Conid News - Update

[Karmachanic]

15 minutes ago, nanders9 said:

I am a bit surprised by this price

 

Keeps the riff-raff out.  And that would include me.  Happily I also have a 2018 Minimalistica.

[oldrifleman]

Actually not surprised as individual parts are always more expensive, on a percentage basis, than the whole. Also the Conid prices have risen significantly since the Pandemic. 

[Doug C]

1 hour ago, Karmachanic said:

 

Keeps the riff-raff out.  And that would include me.  Happily I also have a 2018 Minimalistica.

Me too. I had planned to sell one of my two Conids.  Now I'm rethinking....

[nanders9]

2 hours ago, oldrifleman said:

Actually not surprised as individual parts are always more expensive, on a percentage basis, than the whole. Also the Conid prices have risen significantly since the Pandemic. 

This is fair, and I was expecting the cap to be the price of many other nice pens.

 

I was hoping for around €200. I figured that the pen body and filling mechanism are more complex and challenging to produce and would constitute a larger portion of the price. My expectation was also based on my experience of ordering a clip-less cap ring with my Minimalistica+ (€12).

 

I guess I'll try to embrace the wabi-sabi of my clear cap.

[sketchstack]

Thanks for sharing your experience. When I originally ordered by Minimalistica all those years ago, for reasons I don't remember, opted to go clipless. This is a decision I regret each time my pen starts to roll off the table. 

 

And thanks to your information I conclude that I will simply live with the pen as it is. Too expensive for me to willy-nilly order a new one just to have a clip. 

 

As to the current pricing, my guess is they don't have a giant bin of spare parts. Thus  replacements may be made to order and therefore costly. 

[como]

38 minutes ago, sketchstack said:

Thanks for sharing your experience. When I originally ordered by Minimalistica all those years ago, for reasons I don't remember, opted to go clipless. This is a decision I regret each time my pen starts to roll off the table. 

 

And thanks to your information I conclude that I will simply live with the pen as it is. Too expensive for me to willy-nilly order a new one just to have a clip. 

 

As to the current pricing, my guess is they don't have a giant bin of spare parts. Thus  replacements may be made to order and therefore costly. 

@sketchstack You can also just buy a spare clip. I bought a spare clip a few years ago for my Kingsize. I think it was €80.

[nanders9]

On 9/11/2023 at 11:34 AM, nanders9 said:

  

 

I received an update on this over the weekend from Yves at Penworld.

 

Conid - through Penworld - will sell me a Delrin cap with clip and finial for €300 (VAT excluded). 

 

I am a bit surprised by this price for several reasons, and I will probably forgo placing an order. For one, the nib-less Minimalistica that was available on Penworld this summer was €488.43 (VAT excluded). I'm surprised the cap is over 60% of the price, especially since I was looking for a Delrin and not a titanium finial. The second is that the nib-less price of my Minimalistica in 2018 was €292. Even with inflation, that's only ~€350.

 

Penworld sent me a follow-up email that they now have just the Delrin cap "sleeve" that they can sell for €100 (no clip/ring or finial). This is OK with me since that's the part I originally wanted to purchase anyway.

[como]

On 9/12/2023 at 9:51 AM, como said:

@sketchstack You can also just buy a spare clip. I bought a spare clip a few years ago for my Kingsize. I think it was €80.

Sorry, I was probably wrong, because the clipless cap is probably a piece construction, and the finial can't be screwed off to put on a clip.

[nanders9]

4 hours ago, como said:

Sorry, I was probably wrong, because the clipless cap is probably a piece construction, and the finial can't be screwed off to put on a clip.

The clipless "ring" and the clipped "ring" are interchangeable on the Minimalistica. I have both of those parts (just not two full caps). See the second video on this page: https://www.conidpen.com/support/how-to-replace-a-clip/.

[fountainbel]

On 9/11/2023 at 9:31 PM, nanders9 said:

This is fair, and I was expecting the cap to be the price of many other nice pens.

 

I was hoping for around €200. I figured that the pen body and filling mechanism are more complex and challenging to produce and would constitute a larger portion of the price. My expectation was also based on my experience of ordering a clip-less cap ring with my Minimalistica+ (€12).

 

I guess I'll try to embrace the wabi-sabi of my clear cap.

The clip -being made out of a solid bar of titanium - is the most expensive part of any Bulkfiller......

[como]

15 hours ago, nanders9 said:

The clipless "ring" and the clipped "ring" are interchangeable on the Minimalistica. I have both of those parts (just not two full caps). See the second video on this page: https://www.conidpen.com/support/how-to-replace-a-clip/.

That's really good to know. Thank you!

[sketchstack]

On 9/15/2023 at 12:07 PM, como said:

Sorry, I was probably wrong, because the clipless cap is probably a piece construction, and the finial can't be screwed off to put on a clip.

Thanks anyways. I've decided the cheapest and most successful fix is to simply be happy with that I have 😊

[velox brunneis vulpes]

Holy moly, that's got to be a new record!

The latest batch of Conids released through Penworld (the regular demonstrator) just sold out in less than 30 minutes! 😯

 

[SpecTP]

22 hours ago, velox brunneis vulpes said:

Holy moly, that's got to be a new record!

The latest batch of Conids released through Penworld (the regular demonstrator) just sold out in less than 30 minutes! 😯

 

 

I was waiting on that model too..

[velox brunneis vulpes]

On 9/27/2023 at 11:05 PM, SpecTP said:

 

I was waiting on that model too..

My condolences SpecTP 😔

I hope you manage to get one in the near future 🙂

[SpecTP]

11 hours ago, velox brunneis vulpes said:

My condolences SpecTP 😔

I hope you manage to get one in the near future 🙂

 

I'll make do with my bulk-filler w/CAISO. 😁

[fountainbel]

Early November a new series Regular"s will become available , so check the Penworld  website regularly !

[sketchstack]

Hi Fountainbel, 

 

Are there CAISO feeds available from Conid? 

 

Thanks for any information!

[velox brunneis vulpes]

Does anyone know if nib units in the latest Conid regular can be simply swapped-out with a non-Conid standard Bock #6 nib unit?

Thanks in advance for your feedback

[Karmachanic]

Looks like the same housing except for #8:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/353199-conid-news-update/?do=findComment&comment=4571045