{"id":7395,"date":"2022-05-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=7395"},"modified":"2025-06-14T18:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T22:59:06","slug":"goodbye-twsbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/goodbye-twsbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye TWSBI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Update 6\/24\/2022<\/strong>: There was been more information released. I highly suggest that you read my follow-up post<\/a> after this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made a post on Instagram<\/a> last week about the current TWSBI situation. There hasn’t been \u2014 that I’ve seen \u2014 an update from TWSBI. So, I’m writing this under the impression that, as of yesterday, TWBSI “…will no longer conduct business with any business affiliates\/partners who offer these copy products for sale…” Any future updates will be available on the #twsbigate tag page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Situation…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m not going to go into major detail here. If you want that, you can listen to The Pentertainment Podcast (TPP) episode 114<\/a>, Tokyo Inklings (TI) episode 53<\/a> (starting around 31:00), and The Pen Addict (TPA) episode 505<\/a> (starting around 38:00). When referencing information specific to one of the podcasts, I’ll credit it using the initials in parentheses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m also not going to spend much time on how this whole situation affects retailers, as I think all three podcasts have done that far better than I could. Instead, I’d like to share my thoughts as a TWSBI enthusiast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

From what I understand, this situation came to public notice on March 9, 2022 with a now-deleted post on Twitter from Pure Pens which TWSBI commented on (TI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The screenshot<\/a> comes from a March 9, 2022 tweet<\/a> from Twitter user AmorScriptum<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transcription:
Pure Pens: Guess the pen! Have an idea of what this pen could be from the close up? Let us know your guesses! \ud83d\ude0a
TWSBI: Narwhal!! Who copied our piston assembly completely. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see, neither TWSBI nor Pure Pens has a visible Tweet or Reply on March 9, 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sometime before March 18, 2022 \u2014 but presumably after March 9 \u2014 TWSBI sent out an email to businesses that carry their own pens and Narwhal and\/or Moonman pens. This email threatened to cease business with any retailers “…who offer these copy products for sale, including but not limited to Narwhal and Moonman.” This threat was based on TWSBI’s assertion that both companies have copied their piston mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have independently confirmed that this email does exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TI shared a partial screenshot of the email<\/a> (see link “TWSBI: Policy changes”which I have included below, along with a transcript, in case TI removes the image for any reason.<\/p>\n\n\n