I clipped my 30 to my shirt pocket and found that when I bent over to pick something up the clip released the pen allowing it to drop about 2', landing on the sidewalk.

I had heard stories of the owner of OMAS throwing a pen out a 2nd story window to show how strong the vegative resin was. Well mine now has three marks ( more like circular gouges) on the cap and barrel proving to me that it is not any tougher than other plastics. And I am not sure if this would be considered a warranty issue except for me to complain that the thin clip really doesn't support the pen.

Oh well the annoying thing is that the nib is great and I am worried that if I do send it back that they will do a complete exchange and I'll be out a nice nib.


Makes me want to keep all my pens above only carpeted surfaces


Kurt H

Diamond is pretty tough unless you hit it on a fault plane.

You may have managed to hit your pen on a sharp edge of a piece of concrete just perfectly (or wrongly) to do the perfect amount of damage.

It doesn't sound like a warranty issue to me. (But they may be nice to you if you ask.)

The resin on my Visconti Van Gogh deteriorated where the band is fused to the cap. This could have even been my fault from soaking the pen in something I shouldn't have soaked it in but I don't know. Anyway, I sent only the cap to Visconti's stateside rep and it sent me a new one at no charge. You say you have damage to the barrel also. Mine was a c/c so if I had to I could have sent the barrel too without the section and nib, but I don't know if you're able to do that. I don't have an Omas so I don't know about their service either, so good luck!

Wow, the clip on my newly acquired 360 is among the tightest I've seen on modern pens. I can't imagine it giving way, even clipped to the thinnest t-shirt.

Did your clip loosen over time or did it arrive that loose?

best, Dan

The reputation of OMAS resin ^H^H^H^H^H plastic is that it is somewhat softer than typical, and so is more inclined to pick up minor marks (or major, in your case, alas). I guess this might mean it's less brittle than typical, too, and so less likely to shatter.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune

Michael

Just to add my observations in addition to that of Dan's:

As much as the clip can clip onto any fabric with a lot of ease, is very tight and secure one it is fully engaged to the fabric/leather.

But this means that the material has to be completely underneathe the clip and not half-way clipped so to speak.

Oh, glad you are liking the 360 Dan

Love it, Kitty. It's a bit embarrassing how much I stare at it! But now I have a VP Raden that I keep twirling to see its iridenscence, so I guess I'll a bit less prone to wear out the 360 with my eyes!

Dan

Nope this isn't fault lines it is little chunks of the material gouged out of the cap and barrel in several locations. It looks like the material deformed around the points but still came out around.


Kurt H

I'm going to have to disagree with you both on this one. The curved shape of the clip as well as it's flexibility isn't as strong a grip as most of my other pens.


I had the pen completely clipped into my pocket as I always have feared this happening and as many times as I've carried other pens it has never happened expect with this pen.

Kurt H

The clip on my 360 is so tight that I am afraid to clip it on my shirts. If it is clipped to my shirt pocket and I try to remove the pen, I think the pocket would come off the front of the shirt with the pen. This is the same experience I have had with modern Conway Stewarts.

I wonder, Kurt, if the clip on your 360 may be poorly (i.e., too loosely) set and needs to be adjusted. Although it's too small a sample to signify, with three other users saying how tight their clips are, it is a possiblity.

best, Dan

Hmm, some 'precious resin' may have shattered

I understood that the cotton resin is not much stronger that the synthetic, but it's more elastic, making it less brittle, and allowing it to sustain stronger impacts. Check the Omas website.

Add a 4th person to the "tight clip" group. My 360 vision clip is very tight. Perhaps yours needs to be adjusted?

Just looked at the guarentee by OMAS and I think that I'll just sell the damn thing. As I can't see them repairing the clip without me paying for it.


Life is too short to own a pen that annoys me.


K

Gotta side with Kurt on this one. The clip on my 360 is not as secure clasping as some of my other pens, and I think Kurt hit the nail on the head when he mentioned the design of the clip as the source. Mine does fit secure enough not to be a concern, but I can see how it could be a problem with just the slightest bend or overextension of the clip.

So it seems that once the clip is bent out of contact with the barrel, then because there is not the usual "turned-in" bump at the end of the clip, it is free to slip right out. I can see that happening. I hope the tension holds on mine!

best, Dan