Lamy Safari As A Dip Pen Holder

[Edgar Allan Bo]

I was tired of getting ink between the metal part that holds the nib and the wooden pen holder, allways resulting in ink beaing soaked up by

the wood and the wood swelling up, breaking the painted surface of the the holder and leaking all over my fingers (but they're allways full of

ink anyway)

 

So I searched through my box of unused pens and parts to find some barrels that will fit this metal thingy that holds a dip nib, and found few

pens that would do that (Stabilo Point 88 felt tip marker, etc.), and the best of them was the Safari, I just took the nib out and inserted the

metal thingy in, no need to do anything else.

 

May be not so practital in you have to rotate the pen while writing (because of the formed grip section on the Safari) but I don't have any

problems with it and I like it because it helps me to NOT accidentally rotate the pen while writing with very fine flex nibs!

 

Plus you can even put the cap on with the nib still inside the pen. (Only in you don't use very long nibs!)

 

Anyhow, here are some pictures:

 

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Edited December 18, 2011 by Edgar Allan Bo

[jbb]

The metal "thingy" is called a ferrule. I put dip nibs in old fountain pens too. I generally leave the feed in the fountain pen creating a "dipless" dip pen.

 

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Edited December 18, 2011 by jbb

[Edgar Allan Bo]

The metal "thingy" is called a ferrule. I put dip nibs in old fountain pens too.

 

"ferrule", ok!

 

yeah, I've also had them in various old FP's with feeds, yesterday I chopped the Ahab feed down to fit few nibs and it works

great, the ink flow is allways constant, but for the Safari I wanted just a simple dip pen, without the feed... because I also will

use it with not so fp-feed-friendly inks. Maybe I'll fill the barrel with some stuff to give it some weight.

Edited December 18, 2011 by Edgar Allan Bo

[jbb]

I write with metallic ink (made of fine metallic powder, gum Arabic & water) with the feeds in and have no problem at all dipping & writing. I'm not filling the pens with these inks of course.

[Edgar Allan Bo]

I write with metallic ink (made of fine metallic powder, gum Arabic & water) with the feeds in and have no problem at all dipping & writing. I'm not filling the pens with these inks of course.

 

okay, ll try that. I also like to make some selfmade mini-ink-reservoires with a wire or small metal plates that I place under my dip pen nibs, and I also like to sometimes use my dip nibs just as dip nibs, it gives me time to think and is like some sort of a ritual while writing... ...

[jbb]

I sometimes add homemade feeds made out of bees wax that I press onto the back of my nibs. I incise lines into the wax so it holds more ink.

[Paddler]

There are ways to avoid getting ink in the nib holder. One is to use a Victorian era inkwell. It has a reservoir that is about the size of a large thimble. You fill it with ink just deep enough to limit the dipping depth.

Another way is to use old Skrip bottles with the "Skripwell" molded into the mouth.

Another method is to use the old bent Pelikan Fount India bottles or MontBlanc "shoe bottles". These will hold an ink puddle right up to the edge of the bottle's lip so you can see how deep you are dipping.

[Edgar Allan Bo]

I sometimes add homemade feeds made out of bees wax that I press onto the back of my nibs. I incise lines into the wax so it holds more ink.

 

ah, I remember reading about that somewhere here! I'll search for that...

 

There are ways to avoid getting ink in the nib holder. One is to use a Victorian era inkwell. It has a reservoir that is about the size of a large thimble. You fill it with ink just deep enough to limit the dipping depth.

Another way is to use old Skrip bottles with the "Skripwell" molded into the mouth.

Another method is to use the old bent Pelikan Fount India bottles or MontBlanc "shoe bottles". These will hold an ink puddle right up to the edge of the bottle's lip so you can see how deep you are dipping.

 

I have and use an old Pelikan Fount India bottle, but sooner or later a drop of ink will end up in the holder.

 

But anyhow, I just wanted to explore some new ways of what could be used as a dip nib holder. (just the holder, without the fountain pen feed) and found that the shaped grip section of the Safari helps me to not rotate the pen from the center.