Question For Dialog 2 Owners

[marlinspike]

For those of you who have a Dialog 2, 1) how rickety is the clip when it is out (i.e. when the ink point is retracted) and 2) is it the case that it can't be clipped into your pocket unless you squeeze down the spring-end to raise the clipping end? Finally, do the carved in lines on the pen line up perfectly in both the extended and retracted positions, or only in the extended position?

Edited May 5, 2018 by marlinspike

[praxim]

Are you asking about the Dialog 2 rollerball, or Dialog 3 fountain pen?

[marlinspike]

Dialog 2 rollerball.

[Robert Alan]

For those of you who have a Dialog 2, 1) how rickety is the clip when it is out (i.e. when the ink point is retracted) and 2) is it the case that it can't be clipped into your pocket unless you squeeze down the spring-end to raise the clipping end? Finally, do the carved in lines on the pen line up perfectly in both the extended and retracted positions, or only in the extended position?

Hello--I own a Dialog 2 capless rollerball. 1) I do not consider the clip to be "rickety." However, it is a thin piece of metal and should be handled in the way it was designed to be handled. That is, (2) one must push down on the top end of the clip, in order to insert the pen's clip onto a pocket. 3) Yes, the "carved lines" do line up perfectly in both retracted and extended positions.

Regards, Robert

Edited May 6, 2018 by Robert Alan

[marlinspike]

Hello--I own a Dialog 2 capless rollerball. 1) I do not consider the clip to be "rickety." However, it is a thin piece of metal and should be handled in the way it was designed to be handled. That is, (2) one must push down on the top end of the clip, in order to insert the pen's clip onto a pocket. 3) Yes, the "carved lines" do line up perfectly in both retracted and extended positions.

Regards, Robert

Thanks. I figured as much, this one I got is a defective pen. The carved lines line up extended but not when retracted and the clip is mounted very loosely.