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Guys--Apologies for the ignorant question; I imagine this is answered in another thread here but looked and couldn't find it. Would love to turn my own pen from blanks someday, but not ready for the investment of time & equipment quite yet. However, I've got a nib from an old safety pen (Napoleon USA). It's a nice, flexible (smallish) nib. But the safety mechanism is a mess, as is the rest of the pen. Would love to re-use the nib on a new pen. Do any of the many makers listed on the pinned suppliers list sell pens that are complete (feed, etc) with everything but the nib?

 

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Konstantin

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Since it's a vintage pen, with what I assume is a non-standard nib size, I think you'd have to send the nib and feed to a penmaker and have them build around it. Shawn Newton can probably help you out, as could Renee Meeks of Scriptorium Pens.

 

Try measuring the height and shoulders of the nib. If it's close enough in size and shape to a modern #5- or #6-size nib, you might be able to fit it on to a JoWo or Bock unit, which are accepted by many modern pens.

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