Crow Quill Fitment To Custom Pen

[mikedealer]

Was wondering if anyone could shoot me some advice on the how crow quills mount to a dip pen "properly".

I've seen a few different crow quill specific holders and have a variety of crow quills.

My question is, is using a 1/8" shaft style pen the "proper"/easiest way to mount to a pen. I know some style crow quill holders use a hole but when I measured they are 1/8 also just opposite friction to keep them in place. I'm aware of bullock flanges, not a fan for a few reasons, in process of designing my own oblique holder and want to integrate crow quills

 

Any advice would

[amberleadavis]

Darn, one of my pen pals made me a holder. I'll try and find him.

[Pickwick]

http://www.blotspensuk

 

You might be interested in looking at a crow quill pen in the above link where the part holding the crow quill detaches from the stem, which could be adapted to clamp into an oblique pen holder of your design.

[smk]

Both the pin and the hole methods hold a crowquill nib in by friction whereas Bullock flanges apply mechanical force to hold them in place.

 

Are you making a flange that can take both a Crowquill and a regular nib?

 

If you want a flange that just holds a Crowquill a simple arrangement like this might do: Crowquill Oblique Flange

 

Salman

[mikedealer]

Sorry took me while to respond to thread here.. i decided to incorporate a post mount method, rather than a clamp method.. found it to be much easier to work with and slides around less.

thanks for the links guys, was great to see some stuff hadnt seen before and think about some ideas.

i have been working feverishly recently in finalizing an adjustable oblique Flange design that will accept G nibs, brause smalls, crow quills, speedball nibs, leonardt principal nibs, and many many others into a singular design, that is fully adjustable, and unlike any other adjustable oblique flange available or ever designed to best of my research. (not a blackwell or bullock flange in any way).

i am currently trying to overcome one issue in how the flange mounts to the pen, and have been having design issues. Once i finalize design, i plan to send out some beta samples to people to get feedback, adjust design, and release my flange, hopefully people wont hate it haha, put alot of work into it.. and if for nothing else.. i am extremely extremely happy with my design and will use it forever as it needs no maintenance or pliers to adjust ever.

the crow quill thing was hurting my brain because in talking with some calligraphers, the general consensus was "why do you want to use a crow quill in an oblique, doesnt make sense and is not commonplace". I didnt listen and included it in the mount anyway.

ill get some pictures up once i am in final stages in this subform. Thanks again guys

[sidthecat]

I used crow quills in art school, with nothing-special holders because I was using them to draw, not to write. They're wee as a writing tool, but if you needed to scale down your hand for letter-writing, it might be the proper tool.