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Making another one work

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Today’s quickie lesson concerns the current-production Pilot Vanishing Point, as illustrated here in the vibrant Raden finish:

There has arisen on the Fountain Pen Network, where I hang out from time to time, a thread about ripping the clip off a Vanishing Point. This subject comes up periodically because not everyone is happy with the clip’s location; for some of us, the clip ends up right under a finger and renders writing with the pen a more or less uncomfortable experience. This time I had a VP handy whose clip I could remove to illustrate the process.

In case you’re concerned about this point, I’ll say at the outset that removing the clip does not expose the pen to dryout. The retracted nib hides behind that little spring-loaded door, and it’s all contained within an inner structure that isn’t violated by the operation described here…

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