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The New Hotness

  • Sakura Pen Nib

    Emboldened by Erik’s suggestion to file the end of a smashed Sakura pen, I filed a notch around the metal snout, snapped it off, and pulled on the tip:

    Sakura pen - extended nib
    Sakura pen – extended nib

    Come to find out the end of the snout is compressed around the nib and holds it in place. I don’t know how long the fiber cylinder might be, but it slides right out of the pen body.

    So I squished the snout just a little, snipped off the metal tip, filed the fiber cylinder’s end to a point, and … it sorta-kinda works, but it’ll never again be a very good pen.

    Obviously, I should conjure a slightly compliant pen holder for the MPCNC.