I Dropped My Pen Down The Center Of A Ten Story Stairwell :(

[The Dude]

It fell about 5 stories before it hit anything, then bounced back and forth off the railing several times staying in the center of the stairwell until it hit the ground over 100 feet down...........................................................

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Good thing it was my nearly INDESTRUCTIBLE Homo Sapiens Not even a scratch on it, and barely any ink even leaked/splattered into the cap. Lets see my Montblanc 149 try and perform that trick!

 

Thanks to Visconti, and to Bryant for the pen that keeps going, and going, and going, and going. Lava rock rules.

 

 

EDITED to add: I don't recommend that anyone repeat this 'experiment'. You do so at your pens own risk. No pens were harmed in the making of this thread.

Edited March 3, 2011 by The Dude

[psychdude]

Holy.

[bugmd]

One bit of advise, go and buy a lottery ticket. It is your lucky day.

[physicsgirl]

One bit of advise, go and buy a lottery ticket. It is your lucky day.

 

 

+1

 

Glad your pen survived its attempt at extreme sports!

[Susanna]

Did it happen REALLY????????

[BarryLee]

I knew purchasing one of these was a wise decision on my part – thanks for the confirmation.

[jsonewald]

One bit of advise, go and buy a lottery ticket. It is your lucky day.

 

Another +1!

 

And maybe put a small plaque at the bottom of the stairwell: "On this day, a Visconti HS fell 100 feet and survived".

[ethernautrix]

Dude.

[eds]

Seems like a good material for a commercial :blink:

[akiva]

Didn't parker do something similar with the "big red" duofold in the 20's-30's??

[dabaron2001]

Dante's pens are Rock solid, besides beautiful

[saskia_madding]

Okay, that is seriously impressive.

[professionaldilettante]

It fell about 5 stories before it hit anything, then bounced back and forth off the railing several times staying in the center of the stairwell until it hit the ground over 100 feet down...........................................................

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Good thing it was my nearly INDESTRUCTIBLE Homo Sapiens Not even a scratch on it, and barely any ink even leaked/splattered into the cap. Lets see my Montblanc 149 try and perform that trick!

 

Thanks to Visconti, and to Bryant for the pen that keeps going, and going, and going, and going. Lava rock rules.

 

 

EDITED to add: I don't recommend that anyone repeat this 'experiment'. You do so at your pens own risk. No pens were harmed in the making of this thread.

That's funny. Good thing that the resin was strong enough. It's not solid lava, and I'm guessing if it were, it would have been too rigid and might have chipped. On the other hand, you could have cracked something apart right inbetween the lava grains on a resin seam. However, it's very impressive. The Aluminum Kaweco Sport would probably survive that too, if not more.

[sumgaikid]

Didn't parker do something similar with the "big red" duofold in the 20's-30's??

 

 

 

They did--but I think it was only 150 feet..............................

 

 

 

John

[Bryant]

Haha... That is amazing, but honestly... How did you drop your pen down the middle of the staircase? Or did you actually do this on purpose... I hope not, that would have been an expensive experiment!

[anderl]

And what about the damage to the stairwell?

[Thornton]

And what about the damage to the stairwell?

 

They had to shut down the entire building while they make repairs.

 

That is a truly amazing story. Perhaps I will get one of those Homo Sapiens.

[PAKMAN]

Thanks for sharing your experience!! And, um.... no you can't borrow my HS!

[Apotheosis]

WHOA..this Homo Sapien is impressed with your Homo Sapien.

[The Dude]

Haha... That is amazing, but honestly... How did you drop your pen down the middle of the staircase? Or did you actually do this on purpose... I hope not, that would have been an expensive experiment!

 

 

Certainly not on purpose. I was almost to the top of the building and getting my phone out of my pocket. I keep my pen in the sometimes and it just fell out onto the steps. I leaned over to pick it up and accidentally kicked it over the edge and into oblivion. Made my heart race pretty bad while running down the steps after it.