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This is a modern Crest green opalite. I found it has a shorter barrel ( 2mm ) then the Nova Laquer one. This 2mm makes it cannot house the converter or cartridge completely. The surface of the opalite pen is not completely smooth. And the upper end with the metal thread is a little bit thicker. Is the celluloid material "collapsed" causing the problem?

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I'm reviving an old thread here - apparently the OP did not get a response to the original post. I too have a short-barreled green opalite Crest. With the converter in place, the barrel does not screw down completely. This is a wonderfully writing pen - does anyone have suggestions on a solution? I presume from the original post that the Sheaffer carts don't fit.... (Maybe this will be my first ED conversion, eh?

 

thanks for any help.

 

 

edit: I may have a solution - the top of the converter is hollow - I can grind it down a couple mm.... Nothing to lose at this point!

 

Still happy to hear any other suggestions....

 

edit 2: Success is mine. Very light metal easily filed down... so... never mind. But thanks!

 

Jon

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Reviving an old thread...

 

I've just acquired a Crest in golden brown opalite - mine is also a couple of mm shorter than my other Crests. Was this perhaps just a feature of the handmade/hand-ground nature of these pens, or has anybody got some "normal" sized ones?

 

Cheers!

Jon

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There was also a ball pen and IIRC it was just a hair shorter than the fountain pen. My guess is that what you have is a fountain pen section in a ball point body.

 

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Apparently the roller ball has an insert in the barrel to hold the refill - I'll have a look in my barrel later and see if it's there...

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I can confirm there is a difference inside between my shorter barrel and my other crest barrels! A bigger looking brass insert at the blind end, which might confirm the shorter barrel is from a rollerball pen...

 

Now, does anyone with an unusually long rollerball in opalite golden brown want to swap?

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