Changing The Nib In My Padrino Pen

[scrivelry]

I have a small pen in a custom-fitted box that says Padrino. I bought it off the bay, but have tracked it down to being a now-discontinued Paradise Pens product.

 

It has what I assume is a medium nib, and while the nice ladies at the Paradise Pen store did not know this, a little experimentation following a review for an entirely different pen on Mr. Brown's channel has revealed that the nib is in a little unit that screws out.

 

My very cheap electronic calipers tell me that the body of this nib unit is 24.1 millimeters long, exclusive of what I think is the rear end of the feed, tiny, which sticks out a smidge more. Measuring tip of nib to bottom of smidge I am getting 42.8 mm The plastic part of the unit is about 6.8 mm in diameter. There is a five on the back of the feed, and if I try to measure the feed I am getting about 5mm.

 

Can anyone tell me what kind of nib unit this is or seems compatible with? It looks to me like the ones on the Meisternib site, which I think are JoWo, but I do not actually know. If I had to guess I'd guess it was one of these in a size five, but since the nib, wherever I get it, seems like it is going to cost me six or seven times as much as the pen did, I'd rather not be sitting on a nice but useless-to-me-one.

 

Anyone have a guess? I hope to be at the LI Pen show and can look there, but if I know where to start that would help tons.

 

A picture is problematic due to issues I've been having with my camera, my computer, etc, or I'd post one. Thanks for any help.

 

T

 

 

[TimGirdler]

Scrivelry,

 

I'm planning on attending the LI Pen Show and I routinely carry a number of JoWo nibs in size 5 and 6 with me. If you'd like, you can visit my table and I can "Hack" your pen for you.

 

Here is the page on my website about the pen hack, including prices: http://timgirdlerpens.com/nib-work/pen-hack/

 

Let me know,

 

Blessings,

 

Tim