Modified Drawing Pen

[auisce]

Recipe for a really nice drawing fountain pen I just made.

When I say "nice" I'm referring to the marks it makes combined with its convenience etc. I personally really dislike the standard, unmodified medium nibbed Parker Vector.

So functionally I really like what I've done here. Form wise, it's fugly and doesn't feel great to hold.

 

I must point out that I tried this as an experiment, using a spare nib and a cheap fountain pen I dislike which has a cracked and glued barrel.

 

The Nikko G-pen nib and the Parker Vector nib have a few things in common.

 

I cut the tail off the Nikko so that it's about 2mm longer than the Parker nib and trimmed the sides to match the Parker without touching the shoulders tine-end of the side slits, the Parker Vector feed fits inside the Nikko nicely.

Then I filed the top of the nib (staying away from the tines) to flatten the vent hole and take a bit of chrome off what is now the tail, (not much just a few swipes with a sharp needle file) the nib and feed slid into the section as though it were all original parts.

 

This worked okay but was very dry with the new nib, particularly when the tines separated with a little pressure.

 

I used a surgical scalpel and a Dremel cut-off wheel (by hand) to cut the ink/air channels into a single channel about 1mm wide and deepening from extremely shallow at almost the tip of the feed to very deep at the back.

 

This works perfectly for me but it took a bit of playing around to get enough ink flow without going over the top, although that would be difficult as the nib will happily hold a lot of ink without making a mess.

 

Now I need a converter and for the whole thing to change shape.

[lamder]

Recipe for a really nice drawing fountain pen I just made.

 

 

Cool, Frankenpen experiments always intrigues me, especially when they invoke dip pens. Pictures :-) ?

If Nikko G is made of steel, you will need to worry about rust/corrosion if it is continuously exposed to ink.

 

Sam

[auisce]

Recipe for a really nice drawing fountain pen I just made.

 

 

Cool, Frankenpen experiments always intrigues me, especially when they invoke dip pens. Pictures :-) ?

If Nikko G is made of steel, you will need to worry about rust/corrosion if it is continuously exposed to ink.

 

Sam

 

Rust might be a problem where the steel is exposed at the sides and the tip of the tail but shouldn't effect the behaviour of the nib as the tines and forward part of the shoulders are unmodified and therefore still chrome plated... we'll see.

 

I've attached a photo; my apologies for the terrible picture quality as my camera's macro function was being obnoxious.

Left is a standard Nikko G in a pen holder (dip pen).

Centre is my modified Nikko G in my slightly modified Parker Vector.

Right is a standard Parker Vector.

 

As I said before, I did this as an experiment because I use a Nikko G pretty much every day.

Being a dip pen it has its draw backs.

As it seems to be working very well so far, (fingers crossed) I may try this with a Bic EasyClick Fountain pen; would require much more modification of the feed and possibly the section though.

[smk]

If Nikko G is made of steel, you will need to worry about rust/corrosion if it is continuously exposed to ink.

 

I once installed a Nikko G nib in a Dollar 717i and was very happy with having a flex nib in a piston filler. The nib rusted at the base and jammed up the feed in the section. It broke off with only a little force when I tried to pull it out.

 

Salman

[lamder]

 

I once installed a Nikko G nib in a Dollar 717i and was very happy with having a flex nib in a piston filler. The nib rusted at the base and jammed up the feed in the section. It broke off with only a little force when I tried to pull it out.

 

 

Using a dip pen till it falls apart -- no wonder you have mad calligraphy skills, Salman :-)!

 

The couple of the dip pens I like will all rust at the slightest encouragement, so they are a challenge as candidates for such grafting experiments. The success of these contraptions become a fuction of how well the dip pen works (consistent ink flow, no rail-roading) and how easy it is to detach it for cleaning/drying. I have a flexy nib that works really well but is a PITA to remove, and another one in a different setup that is easily disassembled but have ink flow problems (grrr...)