I've never seen one like this before. Anybody have any info? The eBay description said it was a Leeds pen. I didn't buy it, but was curious.
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QUOTE(jon @ Jun 21 2008, 12:37 PM) [snapback]646947[/snapback]
I've never seen one like this before. Anybody have any info? The eBay description said it was a Leeds pen. I didn't buy it, but was curious.
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It's similar to the encased gold nibs on wearvevers. Richard Binder has a blurb on it at his sight with the Wearever Deluxe from his collection...
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I believe the proper word is 'weird'.
It looks to me like a device added over the nib to (perhaps) stiffen an otherwise flexible nib.
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It's similar to the encased gold nibs on wearvevers. Richard Binder has a blurb on it at his sight with the Wearever Deluxe from his collection...
Hope this helps
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Thanks-I looked for it there, but can't find the Wearever in his collection. Maybe he got rid of it...
Jon
It's similar to the encased gold nibs on wearvevers. Richard Binder has a blurb on it at his sight with the Wearever Deluxe from his collection...
Hope this helps
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Thanks-I looked for it there, but can't find the Wearever in his collection. Maybe he got rid of it...
Jon
QUOTE(ANM @ Jun 21 2008, 01:59 PM) [snapback]647001[/snapback]
It looks to me like a device added over the nib to (perhaps) stiffen an otherwise flexible nib.
I wondered if that was a possibility. In any case, I think SquelchB is correct-rather weird.
I saw this too... It was with a lot of pens right?
Almost bid on it just for the weird nib sake of it, but it went for more than my snipe would allow... I thought it was kind of cool... Nut then again, I am weird.
Almost bid on it just for the weird nib sake of it, but it went for more than my snipe would allow... I thought it was kind of cool... Nut then again, I am weird.
Looks like something on the order of the Eversharp adjustable nib found on some Doric pens. This however, is not adjustable, so I would guess
that ANM is right, turns a flex nib into a manifold (something to go through carbon paper).
Dan
that ANM is right, turns a flex nib into a manifold (something to go through carbon paper).
Dan
Aren't they called adjusted/adjustable nibs? Or something? The metal bit on top is supposed to regulate the amount of flex in the nib, I think.
QUOTE(Shangas @ Jun 22 2008, 09:14 AM) [snapback]647521[/snapback]
Aren't they called adjusted/adjustable nibs? Or something? The metal bit on top is supposed to regulate the amount of flex in the nib, I think.
But how would you regulate it? It would require some lever or screw or something.
I'm not entirely certain if this is what I'm talking about, though. On various nibs, there's like a slide feature. You clip it onto the nib and you slide this clip of metal up and down the nib and depending on where the slide-clamp is located, it determines the flexibility (or lack of flex) available in the nib. It's all on Richard Binder's site, I'll see if I can find it.
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Here! This is what I'm thinking of:
Adjustable Nibs (as defined by R. F. Binder)
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Here! This is what I'm thinking of:
Adjustable Nibs (as defined by R. F. Binder)
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A nib with a mechanism for adjusting the nib’s flexibility. Wahl-Eversharp produced Doric and Coronet pens with nibs having a small slider that can be positioned in one of nine notches (1930s, illustrated below, left). With the slider moved toward the section, the nib is quite flexible. As the slider is moved notch by notch toward the tip of the nib, the nib becomes progressively firmer. With the slider all the way out, the nib is a rigid (manifold) nib.
QUOTE(jon @ Jun 21 2008, 03:03 PM) [snapback]647002[/snapback]
Thanks-I looked for it there, but can't find the Wearever in his collection. Maybe he got rid of it...
It's actually on my blog, picture and all, titled It's just a pen. It's still recent enough that you can get there from the front page if you like.
It appears that the entire nib is marked 14K. If so what support is needed from the steel frame? Is the gold rolled so thin that it needs the back-up?
So is it adjustable for flex, as surmised below? Thanks to all for responses.
Jon
Jon
QUOTE(ANM @ Jun 22 2008, 11:38 AM) [snapback]647787[/snapback]
It appears that the entire nib is marked 14K. If so what support is needed from the steel frame? Is the gold rolled so thin that it needs the back-up?
It's thin, and it's also smaller -- like a No. 0 nib in a frame that makes it No. 2 size.
QUOTE(jon @ Jun 22 2008, 10:53 PM) [snapback]648305[/snapback]
So is it adjustable for flex, as surmised below? Thanks to all for responses.
Nope, sorry.
I have a Wearever Deluxe 100 with a nib almost dead on your picture. I can post some pictures when I get home tonight.
I, too, have an ANC Ever-Ready pen with a very similar nib--perhaps more pronounced and more hooded.
I'll try to take a photograph.
I'll try to take a photograph.
It appears to be a way to make a pen with a gold nib for a lower cost. One can use less gold by putting it in a steel frame.
Here's a not very good photograph of a very similar nib on an old Ever-ready pen. It looks as if it needs some cleaning.
QUOTE(Zoe @ Jun 23 2008, 12:02 PM) [snapback]648672[/snapback]
I, too, have an ANC Ever-Ready pen with a very similar nib--perhaps more pronounced and more hooded.
I'll try to take a photograph.
I'll try to take a photograph.
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