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Someone loaded it with BSB.

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A black section.

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It has been converted from a screw-on to a snap-on cap.

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Well I'll spill the beans on it I suppose. I'm stupidly proud of my little modification.

 

The pen is a normal Faber-Castell E-motion pen. I had one previous to this one and one of my (and others) major complaints about the pen was the slippery metal section (especially since there is no lip on the section to stop your fingers from sliding off). While I absolutely love the chunkiness of the pen, I despied the section so much I sold the pen.

 

About three weeks ago though I was walking the hardware store and saw this Plasti-Dip rubber coating spray and had a much over-due epiphany. So in short order I bought the pen you see above and started figuring out what to do. It was surprisingly easy actually. I took out the feed and nib. Masking taped the threads and the inside of the section. Cleaned the whole metal section off with some rubbing alcohol (prep is key here folks!!). Then proceeded to spray 4 thick coats of rubber spray onto the section. After careful removal of all the masking tape you get what you have above.

 

The cool thing to is it is a bit of a textured section too because the last time I didn't shake the can as much as I needed to and it came out with that texture compared to the nice smooth rubber one when properly prepped.

 

The pen is amazing to write with now, no more slippery section!!

 

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