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Does anyone know of a cheap demonstrator with a metal section to convert into an eyedropper? I'd like to see what ink can do to metal with my own eyes. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment or one of "those" that has to learn the hard way. I've got plenty of Chinese candidates that would qualify, but they do not have clear barrels which would be better, I think, to see any destruction!

 

The Nemosine something or other is the cheapest I can think of off-hand, but I believe it has a plastic section.

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I have one but $36 is a bit steep to potentially trash. There are probably not many made so I'll likely need to just use an all metal pen.

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Why not just put some metal into a jam jar and toss some ink on top?

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I wonder how much the metal composition is different between nibs and sections? The Artista Crystal has a really nice looking polished section that seems that it'd be more resilient than, say, a Jinhao with unfinished copper or whatever it's made out of.

 

Why does ink not affect the nib the same way? I've looked for threads on metal eyedroppers but it seems to be mostly conjecture and warning rather than any evidence of what happens.

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I wonder how much the metal composition is different between nibs and sections? The Artista Crystal has a really nice looking polished section that seems that it'd be more resilient than, say, a Jinhao with unfinished copper or whatever it's made out of.

 

Why does ink not affect the nib the same way? I've looked for threads on metal eyedroppers but it seems to be mostly conjecture and warning rather than any evidence of what happens.

 

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I wonder how much the metal composition is different between nibs and sections? The Artista Crystal has a really nice looking polished section that seems that it'd be more resilient than, say, a Jinhao with unfinished copper or whatever it's made out of.

 

Why does ink not affect the nib the same way? I've looked for threads on metal eyedroppers but it seems to be mostly conjecture and warning rather than any evidence of what happens.

The nib is made of steel, the rest of the pen is made by different metal.

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nevermind.

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Does anyone know of a cheap demonstrator with a metal section to convert into an eyedropper? I'd like to see what ink can do to metal with my own eyes. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment or one of "those" that has to learn the hard way. I've got plenty of Chinese candidates that would qualify, but they do not have clear barrels which would be better, I think, to see any destruction!

 

The Nemosine something or other is the cheapest I can think of off-hand, but I believe it has a plastic section.

 

The TWSBI 580 AL is a relatively cheap demonstrator, but it already is a piston filler.

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