Jim Pingle

Father, geek, serial hobbyist.

Meet Spaceball-1. OK, really the Majohn A3.

Have you ever thought "I want something even larger and heavier than a VP with a weird quiet retraction mechanism"? Probably not, but this delivers. And has a great Spaceball/Stormtrooper color scheme.

Push to extend, twist the tail to retract. Or twist to extend, too. Makes little to no noise.

vs VP: ~10g heavier, >1mm larger diameter, ~5mm longer. Chonky.

Same nib unit as the others, so same behavior there.

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Photo of a white capless fountain pen with black accents (tip, clip, ring, click mechanism). It is laying on a blue silicone mat with the tail end slightly closer to the camera. The word "Majohn" is written on the side in cursive.
Photo of the tail end of a white capless fountain pen with black accents (clip, ring, click mechanism). It is held in a hand, but only the tips of a couple fingers are visible. The word "Majohn" is written on the side in cursive.
Top-down photo of a white capless fountain pen with black accents (tip, clip, ring, click mechanism). It is laying on a gray craft mat with the tip slightly closer to the camera. The nib is retracted.
Top-down photo of a white capless fountain pen with black accents (tip, clip, ring, click mechanism). It is laying on a gray craft mat with the tip slightly closer to the camera. The nib is extended.

Here's a video of it in action. It's better in theory than in practice. If you are too gentle clicking it may not stay extended, but maybe that's just mine that does that.

I've never had my hands on the VP LS, which it is mimicking, but at least from video I've seen that has something which slows down the release a little, while this one is immediate.

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