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M405 Blue Black, EF nib -- still with diluted Pelikan 4001 Blue Black.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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M1000 green stripe (of the opaque variety 😬), medium (i.e. BB) nib, filled with the awesome J. Herbin Vert Métropolitain ink.

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2 hours ago, lamarax said:

M1000 green stripe (of the opaque variety 😬), medium (i.e. BB) nib, filled with the awesome J. Herbin Vert Métropolitain ink.

That is FUNNY! I have a M605 M nib that is broader than the B on my Custom 845. Nice choice of pen.

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3 hours ago, lamarax said:

M1000 green stripe (of the opaque variety 😬), medium (i.e. BB) nib, filled with the awesome J. Herbin Vert Métropolitain ink.

 

Wow Double Broad.... I'd love to see a writing sample... 😀👍

 LINK <-- my Ink and Paper tests

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14 hours ago, Cjtamu said:

That is FUNNY! I have a M605 M nib that is broader than the B on my Custom 845. Nice choice of pen.

Yeah.  When I got my first bird, a 1990s era M400 Brown Tortoise, the F nib on it wrote like it was a B.  And after I lost the first M200 Café Crème, which had a B nib on it, I found one on eBay that that was listed as having a "wide" nib; turned out it was an italic nib -- and a firehose even by PELIKAN standards of "wet"....  

I ended up swapping that italic nib into the M200 with the Bayer logo on it, and getting a replacement B nib for the Café Crème, and it worked well with Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black. 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Hunter Toledo 915; sterling silver overlay, 3,000 made. A true B, as butter smooth as I ever need.

Third from the bottom.

Octopus..bronze the ink. Shades well.

I will get other Octopus shading inks.

 

Any one got a sheen trick???

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

Ransom Bucket cost me many of my pictures taken by a poor camera that was finally tossed. Luckily, the Chicken Scratch pictures also vanished.

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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6 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Yeah.  When I got my first bird, a 1990s era M400 Brown Tortoise, the F nib on it wrote like it was a B.  And after I lost the first M200 Café Crème, which had a B nib on it, I found one on eBay that that was listed as having a "wide" nib; turned out it was an italic nib -- and a firehose even by PELIKAN standards of "wet"....  

I ended up swapping that italic nib into the M200 with the Bayer logo on it, and getting a replacement B nib for the Café Crème, and it worked well with Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black. 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

My pen is gorgeous and yet I rarely use it because I despise the nib. Kirk will be in Houston in about 6 weeks, going to fix that issue.

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8 minutes ago, Cjtamu said:

because I despise the nib.

What Pelikan exactly and what nib, semi-vintage tear drop or modern double ball?

 

If the latter is your nib wide enough to go CI?

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

Ransom Bucket cost me many of my pictures taken by a poor camera that was finally tossed. Luckily, the Chicken Scratch pictures also vanished.

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

What Pelikan exactly and what nib, semi-vintage tear drop or modern double ball?

 

If the latter is your nib wide enough to go CI?

M605 black tortoise. Line is not only broader than it should be it has a strange hard starting issue. Once it gets rolling it writes wonderfully albeit a little broader than it should. Stop for 10 seconds and it will hard start, then flow again. Already discussed with Kirk, we’re going to sit down and make this nib what I want it to be. Have posted previously about the two M6xx we bought that had terrible nibs. This one and the Glauco Cambon I bought my wife. Both are on their replacement nibs. Her new nib is excellent. Mine is at least far better than the first. 
 

Edit: I would never think of touching the EF nib on my 52-53 Pelikan 400. Sacrilege! Quite possibly the finest nib I own.

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 Sounds baby bottomish.

 

For a long time I had the nib of my '54 transition B nib on my 605, until I had it stubbed....should have done a CI....but stupidity runs in my family, ever since a guy named Adam blamed his wife for not making apple pie.

The B nib is back on the light tortoise 400.

I have @6 of the semi-flex 400/400nn's.

 

My 500 has a nib too wide, an OBBB, 30 degree grind, maxi-semi-flex...a pure signature pen, in a 16 letter legal name takes between 2/3rds and 3/4ths of a page....well not really too wide....as discovered much later, when not doing signatures I didn't count how wide it was.

I do have an OBB and an OB 1/2 in Osmia...even if the last is OBB(LBB) labeled, the OBBB is much thicker.flbOu7z.jpghpLiq2B.jpg?1

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

Ransom Bucket cost me many of my pictures taken by a poor camera that was finally tossed. Luckily, the Chicken Scratch pictures also vanished.

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Script part of box...:doh:

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

Ransom Bucket cost me many of my pictures taken by a poor camera that was finally tossed. Luckily, the Chicken Scratch pictures also vanished.

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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