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A couple days ago, I ordered a pen TWSBI Diamond 530 M nib and I'm anxious for the arrival. ;)

 

As some people here know, I'm fan of stub/italic nibs, especially the broader nibs. Unfortunately, the broadest one available today is the medium, but, recently, Speedy told us that the new pen - Vac 7000 - will have stub and B options. :puddle:

 

What I want to know is if anyone has ground the Diamond nib to italic (cursive italic) or stub.

 

Did you made yourself, or send it to a nibmeister?

 

What result did you get? Please, if you could, post here some samples!

 

Fabricio

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Would be nice to have Pendelton cursive italic and stub points on those ...

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A couple days ago, I ordered a pen TWSBI Diamond 530 M nib and I'm anxious for the arrival. ;)

 

As some people here know, I'm fan of stub/italic nibs, especially the broader nibs. Unfortunately, the broadest one available today is the medium, but, recently, Speedy told us that the new pen - Vac 7000 - will have stub and B options. :puddle:

 

What I want to know is if anyone has ground the Diamond nib to italic (cursive italic) or stub.

 

Did you made yourself, or send it to a nibmeister?

 

What result did you get? Please, if you could, post here some samples!

 

Fabricio

 

Ernest did a CI grind on his EF nib - see here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/176517-twsbi-530-owners-may-i-see-your-writing-linethickness/

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Buy a replacement stub/italic M-14 nib from Franklin-Christoph, pull the nib out of the M14 housing and do a nib swap. That's what i'm doing and it's cheaper than sending off your twsbi nib to be grinded. unless you know how to grind your own nib, then that's another story.

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I took the custom ground medium cursive italic out of my honey tortoise Pelikan and put it into the TWSBI. It fit perfectly and writes like a dream. A $40 pen with a $100 nib ... I love it. :D I think I'll always buy Pelikan nibs, have them ground to my desires, and swap them into the TWSBI. I'm going to ask speedy if I can buy a couple more TWSBI feeder units so I can leave the nibs in there all the time to swap them around with ease.

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Thank you all for the tips!

 

inkpenguin,

 

You achieved a great line variation on that write sample. I do like it! As soon as you can, post the results of your TWSBI.

 

I've been ground several nibs, and at the begining, I tryed on some inexpensive pens (5$ chinese pens). One of my best writers is a Pelikan M215 B nib that I modified into a CI, as you can see in this pic.

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Thank you all for the tips!

 

inkpenguin,

 

You achieved a great line variation on that write sample. I do like it! As soon as you can, post the results of your TWSBI.

 

I've been ground several nibs, and at the begining, I tryed on some inexpensive pens (5$ chinese pens). One of my best writers is a Pelikan M215 B nib that I modified into a CI, as you can see in this pic.

 

LOVE this writing sample, the nib turned out great! Great job, Fabri! :D

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7AlUqveS3BY/TCVyeRV5evI/AAAAAAAAAQU/H5N_-dpY7cA/s144/Aubrey%20on%20plaid%20paper_sm.JPG

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Here is Pendleton's post of the custom ground TWSBI. I just got mine in the mail the other day as an early Christmas gift from my wife. I'm planning on sending it off to Pendleton right after Christmas to get my first Pendleton Point. :puddle:

 

I'd send it sooner but I want to play with it a little first. I got the medium nib so I'd get maximum line variation from the CI grind. I love the feel of the pen and I can't wait for the exciting new nib, it will be my first customized nib.

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Mike Truppi

 

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I purchased a 14k stub nib and replaced the Twsbi steel nib with it. I have now a smoooooooooooth stub that writes like a dream. :clap1:

http://www.thegoldennib.com/bmz_cache/b/bd57ab1961e41adbfb168326a17022cb.image.733x550.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c112/fj1121/twsbi.jpg

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I purchased a 14k stub nib and replaced the Twsbi steel nib with it. I have now a smoooooooooooth stub that writes like a dream. :clap1:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c112/fj1121/twsbi.jpg

 

 

I really fancy doing this - can you say where you got the nib from and talk me (like Manuel, 'I know nothing') through completing the process?

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She turned me into a newt.......

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This is very encouraging. Thinking about getting a medium and sending it off to Pendemonium for a $25 CI grind job. I've had great experience with them for CI grinds to Vanishing Point and Aurora nibs.

 

Does the Twsbi nib have an iridium tip or is it just steel?

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No iridium in nibs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium

"Iridium is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's crust". Too expensive.

 

You get the nib here: http://www.thegoldennib.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=106

 

Then you extract the nib like this:

And you replace it with the new one. Easy!.

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No iridium in nibs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium

"Iridium is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's crust". Too expensive.

 

I think most of us understand that the use of the word iridium for tipping material is rather apocryphal. It is still the commonly accepted term, and doesn't really need to be corrected, unless we are specifically discussing the actual alloy components used.

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I think most of us understand that the use of the word iridium for tipping material is rather apocryphal. It is still the commonly accepted term, and doesn't really need to be corrected, unless we are specifically discussing the actual alloy components used.

 

My apologies if I sounded like a primary school teacher :ltcapd:

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