I have a Sailor sterling silver 1911 pen with a left oblique cursive italic nib that writes a line too wide for my liking. The nib is 21k with a M S making on the side of the nib (whatever that means).

I wonder if it is possible to buy a similar F nib from US dealers of Sailor pens?

thanks,
purpledog

Yes, see Swisher's online store. The Sterling nib is the same size as the 1911 and the ProGear. The sections just screw into the other bodies. If you want to only take the nib section, you can unscrew the nib unit from the section ( there is some gunk on the threads to prevent this from happening, but you can do it, regardless with some force (but not too much!)). I think the new nibs are $114 or so.

Alternately, you could trade for one. What are you looking for? H-EF? H-F? Gold, two-tone, rhodium?

- George

Thanks, George. At least now I know the 1911 nibs are all interchangeable.

I don't have plans to trade the italic nib. The previous owner told me this is a nib Binderized sometime in 2004. Although there are no paper documents, the nib writes well (but too wide for normal writing).

thanks,
purpledog

I just checked Swisher is selling the large 21k nib. Thanks.

purpledog

My Sailor Music nib has this marking, so I've always assumed it just means 'Music'.

Neil

Neil,

Thanks for letting me know. I assume the cursive italic was ground from a music nib.

purpledog