After all the recent
Staedtler drafting tools loot that I've acquired recently, a bit of nostalgia moved me to dig out my
old college drafting sets for an impromptu photo shoot to make some quick visual comparisons and conduct a simple size matching test.
Even after a couple of decades the thread size of the
Staedtler technical pen design has remained the same, so this new technical drawing pen model can still be attached to my old compass set to whip out some quick circles with pigmented ink.
The current mid-priced
Staedtler Mars Professional Technical Drawing pen certainly requires less effort to maintain and use than my old college technical pens. Every time the ink reservoir runs out, the entire inner pen body along with a fresh metal clad felt tip can be quickly and easily replaced without any mess. Just wonder if it will retain its shine and performance as well as the old technical pens did throughout the years. The original technical pens were quite reliable and fairly easy to take apart for cleaning (though the cleaning process could be rather time-consuming and messy). They were also rather susceptible to clogs and nib damage when cleaning was less than adequate or maintenance was rushed. The smallest 0.2 mm pen nib in the College set was damaged long ago when putting the nib assembly back together, and it is now missing the weighed drum and needle from the pen nib cylindrical housing. While all the parts of the 0.4 and 0.8 mm pens seem to be there, I am not feeling nostalgic enough to fill them with fresh ink for a quick drawing test. The new maintenance-free disposable formats, ranging from the
Pigment liners set to the
Mars Professional Technical Drawing pen, have spoiled me to the point of avoiding clean up duty as much as I can.
After all the recent Staedtler drafting tools loot that I've acquired recently, a bit of nostalgia moved me to dig out my old college drafting sets for an impromptu photo shoot to make some quick visual comparisons and conduct a simple size matching test.
Even after a couple of decades the thread size of the Staedtler technical pen design has remained the same, so this new technical drawing pen model can still be attached to my old compass set to whip out some quick circles with pigmented ink.
The current mid-priced Staedtler Mars Professional Technical Drawing pen certainly requires less effort to maintain and use than my old college technical pens. Every time the ink reservoir runs out, the entire inner pen body along with a fresh metal clad felt tip can be quickly and easily replaced without any mess. Just wonder if it will retain its shine and performance as well as the old technical pens did throughout the years. The original technical pens were quite reliable and fairly easy to take apart for cleaning (though the cleaning process could be rather time-consuming and messy). They were also rather susceptible to clogs and nib damage when cleaning was less than adequate or maintenance was rushed. The smallest 0.2 mm pen nib in the College set was damaged long ago when putting the nib assembly back together, and it is now missing the weighed drum and needle from the pen nib cylindrical housing. While all the parts of the 0.4 and 0.8 mm pens seem to be there, I am not feeling nostalgic enough to fill them with fresh ink for a quick drawing test. The new maintenance-free disposable formats, ranging from the Pigment liners set to the Mars Professional Technical Drawing pen, have spoiled me to the point of avoiding clean up duty as much as I can.
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