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The Awesomeness That Is Mark Bacas, Nibgrinder


gregamckinney

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I have nearly zero pens with their native nibs. 99% of my pens get nibs ground, mostly to stubs or cursive italics.
I also like to spread the work around, so when I saw that Mark had set up shop I was happy to send a couple pens over to http://www.nibgrinder.com/
I had an Omas Paragon Burkina with a factory EF (functional but boring) and a Bexley Poseidon Grande II with a factory steel B which is something I very commonly send out for CI-ifying.

I just got my pens back from Mark, and I am _extremely_ pleased.
Mark turned the Omas into the finest XXF I've ever used. I think it is finer than the Sailor (IIRC) UEF I used to have.
The CI on the Bexley is incredibly smooth and expressive.

A phone camera is all I have handy, but here is a photo. The paper is Rhodia with a 5mm grid.
Thanks Mark! More pens will definitely be coming your way.

 

http://gergyor.com/images/bacas-grinds1.jpg

 

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Don't feel bad. I'm old; I'm meh about most things.

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I have nearly zero pens with their native nibs. 99% of my pens get nibs ground, mostly to stubs or cursive italics.

I also like to spread the work around, so when I saw that Mark had set up shop I was happy to send a couple pens over to http://www.nibgrinder.com/

I had an Omas Paragon Burkina with a factory EF (functional but boring) and a Bexley Poseidon Grande II with a factory steel B which is something I very commonly send out for CI-ifying.

 

I just got my pens back from Mark, and I am _extremely_ pleased.

Mark turned the Omas into the finest XXF I've ever used. I think it is finer than the Sailor (IIRC) UEF I used to have.

The CI on the Bexley is incredibly smooth and expressive.

 

A phone camera is all I have handy, but here is a photo. The paper is Rhodia with a 5mm grid.

Thanks Mark! More pens will definitely be coming your way.

 

http://gergyor.com/images/bacas-grinds1.jpg

 

greg

 

 

 

 

Thank you. Yes, I am looking to hear what people say about Mark Bacas' work and experience with him. Your post is helpful.

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I've had Mark work on four pens now, two at last year's Atlanta Pen Show and two more at this year's show. He does top-notch work. This year, he took my worst writing pen: a super-scratchy Sheaffer Prelude 380, and made it a smooth, beautiful writer. He also did a fine architect grind on my Jinhao x750. It came out wonderful!

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