What Pens Take #6 Nibs And Are Piston Fill

[Russmead]

I was thinking about what would the perfect pen look like. I decided (at least for today) that the pen would have a piston fill and would take a #6 friction fit nib. This would allow me to trade nibs around and would have the finese of a piston fill. Question: what pens come to mind that take a #6 nib and has a piston fill?

 

Thanks

 

Russ

[overlander]

Noodler's Konrad

[warblerick]

Aurora 88 & Aurora Optima come to mind.

Edited October 8, 2014 by warblerick

[parnesh]

Bexley corona.

[twdpens]

Bexley corona.

Not just the Corona, but also the 20th Anniversary and Poseidon Magnum II.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

[PabloAU]

"Finesse" is not a word I would use to describe the Noodler's Konrad.

 

What about a plunger fill rather than piston? A TWSBI Vac 700 might be worth looking at. That sucker (pun intended) sure is fun to fill.

[SteveE]

Most of the newer Bexley pens use a #6 nib, but IIRC, only the Corona and a couple of the Owners' Club models are piston-fillers.

 

If you want to try a sac-filler, there are a couple of other options. The modern Conklin Crescent pens use #6 nibs, and I believe that the Conway Stewart Chruchill (lever-fill) and the Duro (button-filler) use #6 nibs.

 

A bit up-market might be the Stipula Suprema. This is a piston-filler and has sometimes been available with a steel nib. Mine is an earlier model with a 18K gold nib which I think is also a #6.

 

The Conway Stewarts and Stipula may be available used, as they are now out of production.

[Randal6393]

Of the pens listed, the Konrad is the most tuneable to the user's preference, IMHO. In addition to changing the nib, one may adjust the feed to nib relationship, as well as the position of the feed and nib in the barrel. It is also the (generally) wettest fountain pen ever. That makes for a great daily writer.

 

Best of luck,

[twdpens]

Most of the newer Bexley pens use a #6 nib, but IIRC, only the Corona and a couple of the Owners' Club models are piston-fillers.

 

All current Bexleys use a #6 nib.

Owner's Club models are c/c, not piston.

For piston models, please see my post #5 in this thread.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

[Ted A]

And if you want an even cooler filling system, look to the syringe filler of the Gate City Belmont.

[apkayle]

Noodler's Konrad

[fountainbel]

Standard Conid Bulk filler

[Scribblesoften]

Funny, I just bought some new #6 nibs and put them in .... a Bexley Poseidon Magnum II, a TWSBI Vac 700, and a Noodler's acrylic Konrad. The nibs are Nemosine .6mm stub/italics. They work well in all three pens. I guess the TWSBI is not a piston pen, but it was suggested above.

[yogalarva]

"Finesse" is not a word I would use to describe the Noodler's Konrad.

 

What about a plunger fill rather than piston? A TWSBI Vac 700 might be worth looking at. That sucker (pun intended) sure is fun to fill.

 

I was also going to suggest the Vac 700. :-) Built like a tank, nice oversized pen, huge ink capacity... It's one of my favorites.

[SteveE]

 

All current Bexleys use a #6 nib.

Owner's Club models are c/c, not piston.

For piston models, please see my post #5 in this thread.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

I think one of the recent Owners' Club pens is a piston-filler. Mine is green/almost dark jade acrylic, and I'm pretty sure it is not an anniversary model. (Howard - Are you reading this? Help me out here?)

 

Edit: I just pulled it out and it is the 2012 Owners' Club pen (mine is # 033 of 119).

Edited October 9, 2014 by SteveE

[Russmead]

Thanks to all who responded with the list of no 6 nib piston pens. The information was helpful and sent me down the road of exploring pens I did not previously know about. One thing came up though, I started questioning the need for the perfect pen to be a piston filler. I was looking at celluloid pens from Italy and was blown away with the looks of those pens, though many are converters. Then I read a post by Edison saying that converter pens are just piston pens with a removeable and sevicable piston unit. So now I have added a critera and droped on. That perfect pen would have a rich color like the celluoid Italian pens, and have a no. 6 nib. The piston fill system is no longer on the must have atrabute list. Of course If I spent enough money I could have it all, piston, rich body material, and no 6 nib, but those pens are in the $500 range and out of my budget. So the hunt continues. Thanks again for sharing all of your collective knowledge.

Russ

[KBeezie]

TWSBI comes to mind, though it's a friction fit within the collar of the nib unit they use. Otherwise one of the Bexley's mentioned earlier (they too use a separate nib unit, but the feed/nib is pretty much like any friction fit #6 men I've seen to date).

 

I'm not a big fan of the Noodler's though (Definitely a tinkerer's brand) . And I don't own a TWSBI (mainly on the occurrence of reviews about them cracking or getting parts broken, despite that TWSBI's customer support is excellent in regards to getting replacement parts sent out). The Bexley seems nice albeit a tad out of my price range at times (The lowest price options being the Jitterbug and Admiral at around $75-80, but both are cartridge pens).

 

Some of the Franklin-Christoph pens take #6 nibs as well, but not sure which if any are piston filled. Though not sure what huge importance it is with the piston filling mechanism, some of my best pens have been either cartridge/converter fillers, sac fillers, or vac filling. The simplicity to a integrated piston filler is nice, but not a deal breaker for me especially when using such fine width nibs, also they can be a pain to flush completely when you don't want to remove the nib/feed (mainly only a problem to people who switch inks like a "color of the month" type of rotation).

The way I see it, Find the pen/nib/etc system that you actually love, and use that. If the nib units are proprietary, oh well, shouldn't matter if you love the set up.

Edited November 1, 2014 by KBeezie

[MissMarilynDarling]

i am looking for a #6 size pen thats budget that i can shove a zebra g nib into so i can get that super flex without starvation and before you say noodlers those pens are so ugh finiky about their feed action i can get it to work on my jinhao x450 and x750 but it still starves a little and i dont know what to do about that so im thinking another piston pen perhaps in the wingsung or hero or penbbs range of pens any suggestions or perhaps people who might know im gonna ask brian goulet to see if he has any answers and then i will ask brian anderson hes a brilliant scientist

[txomsy]

There are many pens now that take a #6. So many that you have plenty of options.

 

Jinhao, Hero, Baoer, on the Chinese side, to name a few, are cartridge/converters.

 

You can also find lots of pens from India, in this case with a wider variety of filling systems, including piston fillers and eyedroppers (which, for flex writing is worth considering as you'll use up ink like crazy) , and a large variety of colours and finishes. http://fprevolutionusa.com/ is a very good starting point. Plus, you may want to try (just ask for one to be fitted) their UltraFlex nib, which not being as flexible or ultrafine as a Zebra G is still good enough to enjoy flexibility without much effort and which won't corrode. Plus, you can also get a matching ebonite feed (for eyedropper pens) that will supply the required ink.

 

Noodler's, of course, are a nice option. They are made to tinker with and, if needed, you can find all the info on tuning them to your heart's content. Noodler's flex nib are not as soft as FPR, but you can tool them to the Ease-My-Flex tune (look it up here on FPN).

 

And as mentioned, lots of more expensive pens, but I wouldn't take down an expensive pen to play with Zebra-G nibs, I'd prefer something cheaper instead lest I break something expensive.

[Mech-for-i]

Moonman T1 and T2 , PenBBS all models including the Syringe fill 355, Piston fill 309, Vac fill 456, Spring loaded piston fill 500, and all the ED capables ( multiple models ) , 323 and 267 is perhaps the best for using a Zebra G-nib when used as ED , looks the part too, get also separate parts pact so you can tinker with them and not worry about having only a single nib unit / feed to play around with .. I am not sure about it but Wing Sung 699 Vac fill seems a possibility ; not know of any current Hero model that fits the bill ; Lingmo Lorelei Ver 3.0 had 3 different variation, one is a piston filler , take no.6 nibs ...

 

Well actually since I got all of these , I might as go about experiment with it , if I am getting somewhere , will get back to you guys here

Edited April 7, 2020 by Mech-for-i