The Mysterous Rotring Sf

[tapioca]

Because I am new, I can not post in the mall so here goes...

 

I am looking for a Roring "graph" artpen in super fine. It is half artpen and half technical pen. They rarely show up on ebay. I draw primarily with Rotring pens and am looking for a very fine line, even finer than EF. Does anyone have any or know where I might find one? They are no longer being made.

 

The other alternative is to have a nib professionally reground to a finer point. Does anyone know of any services?

 

Thanks!

 

 

[estie1948]

I have a Rapidograph No. 2 technical fountain pen made by Koh-I-Noor Pencil Company of Bloomsbury, New Jersey. The pens are actually made in Germany. The No. 2 is a medium, but it actually produces a rather fine line. It would be too wide for what you are wanting. The No. 0 is extra fine and might fit your needs.

 

My Rapidograph was made, I was told, in the early 1950s (The Guarantee paper states that the company will promptly repair and return the pen if it is mailed to their Bloomsbury location provided one dollar is included for handling charges and return postage!) and fills from an ink bottle.

 

I would suggest you try to find a modern Rapidograph or Koh-I-Noor fountain pen. I've used Koh-I-Noor pens for marking specimens and fossils collected while doing field studies. I have replacement nibs or "wire-in-points" as fine as 0000.

 

Hope this helps.

 

-David.