This was my thinking too about those who had cracking issues. However, I never removed the nib and still got a nice crack in the section. I have no idea what caused it. One day it wasn't there the next it was.
Can anyone review their TWSBI GO?
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This was my thinking too about those who had cracking issues. However, I never removed the nib and still got a nice crack in the section. I have no idea what caused it. One day it wasn't there the next it was.
I must hold my hand up and found the crack in one of my pens the day after I had removed the nib and pushed it home. My other Eco has never had the nib out and has been crack free, you can see how I put 2 and 2 together.
My wife's mini broke. Replaced the section for cost of shipping. Meh. It wrote nice with a 1.1mm but cracking on her sucked.
When her car got broken I to and her purse jacked I replaced the mini with a Prera.
When her car got broken I to and her purse jacked I replaced the mini with a Prera.
Lately I have been finding more and more pens that have had the sections crack on them. I had a pilot metropolitan that had the seams split and leaked ink on my fingers. I was able to glue the seams and stop the pen from leaking. I also had my TWSBI Eco develop micro cracks in the section that never leaked but I still got a replacement for the barrel anyway just in case. I just had a PENBBS pen that I received and the section on that one developed cracks and leak onto my hands as well and got a replacement section for that one and so far I have had no issues with it. I think that the plastic that is being used in batches and the pressure that is being placed on the plastic while being molded is really what the issue is. I must just really be unlucky but that is just the way that things go sometimes.
