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Hello everybody, I have a nicely-looking (black painted metal and golden clip and ring) but poorly built (since the tip of the nib fell off) "Pierre Cardin". Probably cheap, probabily made in China or India, received as a guift set from a company (it was in a plastic box with pierre cardin written on it but just plastic on inside too, so that's another sign it's a fake). Anyway since it looks rather nice, I was wondering what are my chances of restoring it to be able to write properly again. The problem is that the "iridium point" fell off. The nib is bicolor, lower area silvery (stainless steel), upper area goldish (separation is in V shape) with some ornaments (like grapewine swirls or S's) and IRIDIUM POINT written on it. Don't have pictures with me. Shoulder width is 7 mm, nib length about 26mm. I've found some indian site saying this size of nib would be #8... I've tried grinding the tip with a nail tool (don't laugh) but I only managed to scratch the tool, the nib's steel seems pretty strong. So if I can't polish it to make it "tipless" then I'm thinking to maybe replace the nib (I'v already dismounted it). Excepting the size and fitting aspect, is there anything else I should consider? such as compatiblity with the black plastic part that conducts the ink? Since I don't know the manufacturer, could any nib work if the size is correct? Thank you in advance.