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The billion dollar space pen ...
Giovanni Abrate wrote: It is even smoother than the plain stic. It really is the best ballpoint on the market, bar none. For years I've been supplying my office with the plain BIC Round Stic med/black because it seemed the best way back when. How does the Ultra version compare to the one's we have been using. What improvement and changes have come with the update? Summer before last I bought about 6 or 8 ten-packs of Bics, both crystal and the round white, in several colors. They were back to school sales of about 29 cents per pack, can't beat that! I planned to keep some on my desk for the perpetual unprepared borrowers, to keeep theuir hands off my fountain pens! I never opened a pack until this year. Every one of the crystal (clear plastic body) Bics have dried up and will not make a mark. The round stics, however, do work. I suspect the difference may be because the caps on the crystals now have a breather hole at the end, but the caps on the round stics do not. I've never know a ballpoint to dry out before. shrug Gee, I've lost over a dollar. I won't say the cost of the fp in my pocket they were meant to save. Hmm, an idea is forming. I'll put the dried up ones in the pen cup on my desk, for those people who grab one without even asking. |
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The billion dollar space pen ...
Good! I suspected it may have been the Corvina!
If you fail to find one here in the US, I can bring some back the next time I go to Italy. JUst let me know backchannel. Thanks, Giovanni "Mike S." wrote in message ... Follow-up. I checked the Universal Writing Instruments web site (www.carioca.it) and the pen is, indeed, the Corvina stick pen. Now, to see if I can get these in the US. Thanks again! |
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The billion dollar space pen ...
In article , L, not -L wrote: On 19-Jun-2006, (Mike S.) wrote: Follow-up. I checked the Universal Writing Instruments web site (www.carioca.it) and the pen is, indeed, the Corvina stick pen. Now, to see if I can get these in the US. Thanks again! If you can't, there are a couple of UK sellers on eBay that have them and will ship to the US; with a purchase price of $4 per hundred, surely the shipping wouldn't be too high to still be a good value. http://search.ebay.com/search/search...e=corvina++pen Yes, thanks. I found a listing for the Corvina W-T which seems to the be the variety I have. The photo in the listing shows an open box, which makes you wonder how old these are and whether the ink may have dried out some. But they do seem to be widely distributed in UK so I'm sure another source will pop up. |
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The billion dollar space pen ...
In article , Giovanni Abrate wrote: "Mike S." wrote in message ... Follow-up. I checked the Universal Writing Instruments web site (www.carioca.it) and the pen is, indeed, the Corvina stick pen. Now, to see if I can get these in the US. Thanks again! Good! I suspected it may have been the Corvina! If you fail to find one here in the US, I can bring some back the next time I go to Italy. JUst let me know backchannel. Thanks, Giovanni Well, courtesy of eBay and a UK close-out house, I am now the proud owner of 100 black Corvina WH-T pens ... for less than $15 US including shipping. Unfortunately, while they are smooth enough, the black ink is nowhere nearly as black as the free sample that sparked my interest in the first place. I suppose there have been different specifications over the years; perhaps this lot is older; too. In any case, they're pleasant enough to use, and I've learned something new in the process. |
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The billion dollar space pen ...
You probably got an older lot.
Still, the price was right! Thanks, Giovanni Well, courtesy of eBay and a UK close-out house, I am now the proud owner of 100 black Corvina WH-T pens ... for less than $15 US including shipping. Unfortunately, while they are smooth enough, the black ink is nowhere nearly as black as the free sample that sparked my interest in the first place. I suppose there have been different specifications over the years; perhaps this lot is older; too. In any case, they're pleasant enough to use, and I've learned something new in the process. |
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