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Equipped with removable stylus tips, the Levenger L-Tech 3.0 fountain pen lets you go from paper to tablet with ease. The solid brass body has a satisfying heft, offering extra protection and more weight in the hand Read More
I used to buy the Rotring fountain pens on which these are seemingly modeled -- I don't know if they still make those, but remember when Levenger started imitating them.
michaelphilipYeah, those were lovely. Used to be able to get them as NOS on eBay sub-$40. Unfortunately, they are now $250 on up! Beautiful weight, though slightly scratchy unremarkable steel nibs; the gold was a bit better. I have a couple around the house somewhere!
Taking a look at the Levenger website, it looks like there's still a sale on a couple of the colors of the L-Tech 3.0 for around $30. However, going through the reviews shows that there seems to be a problem with the ink drying, which appears to be because of a lack of an o-ring or any type of seal on the removable end of the cap. So if you do get this pen get it from the website while they still have the deal, and perform a mod on it using Teflon tape to create a seal on the pen.
It's not an isolated issue, the quality of the pin is sub par. The ones without the black nib work better, but the converter didn't lock in well at all and felt loose, which is simply a design flaw. The Lamy Safari out performs this pin for a fraction of the cost.
Go to the Levenger website and actually search for "L-Tech Fountain Pen". 2nd and 3rd results are for the bronze and purple versions of the L-Tech 3.0 at 60% and 50% off, respectively.
Got my pen and was super excited. Unfortunately, I might as well throw this in the trash because it leaks like no ones business. Not just around the nib but seems to seep around the feeder and onto the grip which is super annoying and prevents me from using it as an everyday item. Besides wasting LOTS of ink, it's kind of a pain to walk around with paper towels cleaning up every time you want to use it. I hope the manufacturer cares enough to fix this issue.
UPDATE: Contacted Levenger support and they were very understanding of the issue! Took care of me within a few days and haven't had the issue since.
Well the problem was ink seeping onto the finger grip area. Perhaps due to a type of capillary action due to the fine texture of the grip. I don't know for sure what the cause was. I notice what appeared to be a hairline crack in the feeder itself, though this could have been a seem from a manufacturing process. So maybe it was the seal where the feeder and nib meet the grip.
No matter how the pen was handled, this happened. Example: cleaned the pen, relieved pressure in the converter so nothing was being "pushed" out, laid the pen horizontally on my desk for a few minutes, picked it up and found ink on the grip again.
Believe me, it sounds odd, but it happened time and time again.
But in the end, Levenger took care of it and I'm happy. Been using the pen exactly as I was before and have had no issues whatsoever.
The expected ship date was yesterday. I received an email on 11/7 that the shipping label has been created, and then nothing. There have been no announcements her either. What’s going on?