{"id":9354,"date":"2006-12-14T16:11:03","date_gmt":"2006-12-14T16:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=9354"},"modified":"2006-12-14T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2006-12-14T16:11:03","slug":"how-to-refill-varsity-disposable-fountain-pens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=9354","title":{"rendered":"How-To: Refill Varsity Disposable Fountain Pens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" src=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/storypics\/varsityPen.jpg\">Sebastien Bailard, of the awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/reprap.org\/\" target=\"new\">RepRap<\/a> (another DIY fabber project you should definitely check out) sent us a message about the Pilot Varsity disposable fountain pens with which I&#8217;m currently having a torrid affair. He says they <i>are<\/i> refillable: <\/p>\n<p> 1. Uncap the pen and set the cap aside. Put the fountain pen, nib point up, into a padded vise. <\/p>\n<p> 2. Take some pliers and carefully pull out the nib (you may want to pad the pliers with tape or otherwise protect the nib from marring). The nib <i>will<\/i> pull out, making a sort of &#8220;Schtuppf!&#8221; uncorking sound. <\/p>\n<p> 3. Set the nib aside and use an eyedropper or improvised pipette to refill the pen with your favorite fountain pen ink (I like Platinum brand Carbon Ink). Don&#8217;t use India Ink, it probably won&#8217;t work. <\/p>\n<p> 4. Replace the nib in the pen with the pliers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digg.com\/submit\" target=\"new\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/img\/badges\/91x17-digg-button-alt.gif\" width=\"91\" height=\"17\" alt=\"Digg!\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastien Bailard, of the awesome RepRap (another DIY fabber project you should definitely check out) sent us a message about the Pilot Varsity disposable fountain pens with which I&#8217;m currently having a torrid affair. He says they are refillable: 1. Uncap the pen and set the cap aside. Put the fountain pen, nib point up, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=9354\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How-To: Refill Varsity Disposable Fountain Pens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}