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Today at work I accidentally dropped my beautiful tortoise shell larger size fountain pen and split the 14k nib. This pen is absolutely beautiful and I bought it off ebay a while back and is in mint condition. But unfortunately I can't use it now because of this mishap.

 

Some help needed here please on where can I buy another nib fron, preferably a 14k gold nib in a medium.

 

Also is it possible to repair the nib or not really worth it.

 

Thanks

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Its black just the body and cap is tortoise shell colour.

 

Its only the nib front section the tines that have split.

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Teri at Peyton Street Pens has steel sections. She may have a 14K section that you can screw right in and get back to business. You might take a look at her site and/or send her a message. Good luck, I hope it turns out as well as it can. I am sorry to hear of your accident.

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You can get a 14k section for your Targa from Sheaffertarga.com That site is managed by Gary Ellison in Sheffield, England, a premier Targa collector and most knowledgeable about all aspects of the Targa. Good luck!

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I purchased a new old stock Targa from Anderson Pens with a 14K nib for $70 US. I found it on the web site. I suspect if you told Brian what you needed in a simple email he could find you one. Lisa and Brian set it aside and drove it to the SuperShow so I could save shipping to Canada. They are good people.

 

As an aside the Broad nib lays down a super wet line and is quite simply my signature pen....move over MB and Pelikan.

Rob Maguire (Plse call me "M or Mags" like my friends do...)I use a Tablet, Apple Pencil and a fountain pen. Targas, Sailor, MB, Visconti, Aurora, vintage Parkers, all wonderful.

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So long as the metal itself isn't broken, just the tines that have split apart, it is possible to repair it. If you do get a new nibsection, the ruined one can be nice to practice with. :)

 

I have coaxed a few nibs back to working order and I am definitely no expert, but it's turned pens that were unusable into great writers.

 

You have to be careful of course, but it's only metal after all.

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Some help here please but where on www.sheaffertarga.com can I find the nibs or the sheaffer targa nibs for sale, I've tried looking everywhere but not having much luck. Thanks

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Sheaffer Repair in Ft. Madison still has some Targa sections in 14K, you could call and see what sizes they have.

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Sheaffer Repair in Ft. Madison still has some Targa sections in 14K, you could call and see what sizes they have.

Hi I actually live in Australia but could try and email them instead.

 

Thanks for your help.

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Hi I actually live in Australia but could try and email them instead.

 

Thanks for your help.

sheafferservice@bicworld.com

 

I got a broad oblique for my Targa from them last year. They have more steel nibs than gold, but its definitely worth a try. I'm sure they'd ship to you!

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sheafferservice@bicworld.com

 

I got a broad oblique for my Targa from them last year. They have more steel nibs than gold, but its definitely worth a try. I'm sure they'd ship to you!

Thank you very much for your help will give it a go and see what happens, one can only try.

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