About this project
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Hi Kickstarters!
We love Hi-Tec-C pens. If you've ever written with one, you know what we're talking about. If you haven't heard of these pens, check out jetpen's blurb.http://bit.ly/hitecc
Pen Type-A is a stainless steel replacement for the Hi-Tec-C's cheap plastic housing. To us, the Hi-Tec-C cartridges deserve a more durable home.
The design is minimal, the construction is super solid, and indestructible to protect and cherish these coveted ink cartridges. It has a dime screw on one end to allow for easy ink cartridge replacement. Its shaft is a solid smooth surface with no branding, no fancy grip or grooves, and just the right thickness and weight so it feels comfortable in your hand. The entire piece is milled and turned from a block of 304 stainless steel. The raw steel finish today is how it’ll look 50 years from now. This thing will last forever.
The pen slides slowly into its sleeve, which doubles as a ruler. The notches on the ruler are in cm and inches. An internal lip at the bottom of the sleeve protects the tip from getting shoved in any further than it should. The tiny amount of space between the sleeve and the pen creates an effect like a pneumatic cylinder, so the pen slides in slow and smooth.
We'd love to share our passion for this pen.
With your support, we'd like to gather enough pre-orders to cover the tooling costs to get this pen into your hands. It also makes a great gift, so we've opened up higher pledges for those of you who want more than one.
Your support is greatly appreciated!
Love, CW&T
PS. The Pen Type-A is selling here for $50 as a limited pre-sale Kickstarter price. After this campaign, the pen will retail for $99.
Specifications:
Pen Type-A includes a 0.3 Black Hi-Tec-C Cartridge
Pen Weight (including ink cartridge): 50 grams (1.75 oz)Pen Diameter: 9.72mm
Pen Length: 124.75mm
Sleeve Weight: 74 grams (2.6 oz)
Sleeve Length: 120mm
Sleeve Width: 12mm
Compatible Ink Cartridges: Pilot Hi-Tec-C and G-Tec-C Cartridges (0.25, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5mm widths in many colors!)
Retail Price: $99
FAQ
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You kind of have to just try it. A little googling will also bring up a lot.
Here are some places to start.
http://penaddiction.blogspot.com/2008/01/review-pilot-hi-tec-c-025mm-blue-ink.html
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-711.html -
Black .3mm width tip
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All Hi-Tec-C and G-Tec Cartridges fit in Pen Type-A.
Hi-Tec-C comes in 0.25, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5mm tip widths and many colors -
Definitely not. I dare you.
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The pledge field is editable, so if you pledge $50 for a pen, then you can edit the field to say $55. If you have already submitted your pledge, you can click the "manage your pledge" button and then add $5 to your pledge amount. oh and thank you
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http://www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Hi-Tec-C-Gel-Ink-Pen-Refill-0.3-mm-Black/pd/327
or many other fine pen retailers online. Try searching for Hi-Tec-C in your favorite search engine.
You can also find G-Tec-C pens at Staples. -
We'll ship the pen with a 0.3mm black ink cartridge, but if you want a different size or color, search for Hi-Tec-C in your favorite search engine textbox.
For a few bucks, you can get your favorite width or color. There are several fine pen stores online that carry Hi-Tec-C pens. Even ebay has some.
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We'd love to do it for you, but we don't have a laser engraver :(
To laser engrave your pen, or pen sleeve, search for "Jewelry Engraving" and find a local jeweler or laser shop that could make your pen extra special. -
$99
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We love you! and....you can pledge $50 x the number of pens you would like.
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After the campaign ends, you will receive an email requesting your shipping address.
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Great question!
Here’s what we’re thinking :
We can access the kickstarter funds 3 weeks after the campaign ends. Fabrication and sourcing will take approximately 45 days after that. If we waited for all that to happen, you wouldn’t have your pens until sometime in late October. Way too long!
Here’s what’s happening :
We are gearing up to deliver the pens mid-September!
Thanks to your enthusiasm, we have been able to negotiate with our manufacturers and suppliers to move things forward before the campaign ends.
We are trying to time everything perfectly so the stainless parts, ink cartridges, and packaging all come together in early September. We will do our best to make sure everything goes according to plan.
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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CW&T is Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy. We have a teeny design studio in Brooklyn where we make HARD and SOFT things. With the latest tools and processes, we imagine near future possibilities and build them into reality.
