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Twsbi Classic: Any Thoughts?

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My TWSBIS have lasted for the better part of a year (I think they may have had their 1st birthday by now). I don't think there's much to worry about. I'm constantly unscrewing the nib section to clean it and fill it(I fill the pen by unscrewing the nib section and filling via pipette), so surely if anyone was going to have issues with the pen cracking it would be me?

The threads on the nib section are where the cracking is said to occur, but nothing for me.

 

I hear lots of problems with them cracking, and where there there's smoke there's fire.

 

I was going to say that maybe higher temperature has something to do with the cracking, then I noticed that there are other UK members that it's happened to.

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It is! it has the potential to be a fantastic pen if TWSBI could just get their act together on the section flaws... You might see if anyone in the forums otherwise knows about an alternative to the Classic. I'm still not deep enough in the FP world to know of any other piston fillers I could suggest. This might be something to look at too.

I'll have a gander!

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The Jaipur, Indus and Guru from Fountain Pen Revolution are all lower-cost piston-fillers that I've found to work pretty well - and more recently the Himalaya. The Indus is probably closest in look and feel to the TWSBI Classic. US-based customers will get fastest service from fprevolutionusa.com; international users will get much cheaper shipping from fountainpenrevolution.com (India-based website with US$3 flat-rate shipping).

 

Edited to add: I'm very happy with my TWSBI pens, cracking problems notwithstanding - but haven't tried the Classic yet...

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