> Great,
> Where can other people buy these pens?

Good question...
Thus far I have only found this pen via Staedtler's distributor in Denmark.
They was so kind as to send me a sample.  I haven't found any that will sell
to other than retailers.  (I contacted Staedtler via work, and we might
register as a retailer with them...  If we do, I'll have a source of theese
penns and might start peddling them as a personal project.)
As long as one sends 2 penns or similar as samples or something, one should
be able to skip customs right ?
(Ohh, and yes... I hate customs!)

    KreAture


> ~Brad
>
> > I have now tested the pens I got from Staedtler and compared them to
> the
> > bunch I already had.
> > There is no comparison between them!
> >
> > The pen is a Staedtler Permanent Lumocolor 319 F-9 and is approx 0.4mm
> > thick.
> > There is supposed to exist a super fine version that's thinner.
> >
> > I tested this one with both horror schenarios I could think of.
> Strong, hot
> > acid and weak hot acid.  I let it over-etch about 15 minutes in a
> medium
> > heated solution and it didn't even start to pit!  It gave good
> coverage when
> > used as fill and is not too fast drying so one can criss-cross without
> > tearing previous strokes.
> > Worst torture test must have been the 40 minutes slow etch in a 45
> deg C
> > solution.  All my other penns failed miserably and pitted worse than
> a 14
> > year old chockolate fanatic.  The Lumocolor was crisp and clear.
> >
> > I'm working on a writeup with pictures so everyone interested can see
> the
> > difference.  I've requested prices and will compare those with the
> other
> > penns I have tested as well.
> >
> > Finally, my search is over...  I am so happy for following the lead
> left
> > here a whiler ago about Lumocolor.  The problem was that the pen
> > reccommended was out of production, but the ones behind the scenes at
> > Staedtler assured me that this one was an improvement.
> >
> > Now, all I need to do is add a guide-ring around it to allow my
> plotter to
> > grasp it.  It turns out to be 9.5mm thick (+/- 0.1) and that is
> perfect for
> > my plotter as it's the same as the original penns!  In adition the
> pen is
> > fairly light so it won't jiggle too much.
> >
> > For those of you who are wondering:
> > Most plotters need a guide-ring on the penns to insure correct grasp
> each
> > time.  To add this I simply make a copper ting out of the core of a PR
> > cable.  I make the ring a tad too small so it will hug the pen
> slightly and
> > position it.  Then I heat the ring up a bit with a soldering iron and
> let it
> > melt slightly into the pen, trying to make it even all around.  Now
> the
> > plotter can grab the pen correctly every time as long as I didn't
> screw up
> > the distance from the point of the pen to the ring.  This makes it
> very
> > practical, and by adding a couple of penns with different widths
> we're in
> > buisiness.
> >
> >     KreAture
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