Hmm. I always thought that taking pens apart was part of everyday life. I had no idea that not everyone does this, and until I saw this thread, had never even considered that perhaps not everyone does this. (!)

Does anyone else interchange all the parts between different pens? I can build a better pen this way.

I took everything I owned apart when I was a kid and prided myself on being able to fix all my toys when they broke. I gave my six-year-old her first lesson on fixing a loose bike chain yesterday.

Makes me wonder what mechanically inclined Neanderthals and Cro-magnons took apart. Maybe they explored animal bones.

Val