The Roundabout Rollerball Pen - Feathered Flight
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Description
Indulge in a joyful writing experience that transports you back to the age of when you first put pen to paper. The Roundabout rollerball pen unites the convenience and accessibility of a ballpoint pen with the customizability of using fountain pen inks. Explore every ink colour in our universe with the Roundabout pen.
Presented in a joyous blue, Feathered Flight, this small batch run is a limited edition and available only while quantities last.
Every Roundabout rollerball pen comes equipped with its own ink converter, ready to be filled and refilled all over again with your favourite Ferris Wheel Press Ink.
Features
- Capping Mechanism: Air-sealed click locking cap
- Capped length: 128mm
- Posted Length: 128mm
- Body: Acrylic blend with gloss finish
- Rollerball Tip: 0.6mm fine width
- Converter: Unfilled standard international size converter
Once Upon a Design
Notable design details:
- Princess Patch, our heroine rides on the back of one of her brothers, looking determined as ever to succeed in her goal.
- Princess Patch, our heroine rides on the back of one of her brothers, looking determined as ever to succeed in her goal.
- Hand-knit cardigans fly through the air, ready to be plucked by feathered brothers.
- In the scuttle and flurry of feathers, Patch has lost her knitting needles. Can you spot where they have gotten to?
- The sun hits the feathers in such a way they glow a rosy pink, which is inspired by the pink duochrome shimmer.
Notable design motifs:
- Unique 12-sided bollard cap inspired by memories of the merry-go-round and complete with lovely embossed typography.
- Hexagonal grip section drawing from the nuts and bolts of Ferris Wheel Press’ history in printmaking.
- A rollerball tip that can be used to directly draw ink from a bottle, or through the converter for smaller vessels.
- Circular wordmark debossed into the scalloped base of the body.
Care Instructions
The Roundabout Rollerball Pen comes with an unfilled ink converter. When filling ink for the first time, please allow up to 1 day for the feeder mechanism to become fully saturated
Filling/Changing Ink Colours:
- Unscrew the barrel from the grip mechanism.
- Submerge the rollerball tip fully into warm water. Flush the tip by twisting/untwisting the converter mechanism until the water runs clear.
- Allow to dry overnight.
- Fill a new colour by submerging the black rollerball tip fully into the ink, then draw the ink into your Roundabout by twisting the converter until you've reached the top position.
Notes:
- For heavily saturated inks and darker tones or clogged tips, you may need to soak the grip/feeder in water overnight
- It is normal for some air bubbles to enter the converter when refilling ink
- Best for use with non-sparkling inks