Should Have Paid Attention To The Visconti Quality Concerns :(

[migo984]

My Viscontis all work faultlessly.

[EricaTX]

The one I've inked up has worked wonderfully. It's by far one of my favorites.

[Barneystone]

I have a Homo Sapiens. The nib bent when I filled it - accidentally pressed to the bottom of the bottle. Although I was at fault, the nib is flimsy. I straightened it but it has a kink. Anyone know if the large Visonti 14k gold will fit in the HS?

PS I now have a travelling inkwell!

Edited September 5, 2015 by Barneystone

[Ghost Plane]

The old 18kt do, I'm told. No first hand experience. But think you need the prong tool thingie to get them out as opposed to older Visconti that were pressure fit and could be pinched out.

[masterguns]

I have a Homo Sapiens. The nib bent when I filled it - accidentally pressed to the bottom of the bottle. Although I was at fault, the nib is flimsy. I straightened it but it has a kink. Anyone know if the large Visonti 14k gold will fit in the HS?

PS I now have a travelling inkwell!

 

I can tell you that I took the 14K Visconti nib from my older Van Gogh and put it in my Homo Sapiens. Yes, this nib (to include the feed, which is exactly the same) is the same size as the Homo Sapiens nib.

 

Now, if you are planning to simply use an entire 14K nib unit (nib, feed, nib collar) and screw it into the HS, be aware that the nib collar in the non-piston fill pens are slightly different from the piston filled pens. For the piston filled pens, which includes the HS, there is a small o-ring at the base of the nib collar which creates a seal so no ink escapes. There is no o-ring on the Visconti nib collar used in cartridge/converter pens (at least not in mine). So as I see it, you will be fine if you get a nib and put it in the HS pen using the existing feed and nib collar.

 

I hope that explanation was clear. It all boils down to whether or not you're going to try to fit an entire 14K nib unit, or just the nib itself.

 

Shown below, the nib collar in the foreground is from my cartridge/converter pen. The collar in the background is from a HS. You can see the o-ring on this one. Aside from that, these nib collars are identical.

 

 

 

Here is a picture of my homo sapiens with my 14K nib.

Edited September 7, 2015 by masterguns

[Barneystone]

Actually I have had no problem simply pulling out the nib and feed and leaving the collar in place. Many thanks for the comprehensive answer.

[by78]

On 12/20/2014 at 2:49 AM, dneal said:

Getting a pen to write well is not hard...

 

This is why it should have been done at the factory.