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Chthulhu


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Just received one of these (Century style in "lustrous chrome") with a refill in place that had a mangled tip. I don't yet know whether the current Selectip refills will fit, but have a couple of them, and a couple of original Soft Tip refills, on the way.

In the meantime, a short spring at the tip end and a 1/2" piece of 1/4" or 6 mm tubing in the barrel lets a Sheaffer ballpoint refill drop right in. Trim that piece of tubing a bit, and a Parker refill, or a Fisher with the Parker adapter, should also fit. I'll report on the Selectip vs. Soft Tip compatibility when I receive the refills.



-- Edited by Chthulhu on Saturday 7th of September 2013 06:44:43 PM

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In a fit of boredom, I pulled the badly-damaged tip out of the soft tip refill, and replaced it with a tip from a dried-out rollerball refill. Then I drilled a hole in the refill's end plug and fed about six drops of water into it. A day later, and the refill is working nicely, though as a rollerball.


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Good job! Can you provide photos?

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Not really anything to show: just grab the plastic tip (I used a hemostat) and pull, likewise with the metal rollerball tip, then shove the rb tip into the soft tip refill.


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I see -or maybe not see... !

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Kinda like this:

IMG_3150_1_2_3a.jpg



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Cool!

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