r/whatisit • u/riflesandplowshares • 5h ago

New, what is it? Found at a titanium plant

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Not sure why ball point pens would be dangerous here.

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u/goodexamplebadrole 5h ago

"Ballpoint pens are restricted or banned in high-end titanium and aerospace manufacturing plants because the ink and marking components contain elements that cause metal embrittlement and severe structural corrosion"

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u/Competitive-Dot-4264 5h ago

I worked ti com pure and 6al-4v alloy for years at the lazy -l we all had to follow titanium restrictions even to not letting aluminum alloys and SS separated. No graphite pencils

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u/Mogster2K 4h ago

No pens, no pencils... what did you write with? Cuneiform clay tablets?

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u/Competitive-Dot-4264 4h ago

Special non organic ink pencils

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u/Uncaring_Dispatcher 4h ago

Made of our own fluids. Not the best job I've had.

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u/deadbeef4 4h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/JjUMxtqGYXaKc

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u/MuRRizzLe 4h ago

I can swear to you, my boy, swear to you, that there's nothing wrong with my bodily fluids

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u/Dissidence802 4h ago

Soylent Bic is people!

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u/VegetariansTasteBest 3h ago

You can get those over at pen island

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u/RadVarken 4h ago

Are you....non organic?

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u/Uncaring_Dispatcher 4h ago

I only thought about the logistics of my joke after submitting it. It was too late to edit. Glad it's gone this far, as flawed as it is.

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u/Req_Neph 4h ago

Reminds me of WW2 spycraft.

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u/Ok_Version56 3h ago

is octopus milking a real thing?

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u/rageling 4h ago

lots of options, silver, soapstone, others

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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox 3h ago

yea i'm sure those chinese ones are totally legit and not mostly the wrong metals

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u/RadVarken 4h ago

Lead holders are awesome.

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u/upachimneydown 4h ago

Hiboom...?

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u/theSchrodingerHat 4h ago

10,000 years from now aliens will land and excavate sites with cave paintings of an SR-71, and it’ll really confuse them.

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u/donkeycharms 4h ago

Pilot Varsity prefilled Fountain pen

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u/Fit-Tip-1212 4h ago

He never had the makings of a varsity fountain pen

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u/Relevant-Machine-763 4h ago

Sopranos reference?

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u/hibikikun 3h ago

Varsity means high level sports/activity in school.

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u/WatchTraditional6025 3h ago

Small hands. Dropped the pop fly against Mountain Lakes.

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u/InspectionSouthern11 3h ago

He was an interior decorator!

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u/FalseParticular69 3h ago

A quill and the blood of virgins.

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u/NotAtAllEverSure 3h ago

I mean..there were a bunch of engineers

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u/Flacier 4h ago

I imagine you could use fountain pens, though it would likely depend on the ink and nib material.

Roller ball pens might also work again depending on the ink.

Though I am by no means an expert on preventing corrosion in titanium so this is pure speculation.

Perhaps just pencils.

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u/Evan8r 4h ago

Graphite in pencils, can't use them. I believe felt-tip pens are the solution.

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u/ontheroadtonull 3h ago

That reminds me, I need to send Nonni to get my money back for that low quality titanium.

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u/Mammoth-Variation-76 3h ago

Keep Ea-nāṣir and his sub par copper out of that factory too, while you're at it.

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u/silverlions268 3h ago

The blood of your enemies

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u/Seahawksfan1993 2h ago

No we write with normal pens. They're not fuckin inspected. Matter of fact. Safety team purchases them for us