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When I get home (in about 7 hours) I shall attempt a writing sample and a photograph or two.

 

In the meantime, I just wanted to say that a rather interesting dip nib dropped through my mailbox today. It's a Brause Iserlohn No. 523... and it is a very flexible three-tined music nib. I had a very quick play at work (haven't prepped the nib, just dunked it in some Sumi ink), and it's a bit of a monster! Horizontal strokes are as fine as can be, and vertical strokes can range all the way out to 4 mm quite comfortably. It may go wider if one is willing to risk springing it.

 

Later!

 

Okay, my camera skills, and writing skills... well, pretty much all my skills, suck. Hopefully this gives some idea of this odd looking nib.

 

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It's a bit hard to control. The grid is 5mm. Ink is Higgins Eternal. And I wasn't really pushing it.

 

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The nib has a flatter concavity than most dip pens and won't fit into a standard ferrule. I managed to jam it into a $4 E+M straight holder though. That will have to do for this experiment.

 

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The material has been cut out in the middle of the nib and folded back underneath the start of the tines to create an ink cage. It's very effective, a bit weird, but a super clever idea in my opinion.

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Wowza!!! Never seen a music dip nib. I must get one! And a built in reservoir to boot! Though i'm not sure how useful it would be as a true music nib without tipping material. but I'm going to order one anyways :)

 

thanks for sharing, I was clueless about this type of dip nib.

 

any other music nibs out there?

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I think I stumped up about $10 for it on eBay. It looked interesting, and I cannot afford to buy a fountain pen with a music nib just for "interesting", so it seemd like a cheap way of seeing what all the fuss is about. Oh, and I daresay that this is miles more flexible than any of the modern music nibs for FPs. :)

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That is really cool!

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Very cool! Music dip nibs are not common, but all the major manufacturers made one. Just like with fountain pens in the golden age, you could get one, but few people did.

 

Even though I've got several hundred different dip nibs, that's one type I still don't have. One of these days I'm going to run into a box of them for cheap. Yeah. Right.

 

In the meantime, that's for sharing, and loved sirius' video as well!

 

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