What Would A Bic Fountain Pen Look Like

[andreasn]

what if bic decided to make a cheap fountain pen version of one of their ballpoints like the bic cristal. what do you think that would look like. maybe someone with photoshop skills might even post a picture.

[ANM]

I suspect it would look a lot like a Sheaffer made in China since Sheaffer is now a division of Bic.

[Algester]

but bic already has a disposable FP....

http://nopenintended.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/bic-disposable-fountain-pen/

Edited July 29, 2014 by Algester

[usk15]

My daughter use one of this:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61jDn55HJ-L._SL1500_.jpg

[AllenG]

A Levenger Stylus demonstrator with a cartridge converter, and a blue cap.

 

Sure, made out of good acrylic, I'd be down.

I hold a cartridge converter in about the same regard as a BIC, but somehow a BIC homage fountain pen is kinda cool.

[KBeezie]

but bic already has a disposable FP....

http://nopenintended.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/bic-disposable-fountain-pen/

 

Almost seems like a cross or rebranding of sort between a preppy and varsity.

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

Bic does already make fountain pens, although not one in the same style as the Cristal. I really don't know if the Cristal style body would hold up very well. It's made from a fairly cheap grade of polystyrene.

 

Dillon

[rochester21]

I don`t have any photoshop skills, so i`m just going to post a picture with the actual product:

http://i62.tinypic.com/r79hft.jpg

They also make them in a Hello Kitty finish, but don`t think that`s going to make me buy one !

Edited July 29, 2014 by rochester21

[Moshe ben David]

rochester21: looks like a disposable Safari based on the grip!

[AllenG]

Hi,

 

Bic does already make fountain pens, although not one in the same style as the Cristal. I really don't know if the Cristal style body would hold up very well. It's made from a fairly cheap grade of polystyrene.

 

Dillon

That is what I would want, a Cristal in good acrylic. Black station, blue cap, blue butt cap.

 

also think BIC should put out a refillable steel version of their lighter.

Edited July 29, 2014 by AllenG

[Dillo]

I don`t have any photoshop skills, so i`m just going to post a picture with the actual product:

 

They also make them in a Hello Kitty finish, but don`t think that`s going to make me buy one !

 

Wow, not bad. It has a cap like the one on the Cristal.

 

Dillon

[Dillo]

That is what I would want, a Cristal in good acrylic. I also think BIC should put out a refillable steel version of their lighter.

 

They made a sterling version of the Cristal, but I think it was only for employees or something. I'm not sure if they were ever officially for sale for the public. They should consider a refillable version of their lighter. That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. You can find broken Bic lighters everywhere.

 

Dillon

[rochester21]

Found another, the Bic X(9 usd):

http://i58.tinypic.com/x2vvnm.jpg

Edited July 29, 2014 by rochester21

[migo984]

Here is a BIC fountain pen. It has a nifty compartment for the cartridge. It slides open, a bit like a battery compartment on a torch or similar. I gave it to one of the students I mentor and she loves it. I tried it out and it's actually a pretty smooth writer and very comfortable in the hand, lightweight and balanced. The push-on cap clicks positively into place; it does not post at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 29, 2014 by migo984

[Dillo]

Here is a BIC fountain pen. It has a nifty compartment for the cartridge. It slides open, a bit like a battery compartment on a torch or similar. I gave it to one of the students I mentor and she loves it. I tried it out and it's actually a pretty smooth writer and very comfortable in the hand, lightweight and balanced. The push-on cap clicks positively into place; it does not post at all.

 

 

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Interesting! It doesn't really look like it's all that bad. The tip is just a folded untipped nib, isn't it?

 

Dillon

[migo984]

Interesting! It doesn't really look like it's all that bad. The tip is just a folded untipped nib, isn't it?

 

Dillon

Yes it is, and is writes with a fairly fine line. I thought it might be very rigid, like a Lamy nib, but it is fairly elongated and that gives it a slight degree of softness/spring. I think that's what helps to make it comfortable to write with. I don't know how much these cost as I won it in a PIF from @Top Pen, but I'm quite impressed. The student who I gave it to reports that it still going strong despite the expected abuse from a 15 year old! She still uses it daily, although I have moved her onto a P45 now :-)

[The Blue Knight]

I don`t have any photoshop skills, so i`m just going to post a picture with the actual product:

http://i62.tinypic.com/r79hft.jpg

They also make them in a Hello Kitty finish, but don`t think that`s going to make me buy one !

 

They write really well, as good if not better then a Safari however they do have folded steel nibs something which I really don't like. But it has very good ergonomics.

[The Blue Knight]

Here is a BIC fountain pen. It has a nifty compartment for the cartridge. It slides open, a bit like a battery compartment on a torch or similar. I gave it to one of the students I mentor and she loves it. I tried it out and it's actually a pretty smooth writer and very comfortable in the hand, lightweight and balanced. The push-on cap clicks positively into place; it does not post at all.

 

 

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Glad to see someone got some use of it.

[Dillo]

Yes it is, and is writes with a fairly fine line. I thought it might be very rigid, like a Lamy nib, but it is fairly elongated and that gives it a slight degree of softness/spring. I think that's what helps to make it comfortable to write with. I don't know how much these cost as I won it in a PIF from @Top Pen, but I'm quite impressed. The student who I gave it to reports that it still going strong despite the expected abuse from a 15 year old! She still uses it daily, although I have moved her onto a P45 now :-)

 

That's nice! I know when I was 15 I think I had a Parker Reflex I think. I think I also had a Pelikan M200 that I saved up for.

 

Dillon

[mhguda]

I've got a few of these, and they are Not disposable - also a degree above the Varsity/Vpen in terms of price.

Very nice writers, given the price. And in fact it's the only pen that I lost because I'd left it on my desk during a lecture and someone pinched it.

Went back the next day and got another.