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Greenie will probably be able to answer this one; I have no NY No3 nibs here at present, but my guessed answer would be yes! I do remember mounting a No 4 NY nib onto a No 4 English feed.

 

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In my experience they are interchangeable. You will also find some British Swans with NY nibs that seem to be original, so perhaps there was still some standardization early in the separation.

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Thank you, Greenie and Cob. Cob, hope you have a Swan with flexible stub nib for sale on ebay soon :P.

 

Ha ha! So do I! MT stubs are so nice - I especially like the New York ones from the 1920s. I have one installed in a MHR Macniven & Cameron pen from about 1930 and another in a slim gold-banded (cap) No 2 safety cap eye dropper.

 

Coming up, I do have a late 1940s No 4 leverless with rare 18ct gold cap band and an outrageously flexible nib. As they say "Watch this space!"

 

Rgds

 

Cob

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Ha ha! So do I! MT stubs are so nice - I especially like the New York ones from the 1920s. I have one installed in a MHR Macniven & Cameron pen from about 1930 and another in a slim gold-banded (cap) No 2 safety cap eye dropper.

 

Coming up, I do have a late 1940s No 4 leverless with rare 18ct gold cap band and an outrageously flexible nib. As they say "Watch this space!"

 

Rgds

 

Cob

and that flexible one will be on ebay soon?

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and that flexible one will be on ebay soon?

 

Possibly, although i have one outstanding enquiry on it.

 

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Another snap - note ink was still wet!

 

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Rgds

 

Cob

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