Show us your dip pens!

[bernardo]

I have only one dip pen. I do know however where in the neighborhood to get some more nibs. I bought the wrong nib....live and pay.

It is on my list of things to do.

What a fool I was some 20 years ago, when I told my wife to toss her pen-holders.

If one could read the future, one would not get out of bed.

Well my next inkwell, will have dip pen holders.

None of my five inkwells (4 double wells) have that attachment.

 

I have only one holder, too; the one in the first picture of this thread. :-)

[tigger23505]

Bamboo has an understated elegance all its own.

 

I can't compete with that lovely set of turned wood holders! Here's my humble bamboo holder:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-P4Xq_YQhc4/S7jsL18rCbI/AAAAAAAAA7I/nsf1tzobE8Y/s800/bamboozled.jpg

 

Really nice!

[rcannonp]

Here are some of my better looking dip pens.

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2726/4542353310_a7a4eace4b.jpg

[ReverendPen]

I have found boxes of nibs at local antique shops and I have a lathe to turn my own holders but where can I find the actual metal pieces that fit in the end of the wood holder that hold the nib. Am I making sense? I would love to turn my own dip pens. then I have to get ink wells and spend more money which would make my wife ever so happy.

[jbb]

I have found boxes of nibs at local antique shops and I have a lathe to turn my own holders but where can I find the actual metal pieces that fit in the end of the wood holder that hold the nib. Am I making sense? I would love to turn my own dip pens. then I have to get ink wells and spend more money which would make my wife ever so happy.

What you're searching for is ferrules. Last I looked there was a place in the UK that sold some. In a pinch a metal tube inserted within the holder might work.

 

It looks like Pendemonium.com has some: http://www.pendemonium.com/penrepair.htm

Edited April 22, 2010 by jbb

[jbb]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4542497348_22cde1857e.jpg

[Judland]

Okay, I know, terrible hand writing... but I still have fun using this pen.

 

http://u1.ipernity.com/14/20/35/7852035.474d8fe2.560.jpg

Link to original: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/virtualsky/7852035

[Enai]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4542497348_22cde1857e.jpg

 

[davidspitzer]

Burlington Route Nib With Cortex Corked Holder (Old World Iron Gall Ink)

[bernardo]

Okay, I know, terrible hand writing... but I still have fun using this pen.

http://u1.ipernity.com/14/20/35/7852035.474d8fe2.560.jpg

Link to original: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/virtualsky/7852035

 

WOW, A GLASS PEN!!! :drool:

[bernardo]

Okay, I know, terrible hand writing... but I still have fun using this pen.

http://u1.ipernity.com/14/20/35/7852035.474d8fe2.560.jpg

Link to original: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/virtualsky/7852035

 

And, please, don't be modest, your handwriting is great!

[bernardo]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4542497348_22cde1857e.jpg

 

Everything in the picture is amazingly elegant. Wow...

[bernardo]

Here are some of my better looking dip pens.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2726/4542353310_a7a4eace4b.jpg

 

Those are real major league holders!

[bernardo]

Burlington Route Nib With Cortex Corked Holder (Old World Iron Gall Ink)

 

Great handwriting, congrats!

[Bo Bo Olson]

Tintenmanfacktur Jansen De Atramentis

 

also in English.

Fantastic site, inks modern or, of all times including antique Roman or midevil. Goose or swan, turkey, penfoul(pen bird) from India, or porcupine quill pens.

Dip pen nibs... dip pens (modern and if of good wood not cheap, but there is some cheaper ones). The whole smear.

Roman metal stylus, to go with your roman ink.

 

Hand made papers, Egyptian Papyrus,

 

In the old days, no one wrote with a full feathered quill, they left only the top on to brush off the sand one dried the ink with. They have one already trimmed. Movies are often wrong.

If you are writing, I'm sure you don't want a feathers getting blown around in your hand as you try to write.

 

Every time I go there, my wallet whines about priorities (fountain pens and ink), and lack of being greased with money.

 

It is on my top ten list of things to do.

[Judland]

Okay, I know, terrible hand writing... but I still have fun using this pen.

http://u1.ipernity.com/14/20/35/7852035.474d8fe2.560.jpg

Link to original: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/virtualsky/7852035

 

And, please, don't be modest, your handwriting is great!

 

Well, thanks. That was me on my best behavior. It only gets worse from there.

[rcannonp]

Those are real major league holders!

 

LOL. My minor league Speedball holder actually gets more use.

[jszh]

Edit: Sorry, I found the answer in another thread: ferrules!

 

Very practical! How did you fit the dip nibs into the fountain pen sections, for instance the Lamy Safari. Is the process reversible? Thank you.

 

My dip pens (sorry, no decent camera, and no decent photographer available here):

 

 

 

From left to right:

- cheap Waterman with "Esterbrook 369"

- ordinary holder with "Spencerian 30"

- Lamy Safari with "Esterbrook 358" and a reservoir.

- Lamy Safari with "Grieshaber"

- Pilot Penmanship with "Leroy Fairchild"

- Calligraphy holder with, if I remember well, "Turner & Harrison 87"

- Lamy Accent with "Spencerian 1"

- Lamy Logo with "Gillott's 1"

- ordinary holder wih "Leonardt" unsuccessful copy of the above nib.

Edited May 30, 2010 by jszh

[Rabbit]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4587933820_4285bc8ee9_o.jpg

 

The one on the bottom is the one I use most of the time. I usually have a Gillott 303 in it.

 

--Stephen

[hehiheho]

I unravel this topic quite late. I have just found your reply. Yes, I just add a ferrule (which one can find in any dip pen) instead of the feed. This is easily reversible. One exception: the esterbrook 369 is an oversized nib, hence I had to modifiy strongly the pen holding it, and the feed will never fit back here. The other thread in which I mentionned the ferrules is here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/150499-using-fountain-pens-as-dip-pen-holders

 

You can see a ferrule here (ended ebay auction):

 

http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130394402623

 

EDIT: I found some ferrules actually for sale:

 

http://www.thegoldennib.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=107

 

 

 

Edit: Sorry, I found the answer in another thread: ferrules!

 

Very practical! How did you fit the dip nibs into the fountain pen sections, for instance the Lamy Safari. Is the process reversible? Thank you.

 

My dip pens (sorry, no decent camera, and no decent photographer available here):

 

 

 

From left to right:

- cheap Waterman with "Esterbrook 369"

- ordinary holder with "Spencerian 30"

- Lamy Safari with "Esterbrook 358" and a reservoir.

- Lamy Safari with "Grieshaber"

- Pilot Penmanship with "Leroy Fairchild"

- Calligraphy holder with, if I remember well, "Turner & Harrison 87"

- Lamy Accent with "Spencerian 1"

- Lamy Logo with "Gillott's 1"

- ordinary holder wih "Leonardt" unsuccessful copy of the above nib.

Edited July 12, 2010 by hehiheho