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The barrels of these crack easily. Go with TWSBI.

Funny, I’ve heard that about TWSBIs before but not about Safaris.

And if your Safari barrel does crack it still won’t leak ink all over, since the ink is in a cartridge and not directly in the barrel.

The capacity on TWSBIs is great though, my 580 is one of my favorite pens. In the Safari’s price range the Eco is a great pen too.

I have cracked multiple Twsbi pens but never a Safari. Weird.

Never cracked the main body, but I did get a crack in the black plastic collar around the nib/feed which had ink seeping slowly out the front on to my fingertips. TWSBI sent a free replacement part.

Nib problems on the other hand, less helpful. A friend bent the tip of his Eco (fell off a table I think) and they said “buy a new pen”. Spares not even for sale.

Meant to specify: the cracked collar was on my TWSBI 580AL

I've got three TWSBI demonstrators, I really like them with a bright ink like red or purple (demonstrators are clear and show the mechanism and ink [1]). They have been very solid pens for me and are a fantastic value. I feel like these are some of the best stainless steel nibs made (better than the stainless steel nibs on my Lamy Safari pens).

[1] https://www.twsbi.com/collections/frontpage/products/twsbi-d...

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