BASTION FOUNTAIN PENS

MATERIAL TYPES:

Aluminum: 100% 6061-T6 Grade Aluminum
Stainless Steel: Grade 304: an alloy containing approximately 8% nickel.
Titanium: Type Ti-6Al-4V (Grade 5) with TC4 Hardness HRC 36.

ORIGIN:

We source materials from multiple countries including the USA to ensure the highest quality at the best price.  We cannot specify location by part type or lot with regard to each unit produced.

PEN GRIP COMPARISON:

Anodized aluminum pens and poly-coated stainless steel, titanium, and zirconium pens offer grip compared to our natural, uncoated metal pens. Poly-coat is thicker than the anodized surface and is intended to provide greater grip. Our copper patina pen is uncoated; however, the patina itself provides some grip.

PEN WEIGHT COMPARISON:

Standard size pens by weight lightest to heaviest:

Aluminum 1.3 oz.
Titanium 1.6 oz.
Stainless Steel 2.8 oz.

FOUNTAIN PEN INK:

We do not sell the fountain ink cartridges.

The ink cartridge that fits our pen is available in many stores and are inexpensive if bought in bulk.

The fountain pens can take either a disposable cartridge (shown below) or you can use the converter and fill it with ink from a bottle.

Our pens use the international short version ink cartridge. 

Be sure to purchase cartridges with width of 6.2mm so it fits snuggly in the barrel. 

FILLING THE PISTON-STYLE INK CONVERTER
We are in the process of developing our tutorial on how to use our fountain pens.  In the meantime, we found this video tutorial that we believe works best to describe both the cartridge and pistol-style converter that comes installed on the fountain pen.  

Cartridge tutorial starts at :30 seconds.  

Piston-style converter tutorial starts at 2:05. 

CAP POSTING:

There is no cap posting available for the fountain pen. The bottom barrel is not designed to sit atop the upper portion of barrel. We believe that cap posting alters the balance and affects grip.

TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS: