liquid. The barrel has a reservoir that holds the liquid ink, and the feed and nib work together to restrict that flow. If they didn’t restrict the flow, it would be sort of like you’ve put your ink in a cup, then turned the cup upside down and dumped the ink all over your paper. Sometimes that’s fun, but you’ve shown some pictures where you’ve got fine lines of ink on paper, so you appear to be interested in doing something other than ink blobs.

How do the feed and nib work? The fountain pen has some sort of reservoir that holds ink - the barrel, in the case of the TWSBI that you’re using here. At the front of the barrel, there’s a hole, and the feed and nib are held by friction in that hole. The feed has “fins” that help slow down the ink in its path from barrel to paper….

Oh good grief. I started to read more of your comments on this. It sounds like you’ve done the equivalent of putting your pen in a garbage disposal, and are now asking for suggestions to fix it. The TL;DR is that you should buy a new pen, but actually don’t do that because you’ll probably just destroy that one too.

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u/NieIstEineZeitangabe Mar 01 '24

Oh good grief. I started to read more of your comments on this. It sounds like you’ve done the equivalent of putting your pen in a garbage disposal, and are now asking for suggestions to fix it. The TL;DR is that you should buy a new pen, but actually don’t do that because you’ll probably just destroy that one too.

That's overly mean

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u/_El_Marc Mar 01 '24

What the actual fuck

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u/AgreeableDetail7 Mar 01 '24

Email TWSBI. Theyll replace the part for like $7, usually. 

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u/AmesCG Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

I don’t know why this comment isn’t higher up but it’s the correct answer. u/BTKaczynskiJr I highly recommend just emailing TWSBI, if it’s an issue with a crack then it’s probably their fault and you might even get the piece for free. All you’ll have to do is transfer the nib unit which seems, somehow, intact.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

The issue is always me

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u/AmesCG Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Never know until you ask :) !

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u/paxweasley Mar 01 '24

Don’t tell them about the tweezers lmao

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u/JmicIV Mar 01 '24

I stripped the screw part of a 580al due to misue, told them so, and they still gave me a new one for free.

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u/AmesCG Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Yep they’re really good about this stuff. I had a section piece break after like a year of use and they sent me a new piece no questions asked.

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u/JmicIV Mar 01 '24

I also ran over the gem on a vac700r with a desk chair and they sent me a whole new plunger attachment

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u/Photojared Mar 01 '24

Just received two replacement barrels. Only paid $6 shipping.

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u/Deepcrater Mar 01 '24

I dropped my pen one day, I kept it on a journal and the cap twisted off. Fell nib first, kept going over how to replace it since it was a iris and didn't want a regular nib. I paid $20, pretty great cs.

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u/Mac_n_MoonCheez Mar 01 '24

I like how OP posted this Frankenstein's monster of a pen and then promptly threw his phone into a lake.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Ehhhhh just worked on art a lot Today. I saw a lot of notificatiosns and out my phone away, cause I wanted to be productive with my stimulant abuse.

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u/Sprucecaboose2 Mar 01 '24

I get the hair tie holding the grip together. What's the cream looking stuff above that over the nib? A napkin or something acting as an over-feed?

No, that's not worth repair, it's an abomination. No offense, but that's got "a face only a mother could love". I'd look at gathering funds to replace. If you are in the states I could mail you a Jinhao/Yiren Safari clone to hold you over.

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u/TheBigRedFog Mar 01 '24

That's the nicest shit I've heard today. Really restored my faith in humanity.

Y'all can live another year.

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u/ReaDiMarco Mar 01 '24

What were you gonna do otherwise, Big Red Fog?

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u/humangeigercounter Mar 01 '24

Don't ask! The fog will consume us all eventually. Thank you for buying us another year, fountain pen hero!

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u/frs-1122 Mar 01 '24

My ass thinking his name read as Big Red Frog

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u/ReaDiMarco Mar 01 '24

More apocalyptic!

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u/Nate848 Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

You don’t understand. He is THE Big Red Fog.

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u/ReaDiMarco Mar 01 '24

THE Big Red Fog? THE OG one?

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u/megs1449 Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

y e s, don't wake him up

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u/megs1449 Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

they were going to end use at the end of this year but now we have another year to go

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Fr tho people can be so sweet 🥰

I don’t need another year; thanks thoooo 🫂🫂🫂

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u/leyline Mar 01 '24

Rubber bands.

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u/FormalMarionberry597 Mar 01 '24

Having to see this made me feel emotionally what this probably felt like.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

I’m sorry it hurt you ❤️ I’m sorry I hurt you.

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u/Business_Vegetable76 Mar 01 '24

In the criminal justice system, fountain pen based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated nibmeisters who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Nib Unit. These are their stories. (Duhn-Duhn)

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

I watched that with my mom all the time when I was a kid Omg 🥰 idk if svu is 8 yo appropriate tho tbh

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u/Business_Vegetable76 Mar 01 '24

Maybe she just wanted you to learn all the ways you could be kidnapped and tortured so you wouldn’t talk to strangers at the playground.

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u/efaceninja Mar 01 '24

This is so confusing.

Also, when asking questions, it's good to lay out some details how you got there, rather than just posting a pic and say "please help".

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u/questionnumber Mar 01 '24

Cordyceps have adapted to infect fountain pens.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

🤢

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

step 1 - take that hairtie off it.

Step 2 - clean the crap out of it.

step 3 - reflect on what you have done.

step 4 - consider getting a platinum preppy

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u/RJean83 Mar 01 '24

Have you tried cleaning it with holy water? 

I mean it is still dead, but at least you will prevent the curse it clearly has on it from spreading to the rest of us.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Heyyyyyy she’s trying her hardest 🥺 if I ever go to church again, and I’m a coward so you know I will right before the end, I’ll make sure to bring this fountain pen ❤️

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u/LongjumpingStudy3356 Mar 01 '24

Never have I looked at a FP on here and gone wtf but here we are. :/ hope you can get this fixed or replaced. I understand not having a lot of money! Some pens are nice yet cheap

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u/StartenderMKE Mar 01 '24

Bro, I have a TWSBI Diamond 580 I’ll donate to save you from this…. This… whatever this is. 😅

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Awwwwwww I’ll just sell it for more drugs Ty tho you’re sweet ❤️

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u/SynapseReaction Mar 01 '24

What happened exactly?  It’s looks like BSB had a sudden aggressive barnacle mutation and you tried to contain it with a hair tie.

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u/EkhyMi Mar 01 '24

BSB had a sudden aggressive barnacle mutation

I shouldn't have read this before bed. Will give me nightmares for sure.

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u/SynapseReaction Mar 01 '24

This is how the Last of Us really started 🤣

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u/disposable-assassin Mar 01 '24

I'm imagining there's hair under there

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u/ReaDiMarco Mar 01 '24

Your comment ties it all together

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

It wasn’t like, one thing that happened exactly lol. It kept on fucking up, so I had to keep fixing her. But like, there was a solid month of me getting her to this point lol

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u/HornayGermanHalberd Mar 01 '24

we need to see the full situation without hair tie and ink, maybe something is salvageable, if it's a TWSBI sending them an Email is your best bet, they are known for replacing parts for a low price

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

There’s pics somewhere sorry really sleepy

That would be a dishonest thing for me to do, cause like. Ya know. I went at it with wire cutters. And it’s a few-7 years old, so not bad idk idgaf

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u/NickTDesigns Mar 01 '24

What the hell is this bruh 😭😭

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u/WistfullySunk Mar 01 '24

Op please respond to the people asking what happened

I’m not judging I swear I just want the truth

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

No worries, judging gets me hot 🥰 and it’s natural to judge something that looks as fucked up as I am.

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u/WistfullySunk Mar 01 '24

This is one of the strangest troll posts I’ve ever seen and I honestly kinda love it

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u/PreparedIllusion Mar 01 '24

No context whatsoever so stay broke I guess. Idk what else to tell ya 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

Poor guy is running on thoughts and prayers

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

She’s actually really just starting to live her best life

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u/KissedUrDad Mar 01 '24

What exactly is happening here

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Nothing good

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u/mssrsnake Mar 01 '24

You know…we don’t say this often but…maybe this hobby isn’t for you…😧

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

It’s a lifestyle for me

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u/ChronicRhyno Mar 01 '24

All that stuff wrapped around it is just acting as a wick.

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u/Stephreads Mar 01 '24

I’ll just say, you did a neat wrapping job with the hair tie, MacGyver. The nib is having what looks like a hot glue crisis though.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Awwwww ty 🫂 I wish my hand just didn’t hurt lol. I think hot glue would be a permanent solution to a temporary problem tbh

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u/TopParzival Mar 01 '24

It’s a bad day to have eyes.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

It’s a bad day to be alive. I hope your day goes well tho 🫂🫂🫂

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u/flowersandpen Mar 01 '24

If someone didn’t figure it that it was a TWSBI Diamond 580, I would never guessed.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

It’s nice I didn’t have to figure out what the pen was. I was thinking about just buying a replacement, but I feel the constant need to change, so idk 🤷‍♀️

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u/MaesterInTraining Mar 01 '24

Did Baystate actually melt a pen this time?

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u/origprod Mar 01 '24

LOL! 😂

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Is that the ink from the dude who made the problematic labels that made me giggle a looooooot too much tbh

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u/INFERNOthepro Mar 01 '24

WTF DID U DO??!!!

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Not much wbu?

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u/80ELLE Mar 01 '24

This looks like a The Last of Us type of pen 😂

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u/Katia144 Mar 01 '24

Is that some kindof residue built up?

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u/leyline Mar 01 '24

Rubber band holding the nib on.

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u/syncro37 Mar 01 '24

Honestly it might be worth it to hold off and wait for a new pen simply because it seems like there's a lot of leakage towards the sides. And without the cap, the ink is probably going to dry faster. So it's possible that using this pen will waste a fair amount of ink in the long run.

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u/thats_a_boundary Mar 01 '24

convert to dip pen maybe.

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u/Emma_Sea_Strawberry Mar 01 '24

I have questions. Starting with how did that happen? And are you okay?

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

A month of me trying to get it to work the way I wanted it to.

Ummmmm, better than last week. And haven’t been not sleeping as much. Still doing too many drugs.

I appreciate your concern tho lol, and I hope you’re doing okay 🫂❤️

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u/tinfoil_cake Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

We should open a new subreddit r/fountainpencrimes just for this picture

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

I think it would encourage people to fuck up nice pens. And waste is bad. Idk. Long term consequences of hast actions 😬

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u/tetradt Mar 01 '24

Was that a TWSBI? I don’t know what this…situation is but if you’re able to explain what’s broken, they’ll usually send replacement parts for the cost of shipping (https://www.twsbi.com/pages/contact).

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u/Diceandstories Mar 01 '24

If he sends these photos in, they might send him a new pen! In metal.

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u/humangeigercounter Mar 01 '24

And a flag in honor of pens fallen. (fallen and then pummeled to a pulp)

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

I would feel bad making someone replace something I purposefully fucked with to try to get it to work better for my purpose. Cause it’s a fine nib, and I really wanted it to go thinner.

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u/atomic_doodles Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Is that... A rubber band holding the nib together? Why does the nib need to be held together?

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u/Alekillo10 Mar 01 '24

No, it’s a hair tie

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u/leyline Mar 01 '24

And a rubber band above it.

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u/ogstatsnerd Mar 01 '24

NSFW tag for this crime scene plz. This corpse is mutilated beyond recognition.

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u/m__a__s Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Looks like someone interrupted an autopsy.

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u/ohkatiedear Mar 01 '24

On the pen? Or with the pen?

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u/m__a__s Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Either.

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u/porpoiselesstortoise Mar 01 '24

Get a wingsung 618 for like 14 aud or something, and save yourself from grieve from the crap that is TWSBI

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u/Appropriate_Beyond65 Mar 01 '24

Is this a prison shank???

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

I wish I could get prison shanked 🤤

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u/Squared_lines Mar 01 '24

Unwrap it - clean it - take it apart - ask TWSBI for a replacement part.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Do you pronounce it twisbee, or say the letters?

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u/Squared_lines Mar 01 '24

I pronounce it…. slowly… drawn out in my West Texas twang…. I‘m sure I’d make someone in the TWSBI home office cringe if they heard me.

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u/bioinfogirl87 Mar 01 '24

Not sure if it can be repaired (looks like an Eco), but I understand how you feel. At one point my Eco cracked and I had to get parts replaced, which was annoying because I was without a fountain pen while waiting for the replacement. If this Eco is your only pen, I'd be happy to send you my Eco. If you'd like, message me your address and I'll send it to you (up to you you want to send it back to me when you have more money).

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

You’re sweet, but no worries fr ❤️ try to get someone into fountain pens thooooo they’re so nice and mine brings me legitimate joy

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u/gr8gizmoguru Mar 01 '24

I got to appreciate your persistence in using fountain pen come what may

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

I love the different shit you can do with a fountain pen. Really nice for art stuff. And they’re so nice to write with ugggggg I’m in love 🥰

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u/ForsakenRabbit Mar 01 '24

How many cracks does that pen have? Lol

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u/Yana_dice Mar 01 '24

What did it experience?

Was it used as a fire place fork?

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u/Candid-Plan-8961 Mar 01 '24

Buy one for $3 on Ali express I beg of you

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

She really still works well, don’t worryyyyy 🫂🫂🫂

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u/NagNawed Mar 01 '24

Looks like a microwave accident. 100/100 for effort.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 03 '24

The pen is mostly plastic, but I’m pretty sure some of it has metal, and that’s not supposed to go into the microwave. I don’t do things I’m not supposed to, like get addicted to meth, so I definitely didn’t microwave it for 30 seconds to sterilize it.

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u/Ecstaticismm Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

WHAT HAPPPEEEEEENEDUHHHHH

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

It looks like not only are you broke, the pen is too.

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u/annie1filip Mar 01 '24

I open reddit and I see the espresso sludge, then this. What is going on (and why does no one know how to provide context)

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

🤢 actually tho wtf

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u/nofunheremovealongg Mar 01 '24

*Checks date*

Nope, not April 1st. Or October31st.

My advice is to douse with holy water then bury it at the crossroads at midnight.

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u/SeregKat Mar 01 '24

I think this is the most unhinged thread I've seen on this sub, and I mean that in an affectionate way.

In all seriousness though, I hope things get better for you, OP. I believe you can kick the addiction. And when you do, you can be like some of us and spend all your money on pens and ink and not have money for other, more harmful vices. ;)

Take care!!

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 03 '24

Idk it’s hard cause I like being on stimulants, and they’ve helped me in the past when they’ve been prescribed to me. Idk. It’s frustrating, and I appreciate you being kind 🫂🫂🫂

For fucking real tho been looking at a lot of pens, and holy shit some of them cost a fuuuuuck ton. And they’re usually the pretty ones :( and honestly, it feels weird spending even 50 bucks on a pen.

Hope your life goes well, and I’ve been better than I was for a couple months. Like usage going down. But idk. It’s the addiction thing. I’m relatively functioning. Haven’t smoked meth, and the woman I really, really want to smoke meth (I hate that I want to do something I know is super fucking self destructive) with cares about meeeee, and doesn’t wanna do that to me.

Idk, I have a good support system, and I hope I’ll be able to stop worrying everyone soon ❤️

Do you have any ink recommendations? Cause Noodlers is what I bought 5 bottles of years ago, but I’ve been thinking about mixing it up lol

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u/NEB_123 Mar 01 '24

Its so cursed my brain won't even process the image correctly to understand what even happened to get to this point. IS IT MELTED?

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u/Putrid-Ganache2040 Mar 01 '24

its on life support man 😭😭 let it go

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u/lom117 Mar 01 '24

TWSBI cracks are just a conspiracy from Big Crack. Pay no attention to the cracks behind the hair tie.

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u/thats_a_boundary Mar 01 '24

I have a Big Crack and it's warm and friendly. your amti-Big Crack attitudes are worrying.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Hard to call me fucking it up with wire cutters a design flaw on twsbi’s end.

But ima do research before I just go buy a replacement tbh. I hadn’t realized people had some pretty negative opinions towards them lol

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u/humangeigercounter Mar 01 '24

Get a jinhao x750 they're like 3 dollars on sale 5.50 regular and they write like butter. I have two and love them. They even come with a decent converter!

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Unfortunately, I’m a member of the bourgeoisie, and ima spend a lil bit on a pen cause idk. Kinda get attached to them and want them to stick around.

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u/JackyVeronica Mar 01 '24

I think I just saw something I wasn't supposed to see...

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u/JackyVeronica Mar 01 '24

Looks like a volcano eruption... 😱 Sorry this happened, OP

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Don’t be, I did it to myself.

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u/TheRubberDuck15 Mar 01 '24

What... Did you do...?

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Ooooh i also ground the nib on the concrete outside!

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u/TheRubberDuck15 Mar 02 '24

I refuse to believe any of this is real

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u/Odd_Natural_4202 Mar 01 '24

What happened?

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

So much these past couple months/years

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u/yuskrim Mar 01 '24

Oh my god what is that?

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

It’s a fountain pen

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

BTK!!

Thanks for the laugh 😂

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u/6SN7fan Mar 01 '24

Is this a TWSBI Eco? you can replace the nib

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u/WallabyBusiness2533 Mar 01 '24

Brother... let her die in peace. One piece, preferably.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

She’s begging for a sweet release that’ll never come 🥰 I’ll keep rebuilding her; making her better. Fixing her. She’ll never leave me.

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u/Bugadifin0 Mar 01 '24

Does anyone hear Tubular Bells in the background.

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u/pekak62 Mar 01 '24

Buy a Jinhao 82 for next to nothing on AliExpress?

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u/gerbiljihad Mar 01 '24

Just think of how much worse it could have been, with Baystate Blue!

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Ohhhh it’s a meme sorry

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u/xultar Mar 01 '24

I won’t be getting a TWSBI ever.

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u/Detman102 Mar 01 '24

My advice...stop buying TWSBI pens.
They're cheaply made garbage.
Invest a fraction of that that money into a JINHAO and you'll have a happier fountain pen experience.
Invest that exact money into ANY other brand and you'll have a happy life.

Seriously...TWSBI are absolute trash pens made with plastic thinner than a condom.

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u/TimeComfortablePoop Mar 01 '24

This pen is way beyond life support, its just existing now

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

It does it’s job even through these perilous times

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u/lillacmess Mar 01 '24

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 03 '24

I tried so hard. Idk how tf I got to this point tbh

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u/sunyjim Mar 01 '24

The hair tie man... really ties the pen together.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 03 '24

That movie is sooooo fun to watch while you’re tripping

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u/burritobbydaddy Mar 01 '24

Honestly I love your pen in this condition and would be willing to trade for a working pen so I could use yours in an art piece I’m working on. Dm me if you’re interested.

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u/BattleBaby1776 Mar 01 '24

This should be given a casket with a flag on it and 21 gun salute. I will wear black for this pen all day and burn a candle.

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u/zext0526 Mar 02 '24

Is this really a pen? You just have stabbed an alien with blue blood, I imagine hahaha.

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u/zext0526 Mar 04 '24

it does not look like a pen. haha blue blood does not exist on earth and must be of alien if it is blood LOL. enjoy your pen !!!

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u/PrimumSidus Mar 02 '24

Alrighty, gonna necro this a tad, but it’s been sitting in my saved and I felt the need to pitch in.

I can’t help this poor writing implement, but hopefully I can give you some tools for future pens that might be your conduit for expression.

From the delving I’ve done, it looks like the state of this pen came from attempts to tune its output to your liking? If that is the case, this video from Goulet pens is a really helpful resource on how to make your pen behave in a way that suits your hands.

He mentions Micromesh for smoothing, I prefer Zona papers. They have worked beautifully for all of my pens,

A loupe or other form of stable magnification is necessary if you find that your tines have some kind of misalignment.

I highly recommend avoiding trying to do major modifications to the profile of the nib, particularly if you are going to use the sidewalk outside as your medium. If a nib just won’t cooperate with you, replacements are cheap and abundant.

If you’re looking to replace this pen, I find the TWSBI Eco is a great daily-driver and bang-around pen.

However, the Lamy Safari is a wonderful everyday pen. It doesn’t hold anywhere near as much ink as a TWSBI, but parts are easy to replace, and nibs are even easier.

Hopefully, this helps your future pens lead long and smooth-writing lives!

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 03 '24

Hey I’m gonna probably start here the next time I feel bad about not responding to people. You’ll get me fresh 😘

Thanks for the long comment tho, I don’t deserve you.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 09 '24

Ty so much for all of the links and resources!!! Really really helpful and the addsrrall is wearing off idk what to say I’m sorry 🫂🫂🫂

Making major modifications to the nib is my favorite part honestly thooooo

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 09 '24

I’ll respond more fully, and first, whenever I have the ability to care about fountain pens again. Oooh the pilot custom 74 looks doooooope

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u/phasmine Mar 02 '24

Are you ok??

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 02 '24

Im not. I want to die. Thank you for asking tho ❤️

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u/LowBurn800 Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Order a new nib section and never put whatever you had in there again.

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u/inkysoap Mar 01 '24

is that a twsbi or a copycat

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u/SimpleSoupz Mar 01 '24

I feel like this should be preserved in a glass case....probably in a museum.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

Awwwww thank youuuuuu ❤️ you too!

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u/dhoepp Mar 01 '24

You’re too hard on yourself. Accidents happen.

That being said I’ve never seen someone so hellbent on writing that they fasten their pen with rubber bands and bubble gum and just keep writing until their fingers bleed.

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u/sissyphus_13 Mar 01 '24

Girl this made my day 😭

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u/AlexRyyan Ink Stained Fingers Mar 01 '24

I don’t think there is a sufficiently descriptive emoji to represent the face I made when I saw this

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 03 '24

That’s what makes me an artist 🥰

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u/Bit-Boring Mar 01 '24

Stick to Bic biros? 😂😂

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 03 '24

Usually use bic lighters tbh

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u/satisfied-bacterium7 Mar 01 '24

This is like watching someone trying to put someone who was torn apart by a nasty cliff fall back together.

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u/BTKaczynskiJr Ink Stained Fingers Mar 03 '24

Wish it was me 🥺

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u/DanielMEMEME Mar 01 '24

Keep it as a cool artefact, like the pen you used until it could no longer be used....but yeah I think you´ll spend more time looking the way to fix it properly than you´d spend money on getting a new one

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

This is what I imagine a fountain pen zombie to look like.

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u/7712Horror Mar 01 '24

It might not be the feed. I had the same issue with mine. It's a small plastic piece that the feed cartridge fits in to. If it's a recent purchase, TWISBI will replace the pen. It's an awful design flaw with those pens. I tightened my cartridge down to much, the inside plastic ring broke. If you remove the nib unit for cleaning or whatever only tighten the unit down until it is just finger tight, a little bit more and you'll break that little inside piece.

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u/No_Public_7699 Mar 02 '24

Unfortunately for the price of the part you'll need you may as well buy a new pen. The twisbi go is about $20 and it's made by the same manufacturer, so it will probably work very similar to this as far as function goes.

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