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Save $200 in 2 minutes and have the worlds best writing pen

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introSave $200 in 2 minutes and have the worlds best writing pen

transform a $3 pen into a $200 pen in just seconds. Mont Blanc pens are the worlds finest writing pens but they make specialized refills so you must buy their $200+ pens to use their amazing ink...until now. This is the easiest hack/adaptation to give anyone the king's writing ink.

Save $200 in 2 minutes and have the worlds best writing pen

step 1


step 2Buy, don't shoplift.


step 3Consider the Lillies.


step 4Disassemble pen.


step 5If you don't have a 5 year old, make one.


step 6One of these is not like the other.


step 7I hope you spent more time noticing the similarities than the differences because we all have a lot more in common than different, even though we aren't all pens....


step 8Dial 911


step 9Compare again


step 10Here is the tough part.


step 11Save the world


step 12Enjoy


648 comments
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May 17, 2006. 12:23 PMQQQQsays:
If the Mont Blanc refill isn't writing smoothely, do NOT shake it while indoors wearing nice clothing. My floor, desk, and shirt are all covered in the world's finest ink.
Dec 2, 2008. 10:47 PMSFHandymansays:
I'm going to be trying this - the pen refill, not the shaking.

The BBC had an article about the Fitzwilliam Museum visitor who tripped down the stairs and broke three ancient Chinese Vases. They asked for your best f up in the comments.

One man wrote in to say when he was about 7, he twisted his father's pen in a rubber band, then pulled both ends of the elastic, to make the pen spin.

Innocent fun with a straw, but the pen spit ink all over the boy, his father's library, books, desk, chairs, papers, floor,...

(Funny comment stream!)
Jul 15, 2008. 6:23 PMOompa-Loompasays:
At least it's not some cheap crummy ink...
Dec 2, 2008. 6:53 PMRossirollersays:
Your stained in style.

And be sure to answer anyone that asks if you spilled ink on yourself,
'That's not ink, that's the finest writing medium in the world'.
Dec 3, 2008. 11:48 AMOompa-Loompasays:
exactly...
Dec 1, 2008. 5:54 AMcbsevensays:
Was really impressed with this hack - no so much as a way to get a really good pen, but rather as a cheap way to see if the $200 Mont Blanc was really worth it. My opinion: the G2 writes pretty nicely. In a blind writing test where I don't know which pen I'm using, my ability to identify the Mont Blanc was only slightly better than 50%.

Perhaps I need to try on more expensive paper :-)
Nov 30, 2008. 5:36 PMNocivosays:
LOL!!! i love this instructable!!!
Sep 1, 2008. 1:05 AMblugyblugsays:
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Nov 26, 2008. 2:13 AMthinkdunsonsays:
do you really eat heaps of ink? i mean, it may not be toxic, but wouldn't it kind of coat your insides? i guess that's one way to lose weight. or to look completely goth. a totally black mouth, tongue and teeth. "yes, my heart is black as well... fear me, meatsack. the darkness inside this shell is nothing next to the infinite darkness awaiting you. run for the sake of your immortal soul."

...i like candy
Nov 27, 2008. 12:54 AMblugyblugsays:
Ahahaha. Goth. Goth and Emo suck. I hate emos. They do it to look cool -.-
Freaking modern people. There was no goth and emo 10 years before.
I dont eat ink like, everyday. Maybe a few times a month when one of my friends gets a new pen or something.
And it doesnt coat my insides... it comes out in my poo =DD
Nov 28, 2008. 1:25 AMcsmilersays:
Bloo Poo?
Nov 27, 2008. 1:55 AMthinkdunsonsays:
we all do things to look cool. everything you wear, you have to consider what everyone else will think. and do you think emos and goths expect everyone to think they look cool like that? no, they don't. the fact that you say they do it to look cool, obviously means you think it looks cool. ...you're just afraid to dress like that because you know everyone will think you're not cool. see how that works? so they really are cool for expressing themselves openly.

...cheese is also cool
Nov 27, 2008. 10:28 PMblugyblugsays:
No, you can notice it in some people. You can notice that they TRY to. (I missed the word out there)
Nov 15, 2008. 3:53 PMblugyblugsays:
Wow ive gotten 26 replies from this.
Nov 13, 2008. 5:48 PMfwjs28says:
ahhhh!!!another person like me....one question though...do u lick windows too?
Nov 15, 2008. 12:36 AMblugyblugsays:
Hmm..
On a school excursion trip to a Zoo there was an ape licking the glass when it saw us.
Tell me, Are you an Ape?
Nov 15, 2008. 9:00 AMfwjs28says:
technically yes.....but i like the shortbus windows best!!!they taste better.....
Nov 28, 2008. 4:35 AMidiotbashersays:
isn't it hard to lick the windows with your helmet on?
Nov 29, 2008. 11:47 AMfwjs28says:
yes, it can get complicated, but i like a challenge!
Nov 13, 2008. 4:59 PMwenpherdsays:
hmmmmmmmmmm.................???
Oct 11, 2008. 11:01 PMRipsawsays:
You are a very odd person, my friend. But whatever floats your inventive boat. I can dig flavored gel pens.
Sep 22, 2008. 11:47 AMbowchickabowwowsays:
dude you are weird! hahahahahahahahaha but definitely original
Sep 20, 2008. 5:31 AMbaneatsays:
I've accidentally drank it, totally tasteless, I was more worried because my mouth was completely blue and it took ages to wash the ink out by the way they say it's not toxic under the assumption that you don't deliberately drink tons of the ink!
Sep 20, 2008. 4:30 PMblugyblugsays:
What typ eof pen was it?
Sep 22, 2008. 10:26 AMbaneatsays:
It was one of those Gel ink pens that near the top is transparent and it sort of has a heatsink looking thingy to hold the ink in. It burst when I had the tip in my mouth :)
Oct 13, 2008. 10:06 PMCruciosays:
It burst when I had the tip in my mouth :)

Oh gosh, double entendre.
Nov 27, 2008. 12:52 AMblugyblugsays:
Ok someone just had to point that out...
Nov 26, 2008. 1:59 AMthinkdunsonsays:
you're so naughty
Nov 11, 2008. 12:57 PMbaneatsays:
Unintentional lol
Sep 18, 2008. 12:40 AMblugyblugsays:
Whos actually eaten pen ink here and enjoyed the taste instead of spitting it out?
I licked my friends glue once, it tasted kinda weird. dont eat it, its pretty gross.
Sep 7, 2008. 3:57 PMmo5says:
your mother must be proud
Sep 3, 2008. 2:41 PMAnarchistAsiansays:
woah...
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Sep 7, 2008. 2:48 PM=SMART=says:
lol i like that
Sep 7, 2008. 3:16 PMAnarchistAsiansays:
i cant take full credit for it...
Sep 17, 2008. 2:18 PM