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I will soon be swapping my Vac mini nib for an FPR flex nib. Does anyone have experience doing this? I found a video and a website with instructions on how to do it. But I wonder if any brave souls have tried doing this.

 

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Go for it. I have used a #6 FPR flex nib in one of my Jinhao x750, and it was really worth it. I do not have a TWSBI Vac Mini, so I am sorry I cannot give any more specific instructions, but I am also in the works of ordering a #5 titanium nib for my TWSBI Eco, I will make sure I will post the results. Nice video in the link you mentioned. Good luck with your nib exchange!

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But I wonder if any brave souls have tried doing this.

 

Yes, quite easy

 

I have done this more or less by accident. I have ordered a nib from fpnibs and ended up replacing the VAC mini nib wile keeping the feeder (as described on the website).

Usually, however, you would replace the entire nib unit (nib + feeder) - I just didn't realize. Fpnibs had in fact shipped me a nib unit

 

On the VAC mini the front section unscrews. The nib unit itself is inside the front section (screwed in) and you would unscrew just the front ring. A little fiddly, but doable

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Go for it.

 

 

 

Yes, quite easy

 

 

Thanks for the encouragement. I do feel bummed out about getting rid of the Bock nib that came with it, but it just didn't spark joy, as Marie Kondo would say.

 

For those interested, I found another video about nib swapping with the Vac mini.

 

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I have, but it still has problems with hard starts and a starved feed. I'm in two minds as to what to do with it.

 

I do like the FPR nib, semi flex, stiffer than a Pelikan 140 semi flex, but still enjoyable.

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I have, but it still has problems with hard starts and a starved feed. I'm in two minds as to what to do with it.

 

I do like the FPR nib, semi flex, stiffer than a Pelikan 140 semi flex, but still enjoyable.

 

Interesting. Did you have hard starts and starved feed prior to the nib swap? I haven't had these problems with the original nib. Sometimes it writes dry, but this issue goes away when I loosen up the piston. I'll write an update once I do the swap.

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