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Hey Everyone!

 

My name is Tyler, and I just bought a cross aventura fountain pen.

Now, I didn't really know what I was getting myself into, and it's not really what I wanted. I should have done a bit of research before purchasing! oops.

 

My big question is... Can I put a Lamy Calligraphy nib on this pen? If it's possible, how would I go about doing that?

 

Any help would be wonderful!

 

Thanks,

 

Tpendleton

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You may want to think about getting the nib ground to a shape you like. It can be complex/expensive/not economically viable for your pen, but thought I would punt to out there as an option anyway :)

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The Cross Aventura is likley to have a medium round point nib, that's a 'standard' size nib that all pens can have fitted. It will write a line about 0.5mm wide, which is suitable for many uses.

Lamy's nibs are not at all compatible with the Cross range, nor any other makes.

Many Lamy pens have interchangeable Lamy nibs, which will give a wide range of writng styles and widths, nibs from XF to 1.9mm stub I believe.

Most makers have their own ideas about how things should be made so nothing fits anything else, as a rule.

There are pen makers in many countries who don't make their own nibs, but buy them from companies who only make nibs, not pens.

In that case they are interchangeable. But the range essentially F/M/B.

For a reasonable calligraphy type pen and nib sytem, the Lamy Safari/Nexx/AlStar and a few different wdith nibs to suit is a good choice.

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