I found that my PFM III nib seems has a little bent, but it looks bent quite clean, and writes smooth, too.
Does it normal? is it one of the refit? What is the benefit to do it?


Thanks.



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I believe this is not how the nib should look but appears to have suffered from a collision. However, if it works, is smooth and you are happy with it, in your position I would not try to rectify the nib myself. An expert could make it as good as new though, but a poor workman might spoil things.

Chris

Thanks Chris~
It is smooth and ok for me, thanks for your advice.

The reason why I ask this, is because I have seen some other similar examples on eBay, and make this looks like a special refit instead of a collision.

Or maybe just many other people suffered the same problem?

Hi,

I can't quite recall now, how the Australian Sheaffer nibs should look, but it may very well be normal, since Sheaffer did introduce a bend near the tip of their pens quite a while back for some time, but if I remember right, on most Sheaffers, the bend points upwards, not downwards.

Dillon

Definitely bent. However, if it works fine, I'd leave well enough alone, it's rather difficult to repair on of those since the nib cannot be removed from the section. I wouldn't mess about with it it if were mine, the pen is too valuable.

Peter

That nib got bent. But if it writes well, I'd leave it alone. Plus it's got character.

coould be easily have been ordered as a modification by a very high angle writer or a left handed person. Tines and iridiums looks too evenly bent to suspect this is an accident. On the other hand, I've seen untrained guys do these things with a knock out block....

I agree, the nib seems bent. Not sure if this was an intentional mod or the result of a misadventure. If the pen writes well, I would NOT attempt to change anything.