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Joe Boster
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I belive both Hobby Lobby and Michael's craft store carry the pentel pen. I have 3.
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Chris Geary
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I haven't seen the Sharpie Brush tips. I might have to go on a bit of an
expedition.
For those interested in the Pentel pens, stick with the ink they supply. The
pens don't fair too well if you try to improvise... :-{
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Armindo Macieira
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I did that a couple of times and it worked well.
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Stephen Churay
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I haven't seen the Sharpie Brush tips. I might have to go on a bit of
expedition.
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Chris, unless they make a fine tip one I didn't see, I'd consider it a
waste of time.
IMO, these would be great to cover large areas or doing line work on
something big that you want to see from far away. They don't do
subtile very well.
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John Byrne
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To those who want to try cutting the nibs, also keep in mind to start as close to the tip as possible, so you can make several cuts on the same nib. Obviously, the slice will become wider as you progress down the nib, but the edge remains sharp enough to keep the line controllable.And it beats throwing out a pen that still has plenty of ink in it!
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Stephen Churay
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JB, do you think an X-Acto knife would do the trick?
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John Byrne
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JB, do you think an X-Acto knife would do the trick?•• Anything really sharp. The brush felt (?) is necessarily soft, so the blade needs to be able to cut without tearing.
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Matthew Hansel
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I tried this (cutting the tip of the PITT brush pen) a few years ago, JB, based on some advice you gave me about cutting the very tip off of a "real" brush (using either a razor or a match). It works pretty well, plus you can use both ends of the nib to get more use out of it. Thanks for the advice! MPH
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Daniel Gillotte
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I love my Pentel FP10 as well and love that it's refillable!
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Naoko Ohno
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We are very sorry and concerned to hear that you are experiencing a problem.
The Faber-Castell PITT artist pens are one of the premium products that we offer in our Art & Graphic Brand. Your overall experience with the product is very important to us.
We’ve read each of the posts on this thread, and we would like to make the situation right for you. The quality of our brand is not taken lightly and as we are looking into this issue, we would like to send you other PITT artist pen products, so that you may enjoy working with them in the meantime.
Please contact us at consumer@fabercastell.com<mailto:consumer@fabercastell.com> with your mailing address. Our Consumer Relations department will be processing replacement packages for you and will be happy to answer any additional questions that you may have.
Thank you, Faber-Castell
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John Byrne
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My experience with Faber-Castell has almost always been, to borrow a phrase, the finest kind. I take great pleasure in telling people the story of the mechanical pencil my father bought in 1956, and passed on to me some ten years later. When that pencil finally gave up the ghost after fifty years of service -- having been the pencil with which I drew all my issues of UNCANNY X-MEN, FANTASTIC FOUR, ALPHA FLIGHT and most of SUPERMAN -- I dropped a line to Faber-Castell, thinking they might enjoy hearing of such long and productive use. To my amazement, they actually offered to repair the pencil! I declined, gratefully, and instead had the "old boy" mounted and framed, and it hangs in a prominent place on my Studio wall. I have had mostly equal joy from the PITT pens, without complaint until... something changed in the brush pens a few years back. The others remain perfect for my needs, but the problem with the brush pens does not seem something that can be rectified with "replacements". As this thread reveals, my loyalty to Faber-Castell continues, and with the method indicated in my first post I have found a "work around" for the brush pen problem. But new pens are not a solution -- I buy new pens on a monthly basis. The change in the nib seems to be in all the brushes.
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Trevor Phillip
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There is a brand of pens that sells replacement nibs -- I'm not sure of the name, but you can replace the tip when worn. Is this an option for FabreCastell? Has anyone tried contacting their sales dept to purchase just a bag of tips?
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