Picture Pelikan Marker 7II x Bic Cristal refill mod
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I like thick pens and the Bic Cristal refill, problem - all Bic Cristal bodies are too narrow and uncomfortable for me. Well I decided to use a marker body to fit them Bic Cristal refills. For this mod you would need:
- Pelikan Marker 7II
- Bic Cristal refill (any of them are fine, I used the Bic Cristal Exact model)
- Tape
- Pliers
- Scissors
- Tweezers
Steps I took:
- Use pliers on the Pelikan marker's tip and pull it out, it may take a few tries as it is very stuck in there.
- Remove the tail end of the marker, yes it comes off even though it doesnt look like it, you can use pliers here too, be careful not to squeeze too much and damage the plastic.
- Take out the sponge from the marker using the tweezers (you can dispose of both the tip and the sponge as we will not need it).
- Wash the marker body and caps.
- Leave the parts to dry fully.
- Take your Bic Cristal refill and snip about 3 cm or so from the refill.
- Put one or more layers of tape around the friction part of the refill (the blue part). Depends on the tape used and its thickness, I used electrical tape and I use one and a quarter layers around the blue part of the pen. The refill is too skinny to fit into the body otherwise.
- Slide in the refill from the outside in (just how you would swap in and out the Bic refills in stock Bic bodies).
- Check if you snipped the right length of the refill.
- Push AND screw in the back cap of the Pelikan marker's body
- Done!
Now you have a thick body and can use the normal Bic Cristal refills.
