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Terea NOS (New Old Stock)

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Hello pen lovers!

 

This is my second post to this forum in recent days (I don't know what's gotten into me :rolleyes: ). With all this talk about this wonderful pen and the different nibs we could have or wish for, I decided to try something. I'm sure I'm not the only one who did this but I wanted to share. I successfully changed the nib on the pen. I had a old Conklin flex nib in it first but alas, it needs to be re-tipped. Then I thought about the $15.00 pen that Nathan sells. This is the flexible one. Well it fits perfectly! I'm so jazzed. It wasn't hard to make the swap either. I just popped it in and started writing. So this may not be a big thing for more hands on collectors but it's big for me and I wanted to share the event with like minded pen-a-holics. Try it and post how things went for you.

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Any writing samples? I'd love to see it. :)

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Maybe I'll do this too - my Noodler's flex nib currently lives happily in a thin-model Sheaffer Balance.

 

Also, for writing samples on that nib check pages 1 and 2 of THIS thread.

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Hello again. Thank you for posting a link to the written samples. I'm not quite savvy enough to be able to post my own handwriting. I can tell you that I have been writing with this new configuration and it's great. The pen that Nathan introduced is very petite and I would have loved it to be a bit bigger and not so narrow. In the TWSBI it feels better to write with.

 

How did the Sheaffer nib feel? I think I have sone in my small collection. I may have to try it. I did try putting a Plumix (from Target) in it but the nib has some sort of handle on both sides of the nib. I didn't know how to cut them off. It certainly would have made a very nice pen even without the flex. It would have made a nice option. If anyone knows how to get rid of those thing on the side of the nib, please post. I have an extra fine pilot that I got from Jet pens that I would love to use in the TWSBI.

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