[NHCOLL-L:2688] Fw: Rapidoliner discontinued!

[Gregory Watkins-Colwell]

This was forwarded to me by our Ornithology Collection Manager for 
posting.  It seems that a popular pen is being discontinued.  Has anyone 
had experience using the suggested alternative?  Aside from Pigma pens, 
what other options are there?




>From: "Kristof Zyskowski" <kristof.zyskowski at yale.edu>
>To: "Greg Watkins-Colwell" <gregory.watkins-colwell at yale.edu>
>Subject: Fw: Rapidoliner discontinued!
>Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:00:49 -0400
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert C. Faucett" 
><rfaucett at u.washington.edu>
>Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:34 AM
>
>FYI
>--
>Robert C. Faucett
>Collections Manager
>Ornithology
>Burke Museum
>Box 353010
>University of Washington
>Seattle, WA 98195-3010
>
>
>------ Forwarded Message
>>From: "MUSAHL, Sigrid" <Sigrid.MUSAHL at Sanford-Europe.Com>
>>Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:26:47 +0200
>>To: "Robert C. Faucett" <rfaucett at u.washington.edu>
>>Subject: AW: Rapidoliner discontinued!?
>>
>>Rob,
>>
>>Yes, it is true, we will not continue the rapidoliner series! There are 
>>just a
>>few people being interested in this product and this does not justify the 
>>high
>>production and administration cost... We are really sorry.
>>
>>An alternative would be our rapidograph drawing pen which is available in
>>linewidths 0.1-2.0 mm. The refilling is easily done by cartridges and when
>>changing them you clean automatically the helix section of the drawing pen.
>>With the former drawing pens the cleaning was mostly a very unpleasant
>>procedure.
>>
>>Regarding a source of supply in US please be so kind and contact
>>www.chartpak.com They will certainly be able to give you further assistance.
>>
>>Kind regards,
>>Sigrid Musahl
>>Sanford GmbH
>>Export
>>Schnackenburgallee 43-45
>>22525 Hamburg / Germany
>>
>>Phone: (0)40-8555 2237
>>Fax:     (0)40-8555 2107
>>e-mail: Sigrid.Musahl at Sanford-Europe.com
>
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