Stub O' The Day

September 24, 2014

This has been and continues to be one of my favorite threads on FPN--gorgeous pens and fabulous nibs and so many eye-catching ink colors! Thank you again, dcpritch, for starting this thread! I've learned so much from this one and will look forward to seeing more as time goes on! Thanks to everyone who contributed!

September 24, 2014

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Sometimes I wish I were right-handed.

I think you are under selling yourself - nothing wrong with that hand writing. Love the collection too!

Greg

September 24, 2014

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Sheaffer OS Lifetime Balance

The plunger filling system on this pen was restored recently by Gerry Berg and man it fills like a champ! It has a radius clip and a cathedral weave blind cap which help me date the pen to the late 1930s. The serial numbered two-toned Lifetime nib has a point that I would describe as a Medium stub, apparently original tipping material, and it makes for a very smooth-writing nib that provides some nice line variation. The clip and cap band show some wear, making this a perfect pen to carry around in the pocket with little concern for its well-being.

detail of the blind cap from different angles, showing the "cathedral weave" pattern; I have read that this pattern is found on earlier striated Balance pens:

I am a Parker man myself but the more I see of those Sheaffer Balance FP's the more I want one. Thanks for keeping the fire burning within me!

Greg

September 26, 2014

This really is one of my favourite topics... Great nibs and fantastic handwriting.... Seeing the writings of the guys has definately inspired me to practise more.

September 26, 2014

I've been neglecting this thread but always enjoy seeing the pens posted here. Here's one I really like using:

Parker Duofold Senior in red Permanite, 14k factory stub nib (c. 1930-1932)

September 26, 2014

awesome nibbage, awesome ink

September 26, 2014

That's one gorgeous factory stub!

September 26, 2014

I just found this topic, and I am drooling all over my desk!

September 27, 2014

I've been neglecting this thread but always enjoy seeing the pens posted here. Here's one I really like using:

Parker Duofold Senior in red Permanite, 14k factory stub nib (c. 1930-1932)

Hi DC,

That big red is a great pen. Of course your other Duofolds are no less, especially the jade green one.

September 28, 2014

Omg...Pilot Custom Heritage 91 soft medium-fine with custom smooth cursive italic grind....! <3

September 28, 2014

I loke my pelikan 0.9 mm M800 pen by Ross Adams as well!

September 28, 2014

So many cool pens in this thread!

September 30, 2014

Tom.

October 2, 2014

I love this thread. Here's my current favorite:

October 2, 2014

This thread is THE BUSINESS!

October 2, 2014

I'll post this here as well since it's a nice stub

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October 2, 2014

beautiful

the ink looks like Ama-Iro

October 2, 2014

Bronze, is that a plain-jane nib smoothed to a stub, or something different? Either way, it writes great! I once had a TWSBI 530 and put in a generic 14k nib that I'd had Pendleton Brown make into a stub. It was a fabulous combination. The cool thing about TWSBI pens is that they so easily accomodate different nibs with almost no need to adjust the feed (at least in my experience). Below are some (bad) pics of the stub nib I put into a 530:

October 2, 2014

Waterman’s 5116 Ink-Vue in “Blue Streak”, 14k BB nib (c. 1939)

This is a Canadian made pen in Waterman's "Blue Streak" celluloid - brown marble with blue striated lines. The pen is classic art deco, as the Ink-Vue was intended to be, with a pronounced globe logo on the pocket clip, gold-filled disk on barrel end, stepped concentric circles on cap top, and Waterman's two-stage lever. The keyhole stub nib is not all that common and a joy to use, as it has a bit of flex in addition to its width.