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1 hour ago, amberleadavis said:

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I have several "nib guys" (and gals), but this nib came from fpnibs dot com in Spain. That is my main source for custom-ground loose gold nibs. Pablo Carrasco does stellar nib work.

 

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3 minutes ago, dms525 said:

 

I have several "nib guys" (and gals), but this nib came from fpnibs dot com in Spain. That is my main source for custom-ground loose gold nibs. Pablo Carrasco does stellar nib work.

 

David

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Today, I found out 2 things.  1. I can't spell majestic and 2.  You can use an international cartridge on a Sheaffer.

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13 hours ago, dms525 said:

 New pen day! Fitted with a #8 Bock nib ground to CI by Pablo Carrasco. It's a sweet writer!

 

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wow, David, that is a magnificent looking pen

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It was time to clean out my Swan No 4 SSC and try a new ink:

 

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2 hours ago, Cob said:

It was time to clean out my Swan No 4 SSC and try a new ink:

 

Cob

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Now, that nib looks stubby - and as always, you. make it beautiful.

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4 hours ago, Cob said:

It was time to clean out my Swan No 4 SSC and try a new ink:

 

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It's funny how "stubby"the nib looks relative to the diameter of the barrel of the pen!  Lovely.  How do you like the ink?

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22 hours ago, lionelc said:

wow @Cob, have not seen a safety screw cap with a 4 stub before - nice!

Yes a very broad stub, here's a snap of the nib.

 

I have another No 4 SSC, this time a "shorty".  The nib is a stub with gold overfeed.  Picture below

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21 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

 

Now, that nib looks stubby - and as always, you. make it beautiful.

Too kind!

 

C.

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19 hours ago, essayfaire said:

It's funny how "stubby"the nib looks relative to the diameter of the barrel of the pen!  Lovely.  How do you like the ink?

I'm delighted with Diamine's Macassar.  t looks rather dark in my writing sample, but the pen does like to deliver a fair bit of ink!  I should try it with a finer nb.

C.

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2 hours ago, Cob said:

Yes a very broad stub, here's a snap of the nib.

 

I have another No 4 SSC, this time a "shorty".  The nib is a stub with gold overfeed.  Picture below

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Stunning!

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This Vacumatic nib was called a OM by the vendor. It is as physically wide as a BB I have in my Pelikan M205 DUO. But it sure doesn't have regular tipping like one would expect of a B or BB for example. More like a stub or italic nib. 

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1 hour ago, Runnin_Ute said:

This Vacumatic nib was called a OM by the vendor. It is as physically wide as a BB I have in my Pelikan M205 DUO. But it sure doesn't have regular tipping like one would expect of a B or BB for example. More like a stub or italic nib. 

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I am in love!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On 3/9/2022 at 11:08 AM, Cob said:

Yes a very broad stub, here's a snap of the nib.

 

I have another No 4 SSC, this time a "shorty".  The nib is a stub with gold overfeed.  Picture below

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That is a gorgeous stub!!!   My assumption of the overfeed is to help with ink flow?  I recently became an owner of a Swan eyedropper.   However the nib on mine is not a broad point.  😞 

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Not officially a stub, but very stubby behavior.

 

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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On 3/16/2022 at 4:22 AM, tringle said:

That is a gorgeous stub!!!   My assumption of the overfeed is to help with ink flow?  I recently became an owner of a Swan eyedropper.   However the nib on mine is not a broad point.  😞 

 

fpn_1428963683__6s.jpg “The pen of the British Empire” fpn_1423349537__swan_sign_is.jpg


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Hullo.

 

The gold overfeed?  Well cynics say that they do not do very much. 

 

A few years ago I had a Swan whose gold overfeed was broken.

It wrote beautifully!

 

All the best,

 

Cob

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On 3/9/2022 at 11:08 AM, Cob said:

I have another No 4 SSC, this time a "shorty".  The nib is a stub with gold overfeed.

 

Educate me! What is an overfeed?

 

Edison Menlo with a 1.1 stub:

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13 hours ago, brokenclay said:

 

Educate me! What is an overfeed?

 

Edison Menlo with a 1.1 stub:

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This is an overfeed, similar to Cob’s Swan,

 

 

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