Nibs

[Azuniga]

FABULA with a 16 ½ K nib

It has a very special feeder. Manufactured by AURA GMBH, Munich (Germany) from around 1916 to around 1936

[Andrew_L]

2 hours ago, Azuniga said:

FABULA with a 16 ½ K nib

It has a very special feeder.

Wow. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately, I don't know anything about the Fabula brand and I don't understand what idea the manufacturer put into inventing such an interesting and complex feed. Do you have any ideas on this?

 

[Azuniga]

1 hour ago, Andrew_L said:

Wow. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately, I don't know anything about the Fabula brand and I don't understand what idea the manufacturer put into inventing such an interesting and complex feed. Do you have any ideas on this?

 

I do not really know much about Fabula, besides those I have I know some collectors in Germany and Denmark but I have not obtained more information from them... During the thirties there is a model called Fabula-Duroll quite similar to Parker Duofold. The feed is as practical as any other so I guess my attraction came from the name and the curious 16 1/2 K nib.

Nevertheless I keep looking for information and as soon as I have more I will post it here...

Best

[readytotalk]

22 hours ago, Azuniga said:

FABULA with a 16 ½ K nib

 

It has a very special feeder. Manufactured by AURA GMBH, Munich (Germany) from around 1916 to around 1936

 

Oh such an unusual fineness of gold, never seen before. Millesimal fineness 687/1000, very rare! I guess it should be quite flexible, no? 

And the feed is really unique, is it the same form in pen with #4 nib? Is there a crack or split nearly the top of #2 feed?  

[Azuniga]

7 hours ago, readytotalk said:

Oh such an unusual fineness of gold, never seen before. Millesimal fineness 687/1000, very rare! I guess it should be quite flexible, no? 

And the feed is really unique, is it the same form in pen with #4 nib? Is there a crack or split nearly the top of #2 feed?  

 

interesting fexciting 

All Fabulas I have and have seen, have the same feed, the open part above functions as a “shock absorber”… so yes, the nibs are very flexible.

Tines needed to be corrected when I took the picture some time ago but there is no cracks

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[readytotalk]

Pelikan M20 Silvexa, 14K OB nib.

[Azuniga]

For very short time, early thirties, Astoria used this nib for their Astoria Dux pens, they were not authorized to use those letters since it was an important signature, most of you certainly know whose signature was...

 

[readytotalk]

On 5/19/2021 at 7:49 PM, Azuniga said:

they were not authorized to use those letters since it was an important signature, most of you certainly know whose signature was...

Oh, what a mysticism... nomina sunt odiosa. There were thousands in that country with such initials...

 

 

[Andrew_L]

Montblanc Meisterstuck 147 Traveler

 

I don't know how appropriate it is in this topic, but this is the first time I saw the nib in this condition - with mold(fungus).

 

 

After:)

 

 

http://lenskiy.org/2018/08/montblanc-legrand-meisterstuck-147-traveler/

[readytotalk]

On 5/21/2021 at 6:16 PM, Andrew_L said:

this is the first time I saw the nib in this condition - with mold(fungus)

I don`t know what ink was there, but it surely good nutrient medium for fungi. Hope it wasn`t pathogenic).

At least, flora didn`t do anything to Montblanc precious resin, good news)

 

Here is a two Platinum President nibs, F and UEF.

[Andrew_L]

10 hours ago, readytotalk said:

good news

Yeah! Thanks Alexey!:)

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Montegrappa Euro 2002 LE nib.  

 

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Aurora Talentum 14K M size nib.

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Soviet era pens are sometimes underestimated, but some models, like "Soyuz AR-96", are made with nice precision.

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Soviet era pens are sometimes underestimated, but some models, like "Soyuz AR-96", are made with nice precision.

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Montblanc Boheme Platinum XXL and Meisterstueck 146.

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Montblanc 32 "Intarsia" Kugel nib.

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Pelikan 500 EF nib.

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Montblanc 342G OB nib

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Pelikan 100 Kugel Medium nib.