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I'm trying to figure out the best flex nib to get for my Esterbrook J, also the best place to buy the nibs?

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9048

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Search and search and search! They are quite scarce and when you do find one that's correctly identified, you'll pay a premium for it.

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9128 is the best one. I have one that Mike Masuyama ground to a needlepoint and it's fairly flexy. Osmiroid also makes a flexible copperplate nib. I also use that in an Estie. Neither are comarable to a decent Waterman 52 flex nib, though.

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I have a couple 9048s. They are nice nibs. Not wet noodle flexible though. I'd say they are more similar to something like a Pilot Falcon. They are stiff enough that you can write with them like a regular nib, or flex when you want it to.

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The flex nibs arent particularly flexie. The best flex nibs Ive seen on esterbrooks are where pen makes have replaced the nib with a flexible gold nib. Once in a while youll see one on EBAY.... the esterbrook screw ins that are described as flex are semi-flex at best.

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Make your own. It is not difficult to knock out a nib from an Estie collar and replace it. This is an extreme example with a #14 nib.

 

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Make your own. It is not difficult to knock out a nib from an Estie collar and replace it. This is an extreme example with a #14 nib.

 

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx153/FPWriter/fester2.jpg

 

I was expecting you to recommend a Waterman gold flex nib, like a previous creation of yours.

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They are hard to come by, but the wartime teardrop nibs have some flex to them. I got the 9668 on the left by chance and it's a very different animal than the typical 9668 nib.

 

fpn_1476713600__esterbrook_9668_nibs_1.j

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They are hard to come by, but the wartime teardrop nibs have some flex to them. I got the 9668 on the left by chance and it's a very different animal than the typical 9668 nib.

 

fpn_1476713600__esterbrook_9668_nibs_1.j

 

Wow never heard of this nib, how did you come across this nib?

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