The tip has a small, black, rubber O-ring gasket that sits between it and the main body. In the image above you can see what the tip looks like once you begin to unthread it from the main body. I the image above, I’ve unthreaded the tip very slightly from the main body to illustrate where it separates, but when the tip is completely threaded to the main body, this seam is virtually undetectable. One of the most impressive features of the Bastion EDC Bolt Action Pen is that its main body is CNC machined from a solid piece of stainless steel, which accounts for why I literally couldn’t tell that its tip was removable-it looked and felt like one solid piece of brushed finish stainless steel. Eventually, I thought, “Well, maybe the tip is somehow removable,” so I twisted it and lo and behold, it rotated and separated from the rest of the main body. I inspected the entire pen very carefully and couldn’t seem to find a way to disassemble it-no seams, no component edges, nothing.
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It was just a bit crooked when I first took the pen from its box, but I was able to straighten it out by applying a fair amount of force to it.Īfter playing around with the bolt-action mechanism for a bit and straightening out the pocket clip, I wondered how to change the pen’s ink cartridge, since at first glance there didn’t appear to be any way to access the pen’s innards. The pocket clip has all of its edges rounded and smoothed and it is polished to an almost mirror-like finish. The pen has a very sturdy pocket clip made from bent, sprung stainless steel attached to its main body with two small star/Torx-head screws, a subtle but cool look that goes well with this pen’s styling. The bolt action mechanism’s bolt handle does protrude from the side of the pen a bit, but not overly so, and because the handle’s tip is generously rounded, it is much less likely to get caught on. I like that Bastion opted to go with this small logo rather than a large, obnoxious one, The above image also shows the tiny “Bastion” logo that has been subtlely laser-etched into the body near the bolt action mechanism. I’d note that it does require a bit of force to actuate the mechanism, but this is exactly how it should be if it were too easy, then the mechanism would slip in and out of place unintentionally and that is not likely with this mechanism.
Third, release the bolt and it snaps back upward toward the top of the pen via its internal spring. Second, rotate the bolt in its radial slot until it stops. First, apply pressure to the bolt handle (which is essentially a rounded “nub”) to overcome the internal spring and slide the bolt down towards the tip of the pen until the bolt bottoms out.
The pen’s bolt-action feature, inspired by the mechanism used in bolt action rifles, is simple to operate. As a first experience with bolt action pens, it was quite nice indeed. Of course, the first thing I did after pulling it out of its package was to flick its bolt-action mechanism and let me tell you, it felt very satisfying especially after having pined to try a bolt-action pen for some time. My first impression of the Bastion EDC Bolt Action Pen was that both its look and feel seemed to be of very high quality. Their Bastion Bolt Action Pen began life as a Kickstarter campaign that successfully reaching its funding goal and it is now available for sale via several different sites that are listed near the bottom of this review page. The Bastion EDC Bolt Action Pen is available in two styles:īastion is a company that sells a wide range of EDC and tactical-style gadgets and gear via its main website. Dimensions = 5.28″ long, 0.45″ diameter.The Bastion EDC Bolt Action Pen comes in a cardboard clamshell-style box with a magnetic closure lid that has a protective foam insert with a cutout specifically for the pen. The Bastion EDC Bolt Action Pen arrived in a very sharp-looking box with the Bastion logo atop it.
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