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I sent four nibs off to goldnibs.com for retipping - all to mediums if I remember right.

I got pictures of the work today and HOT DOG I'm excited!

 

130 Euros or about $178 all in including registered shipping back.

 

Three oversize Sheaffer nibs and one Montblanc 149 nib. :)

www.goldnibs.com

I wish I would have sent more now.

 

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Edit to add:

And for those who are curious - nibs arrived from Arkansas to Madrid, Spain on July 22nd, and they're being shipped back today, July 29th.

:)

 

And I do have a pic of the nibs before being sent out. I forgot about this.

 

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sweet! how do they retip? resistance welding? soldering?

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"IMHO, the only advantage of the 149 is increased girth if needed, increased gold if wanted and increased prestige if perceived. I have three, but hardly ever use them. After all, they hold the same amount of ink as a 146."FredRydr, 12 March 2015

 

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It looks like clean, meticulous work. What happened to that 149 nib? Was someone using it to draw straight lines with a metal-edged ruler?

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And for those who are curious - nibs arrived from Arkansas to Madrid, Spain on July 22nd, and they're being shipped back today, July 29th.

:)

 

And I do have a pic of the nibs before being sent out. I forgot about this.

 

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Thanks. I have two aurora 88's a vintage P and a archivi storici whose nibs are two fine for me. This is certainly an option to get a nice stub etc.

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Great News! Thanks for sharing this information and please update when you try them. I am certainly happy to learn about this company!

 

All the best,

T

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I sent 8 nibs and I'm delighted with the work and the overall service. I (by mistake) put a nib in that I was going to scrap. 2 reasons. The first it was a Mentmore nib and they are relatively cheap and easy to source but more importantly there was only 3 quarters of the nib remaining.

I hadn't realised the nib had been dispatched so when Carlos said the Mentmore was causing more problems than the other nibs I was puzzled.

I was totally amazes when he sent the before and after pictures (and a little embarrassed) and there was a complete nib. He even wrote the missing 'more' on the nib.

I really only wanted my Waterman 100 year nib repairing (small crack and missing tipping 1 tine) but decided to throw in a few more to see how he managed with a variety. I did send a Relief nib with nasty crack and he's made a good job of it.

I will definitely be using Goldnibs.com again.

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For us Brits this looks like a real boon.

 

I have periodically scrapped a 30 or 40 nibs because in the past I could not find someone local to deal with them. I have now sent my first batch of 13 nibs last Monday, and have 60 or 70 more awaiting dispatch. Being able to reclaim old nibs will help complete the restoration of a good number of vintage pens.

 

I will post details of the finished items in due course

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Goldnibs.com was something I stumbled onto several months ago quite by accident. The site has a showcase of their work and it's quite amazing (to me anyways). Makes me think any nib could be rehabbed and they seem very reasonable price wise. I was lucky enough to buy a very nice and very reasonably priced Pelikan Ibis from them and couldn't be happier. Highly recommend goldnibs.com.

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Reasonably priced and very nice people to deal with. To me that's part of what makes the deal. If the person on the other end of a job is a jerk then I won't consider them for a job.

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  • 2 years later...

I had a nib retipped by goldnibs.com earlier this year. I'm generally pleased with the result and the nib now writes smoothly. But after a few months I've noticed a festive rainbow patina developing just behind the new iridium, where the gold was partially rebuilt. Since pure gold doesn't tarnish, I assume this is due to something in the gold alloy that was used for the repair - copper perhaps?

 

The patina can probably be polished off, but I actually quite like it, even though it's not exactly authentic.

 

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