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Kanpur writers was primarily an OEM nib manufacturer based in Kanpur, the industrial capital of Uttar Pradesh in India. For the last decade they have their own pen brand called Kanwrite. As a nib specialist, their No 9 nib was long in coming. But it launched last month at the Kolkata pen mahotsav. This nib is 45mm long ( Namiki no 50 is 42-43mm long), 12.6mm wide at the shoulders. The feeder dia is 9mm. The nib and feed are placed in a housing. Thus this is a proper screw in mo 9 nib unit. But without any nozzle for standard international cartridges or converters. This nib is sold on a new matching gargantuan fountain pen called the Mammoth. The mammoth comes in two colors. This and a shiny black one. Both Indian ebonite. The nib 9mm ebonite feed. the pen can fill with this detachable ink vial which one can eyedropper. A proprietary piston filler that attaches to this pen and converts this pen to bottle filling is also provided. The mammoth along side another Indian giant called the Deccan masterpiece. the no 9 nib along side the previously largest Indian nib, the ambitious no 40 which is 40mm long and takes a 1/4inch diameter feed. Ebonite feeders both. an Indian no 8 nib placed on the exposed portion of the no 9. The nib unit disassembled. The housing has an O ring. This is a high flow housing. No nipple for international cartridge/converters. L-R: KW no 9, Ambitious no 40, KW no 35 and Anbitious no 8 ( Indian no 8: 28mm) The pen is fundamentally good. Zero dryouts. Reliable starts. It’s a very wet writer and currently only nibs upto B are available. cheers Hari