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Bexley With A Goulet Nib Experiment


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A few months ago I bought a Classic Fountain Pens Tea Time Magnum Special Edition (By Bexley) with a #6 - 1.3mm nib tuned to an 8/10 wetness. The pen is basically a Bexley Magnum Poseidon. Love the pen's color, weight, size and just about everything except the nib. The 1.3mm was super wet, a real gusher. It was my fault. It's what I ordered. I looked into having the nib adjusted or purchasing a new nib but all options were a bit pricey. A new Bexley nib is $200 and a nib adjustment is about $60. Pen was put aside and forgot for a few months.

 

Last week I saw the #6 Goulet Pen Nibs for $15. I ordered a 1.1mm stub and it arrived yesterday. Exchanged the nib on the pen and filled it up. The nib fit perfectly and writes wonderfully. It writes fairly wet but is no longer a gusher. The nib is not as flexible as the Bexley.

 

It looks like I saved a few buck and "rescued" a pen from going into storage.

 

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Original Pen as delivered with 1.3mm nib

 

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Pen with new Goulet #6 - 1.1mm Nib

 

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I was just pondering this same thing. I have a Bexely Intrepid with a Binderized Bexley branded Bock steel two-tone #6 Fine nib that has has had crippling chronic dry out issues since day one. Read a post about my sick Bexley pen with close up pics of the nib, feed, etc. here...

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/261457-help-with-a-bum-nib/?do=findComment&comment=2907301

 

The question is do I risk $25 on a new steel Bexely nib unit, which includes a new feed as well; or drop $15 on a Goulet nib only? For the extra ten bucks I think I'll try the whole Bexely nib unit. That way I get a spare feed to hack if it comes down to that.

 

But it is good to know the Goulet #6 nib fits in the #6 Bexely nib unit as well, and is quite presentable to boot. Thanks for sharing.

 

David

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A few months ago I bought a Classic Fountain Pens Tea Time Magnum Special Edition (By Bexley) with a #6 - 1.3mm nib tuned to an 8/10 wetness. The pen is basically a Bexley Magnum Poseidon. Love the pen's color, weight, size and just about everything except the nib. The 1.3mm was super wet, a real gusher. It was my fault. It's what I ordered. I looked into having the nib adjusted or purchasing a new nib but all options were a bit pricey. A new Bexley nib is $200 and a nib adjustment is about $60. Pen was put aside and forgot for a few months.

 

Last week I saw the #6 Goulet Pen Nibs for $15. I ordered a 1.1mm stub and it arrived yesterday. Exchanged the nib on the pen and filled it up. The nib fit perfectly and writes wonderfully. It writes fairly wet but is no longer a gusher. The nib is not as flexible as the Bexley.

 

It looks like I saved a few buck and "rescued" a pen from going into storage.

 

 

A word of caution here... The original Bexley nib was likely 18K gold. Gold nibs are not "flexible" unless they are specifically made to be so. Gold does have more "give" to it, but most gold nibs will flex only once.

 

Other than that, good job on the nib swap!

 

 

I was just pondering this same thing. I have a Bexely Intrepid with a Binderized Bexley branded Bock steel two-tone #6 Fine nib that has has had crippling chronic dry out issues since day one. Read a post about my sick Bexley pen with close up pics of the nib, feed, etc. here...

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/261457-help-with-a-bum-nib/?do=findComment&comment=2907301

 

The question is do I risk $25 on a new steel Bexely nib unit, which includes a new feed as well; or drop $15 on a Goulet nib only? For the extra ten bucks I think I'll try the whole Bexely nib unit. That way I get a spare feed to hack if it comes down to that.

 

But it is good to know the Goulet #6 nib fits in the #6 Bexely nib unit as well, and is quite presentable to boot. Thanks for sharing.

 

David

 

I've transferred several nibs (my website has a "Pen Hack" section that offers the service) and often, yet not always, I find that the JoWo feed won't fit the pen being hacked. So, I have to re-shape the nib to fit the current feed.

 

So, my caution to you is this: Don't try to force the new feed. If it fits "naturally," great! If not, use the original feed.

 

And, good luck hacking your pen!!! :)

 

Blessings,

 

Tim

 

 

Tim Girdler Pens  (Nib Tuning; Custom Nib Grinding; New & Vintage Pen Sales)
The Fountain Pen: An elegant instrument for a more civilized age.
I Write With: Any one of my assortment of Parker "51"s or Vacumatics

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