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I recently purchased a Triumph nibbed Imperial. It would appear that sometime in the past, a previous owner has straightened the upturn that is usually found in these nibs. Is there any approved method, or indeed any point, in trying to restore the upward curvature? I suspect the same action also resulted in the rather wide nib slit that it now has. It doesn't overly interfere with flow, but it does make the pen rather wetter than I'd like.

 

I suspect the nib is steel, if that makes any difference. Is there a reliable way to tell a steel nib from an unhallmarked palladium silver one?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Mario

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Most of the small triumph nibs have next to no turn up so if it works it's probably okay although the heavy ink flow and wide slit is out of the ordinary. If it's as you describe it's palladium silver and probably an Imperial II or a II Deluxe , a photo would help...!!...

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I'm always willing to be corrected, but I was under the impression that there are no steel Triumph points, and if it's not gold, it's PdAg.

 

I also don't claim it's an approved method, but I usually apply a vinyl-tipped jewelry pliers to this sort of problem. The lower one in the picture, with one round and one flat surface, seems almost made for the exercise.

 

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