Nib Grinding In Europe

[Aekold]

Are there reliable nib grinders in Europe that still accept clients' own pens?

[Bo Bo Olson]

Fountainble on the com. Francis Goossen in Belgium. Designed the Conid pen and was their nibmeister, trained the their current one.

I had swapped a nice M nib in for a BB nib on my 605 when it was new, years ago, in I expected to have the nib made into a stub or a CI eventually.

Francis ground the BB into a butter smooth 1.0 stub (@ a

 

I use him to re-cork my pens also....I prefer cork over plastic gasket 2.0, in properly prepared, boiled in oil and beeswax cork is the smoothest of all gaskets. And if you use it regularly should last 70 or more years.

He will do plastic gasket 2.0 also. Some ill informed 'noobie' wanted plastic because he thought it would last 50 years.........which it should. But properly prepared cork is smoothest....Marshal and Oldfield, state that in their great Repair Book.

[Aekold]

Sorry, I didn't get - how to reach him out? It's there a website or smth?

[Beechwood]

Sorry, I didn't get - how to reach him out? It's there a website or smth?

 

 

Fountainbel

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/user/753-fountainbel/

 

 

Also John Sorowka, Oxonian

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/user/1881-oxonian/

[Michael R.]

You could contact Annabelle from http://www.opuscineris.com/

Cheers

Michael

[Aekold]

Thanks guys!