List Of Possible Nib Substitutions

[79spitfire]

The Noodler's Flex and regular piston fill pens will typically take the Waterman's #2, but often feed mods are necessary. I haven't tried the later (new and improved) flex pen feed with a Waterman's flex nib. This means they should fit the Ebonite as well.

[VillersCotterets]

The Noodler's Flex and regular piston fill pens will typically take the Waterman's #2, but often feed mods are necessary. I haven't tried the later (new and improved) flex pen feed with a Waterman's flex nib. This means they should fit the Ebonite as well.

 

Thank you. Added above.

[VillersCotterets]

 

How Can You Tell If You Have Schmidt Or Bock Nib On A Twsbi?

 

Edited March 21, 2012 by VillersCotterets

[raging.dragon]

Thanks the info. I have some cheap Chinese pens and some inexpensive Indian pens. Nib sellers on the net show 5MM, 6MM, etc. nibs. What does this measurement tell me? Is this something to do with fitting the housing? Would a 35MM nib replace a 26MM nib? Should I measure the old nib and try to find one that fits that measurement? Are most manufactured loose nibs universal in 2 or three dimensions?

 

Some, but not all, nibs are generic copies of popular nib systems (nib + feed).

 

5 mm (or 6mm) is usually the diameter of the feed.

26 mm (or 35 mm ) is usually the width of the shoulders.

Some companies describe those nibs as #5 nibs (or #6 nibs)

 

A #5 nib (5 mm) surely won't fit a #6 feed (which requires a 6 mm nib). But a #5 might fit a 5 mm feed... depending on the shape of the feed and length of the nib. Even if you have same dimensions, the shape of the nib might not fit the feed for many reasons. It always comes down to a trial and error process. This is why we need a list of possible compatible nibs...

 

Not quite, 26mm and 35mm are the length of the nib.

[raging.dragon]

I haven't tried it, but:

 

The Knox K35, Meister Nibs #6, Franklin Christoph #6, and Bock 250 (used by many well know pen companies for their big pens) all look to be interchangeable. They are all 35mm long, 8mm to 9mm wide at the shoulder, and designed for 6mm diameter feeds. Pelikan M800 and Montblanc 146 nibs are about this size too, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were also interchangeable with the rest of these nibs. Most big kit pens come with nibs in this size.

 

The Knox K26, Meister Nibs #5, Franklin Christoph #5, and Bock 180 (again used by many well known pen companies, but it's not as ubiquitous as the 250) all look to be interchangeable. I wouldn't be surprised if the Pelikan M200/M400/M600 nibs are also interchangeable with these. There's probably a Montblanc equivalent as well, perhaps the MB 144 nib? Most small and medium sized kit pens come with nibs in this size.

 

Here's a link I think will prove useful: it lists the dimensions of all standard Bock nibs.

 

http://www.peter-bock.com/content/e4/e894/index_eng.html

Edited March 21, 2012 by raging.dragon

[Wikoster]

Stub Italic Gold Nib

 

For TWSBI 530/540. No feed modifications necessary but some have reported flow improvement with a light heat setting of the feed.

User: fjf

Link of forum post (#20): TWSBI with Stub Italic

Edited April 19, 2012 by Wikoster

[bicfan]

It might be useful to maintain a list of nibs and nib assemblies that can be used in popular pens.

 

 

+1

[Wikoster]

It might be useful to maintain a list of nibs and nib assemblies that can be used in popular pens.

 

 

+1

 

If only I had more pens to experiment with/knew how to remove the nibs from my various Waterman pens. (L2 is friction fit but my W2-B is... something else? IDK)

[Ernest]

To add :

 

Danitrio's Bock Nibs can be swab with the Conway's Bock Nibs.

Both Danitrio's and The Conway's can fit into the TWSBI Micarta pen, which is also a Bock.

[Wikoster]

Noodler's Ink Flex pen and the Ahab accept different sized nibs or are they interchangeable?

[etoyoc]

Knox 35, Airmail Special, Jinhao, Bulow all fit in the TWSBI 700. At least the ones I tried did.

[Physalis]

Platinum 3776 music nib fits very well on the edison pen co feed+housing (from their larger nib size, #6).

[requiescat]

Noodler's Ink Flex pen and the Ahab accept different sized nibs or are they interchangeable?

I've had a Hero M86 nib fit just fine in the ink flex using the Noodler's feed but be a little worryingly loose in the Ahab, so I'm guessing different sized.

[SigmaZuiko]

Platinum Riviere nib AND feed fit in my Wasp Clipper and my Sheaffer Commandant

 

edit: I did a quick google image search and I'm referring to the cheap $1.50 Riviere not the fancy looking one

Edited May 3, 2012 by SigmaZuiko

[imadeadend]

Just saw a picture of someone who put a Noodler's flex nib in a TWSBI Diamond! Had no idea that could be done... Pretty sure it was a standard flex nib

[Mafia Geek]

Does anyone know if the nib from the Pilot Custom 74 would fit a Prera? I know it might seem like a weird question, but I like the body of the prera a lot. From what I can tell, the nibs are the same length, but that's only from online research, I don't have a 74 nib, only the Prera.

 

Thanks.

[quinden]

Does anyone know if the nib from the Pilot Custom 74 would fit a Prera? I know it might seem like a weird question, but I like the body of the prera a lot. From what I can tell, the nibs are the same length, but that's only from online research, I don't have a 74 nib, only the Prera.

 

Thanks.

 

This thread mentions that the Pilot 78G nib is closer to a #3 in size, and I believe that the 78G nibs are compatible with the Prera, so I don't think it would work - of course, I don't have either of these pens, so I'm not sure of that!

[imadeadend]

No they wont fit. The custom nibs are significantly wider and have a different shape to the 78G nibs. The feeds are completely different too!

[Icenhorn]

Seems the Nib Masters are here, so this is were I will post my question... if this is wrong, I will delete it and post it as a new thread... but I Have a Sensa fountain pen (Fine tip) and I want to put a flexible nib on it... is that possible at all? (Namiki The Falcon Flexible Nib Fountain Pen was my inspiration for the idea, but all i want to do is buy a new nib, and have it work... if it will... xD)

[phisgr]

I suggest adding the size spec of the nibs, e.g. shoulder width, length and feed diameter, so we have more idea about what to try for interchangeability.