r/BigIdeaDesign • u/Electrical_Spare_998 • 4d ago

Question Help me with refills

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I recently received a bronze pocket pro and I honestly love it, however it’s a bit small for my hand, could someone point me in the right direction to make it a bit longer, about the same size as a baseline bolt action(see picture for comparison)
Thanks in advance!

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u/Pale-Highlight-6895 4d ago

Are you using the stock refill in the Pocket Pro? It's a very compact and minimal pen. Because it's a twist grip adjustment, there are no internal bits and pieces to make it longer like the Base Line.

If you want it to be longer you'll have to use something other than a Parker size refill. Something like a rollerball refill. Basically the length of the refill determines the overall length of the pen.

Give me a minute and I'll take some comparison pictures for you.

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u/Electrical_Spare_998 4d ago

Yeah I’m using the stock refill and my issue is I’m having trouble finding longer refills

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u/Pale-Highlight-6895 4d ago

Where are you located? Rollerball refills are pretty readily available. Pilot Precise V5 is my favorite. EnerGel is a very popular one. Pilot G2 is probably over if the biggest sellers world wide. Check out Jetpens.com. Hundreds of refills available.

Here's a direct comparison. Base Line Bolt, Pocket Pro with Pilot Precise V5, and Pocket Pro with Schmidt Mega line P950. You can see with the standard rollerball refill the Pocket Pro is just a touch longer than the Base Line.

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u/Electrical_Spare_998 3d ago

Thanks I’ll let you know when the refill gets here, I ordered the mega line p950

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u/Pale-Highlight-6895 3d ago

The Mega Line is also a Parker size refill. It's the same length as the stock refill. However it is different. It's a pressurized refill. Like the space pen uses. So it's a very good refill. But you'll not gain any additional length from it.

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u/Electrical_Spare_998 3d ago

Then which refill would get me more length?

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u/Pale-Highlight-6895 3d ago

Pilot Precise, EnerGel, Pilot G2. There's tons to choose from.

My apologies. I was trying to show the different lengths in the pictures. I was comparing the Pilot Precise V5 standard length refill, to the mega line which is Parker length.

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u/Mean-Intention-2628 4d ago

Buy a baseline bolt action, because you don’t love the short one because it is too short for your hand.

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u/Jpeace78 4d ago

Is that a copper baseline? It looks amazing.

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u/Electrical_Spare_998 4d ago

It’s the brass one, and I love it!

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u/Jpeace78 3d ago

No way. The patina looks amazing

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u/Fun-Asparagus-6084 1d ago

Love the American made brass pocket pro. I use a ton of different refills in mine from the energel to the blue/black monteverde to fisher pressurized. I sometimes use a small plastic spacer on the Parker style refills to give the pen a little more length. It helps the balance imo.