Thread: Quality pens

Sounds like you got a sierra click, middle of the road at the best of times ,so far the click mechanism I favour is the soft click on a vertex . For a 2 part pen in a click I always go for a power pen,which comes in a pencil as well ,I don't think the power pens and pencils are available in australia so that ups the cost considerably because of postage .
You can get the vertex kits from Here ! and maybe other suppliers as well .
Cheers ~ John

I think this is the one I have...

CWS Store - Pen 9 Click Pens | Carroll's Woodcraft Supplies

I would like this style if possible, as it closely matches the pencil that I bought.

I've ended up getting it improved. Still very heavy, but not so crunchy feeling. Turns out there is very little tolerance in the pen. The centre had a very slight bend in it - enough for the cartridge to rub on the tubing of the middle joint and keep jamming. I straightened that, and covered all the moving parts with silicone spray and graphite powder and cut down one of the springs to reduce the pressure a bit. Still doesn't feel nice, but at least it works.

Most of the click pens and pencils are very critical in the tube lengths ,any shortness will play havoc with them welcome to the wonderful world of pens cheers ~ John

All the Pen 9 clicks I've done seem to stick so gave up. I prefer the Longwood Click from GPW and I think that's the same as the Executive Click Timberbits now stocks. I've had no problems with it and find it a very comfy pen to write with.