Attack of the Bulb Fillers!
Hi Pen Fans.
When I went to the DC pen show, I had two special pens that I brought with me. One was a Pearl Bulb Filler, and one was a #76 Bulb Filler. They were both custom commissions. One was for a customer, and one was for the Cherished Creations Charity Auction (which was a smashing success, by the way).
I've made bulb fillers before. What made these pens unique was the fact that the barrels were made from a translucent material, in the spirit of the old Postal Pens.
Well, they were such a hot item, that I'm just now finishing up the orders from the DC show. 90% of the orders that were placed were for these bulb fillers.
Unless I'm mistaken, I'm the only modern pen manufacturer who is creating a bulb filler. There are a couple of things that make these pens unique. The mechanism has no moving parts to break down. Long term, this will be a very reliable filling mechanism. The only part that could fail would be the bulb sac, which is easily replaced. The ink capacity is a whopping 2.5 to 3 mL. The ink window will obviously tell you when it's time to refill. And lastly, seeing the pen fill is just plain cool!
Here is a video of a bulb filler pen being filled.
You will notice that some of the translucent barrels are tinted. I have tinted barrel material in a myriad of colors, so matching a translucent barrel to any material type or color is possible.
Any of my pens can be made into a bulb filler, which the exception of the Herald. I don't think that the taper of the Herald's barrel will accommodate the bulb mechanism (but I haven't tried yet). I have not made a Huron into a bulb filler yet, but I can't wait to.
After putting together a decent collection of these, I thought that I would present photos of them.
Pearl Bulb Fillers...
Hunter Green Acrylic
Black Rose Acrylic
Tortoise Lucite
And #76 bulb fillers...
Tortoise Lucite
Granite Acrylic
Mandarin Yellow
Black Rose Acrylic
And here is a complete slideshow of the recent pens (press play to start the slideshow).
The price of making any pen into a bulb filler adds $75 for an opaque barrel, and $100 for a translucent barrel.
Email me if you have any questions.
Thanks for reading!
I love the ink pens. They remind me of childhood. We used to write with it in the primary school. Our teacher said that it improved the handwriting. I'm very glad they are still produced. But it seems to me what you need is a good advertising. Try to make up new reasons to make people want buy them.
