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I picked up a Monteverde Intima in Volcano gray resin the other day. Should be in the mail today. I really like that color but found out that it's out of production so I pulled the trigger on a rollerball on the off chance I can use a FP section from another Intima I have. Couldn't find a FP around anywhere. Does anyone know if this is just a quick section swap? Looks plausible in pics even though they scaled the rollerball to look bigger than the FP. Cheers!

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Just got the pen today and I got lucky! The rollerball will accept the fountain pen section and nib! It just threads in. All you have to do is drop out the spring to hold the rollerball refill in and the FP section threads right in. The cap and pen body are identical. This only applies to the Intima series but I bet others in similar series are the same. Got an out of production pen that I really wanted for peanuts on the dollar now!

Someday the mountain might get em but the law never will.........

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Just got the pen today and I got lucky! The rollerball will accept the fountain pen section and nib! It just threads in. All you have to do is drop out the spring to hold the rollerball refill in and the FP section threads right in. The cap and pen body are identical. This only applies to the Intima series but I bet others in similar series are the same. Got an out of production pen that I really wanted for peanuts on the dollar now!

Beautiful pen!

Just out of curiosity how is the nib?

I have a Monteverde Impressa and I´m not thrilled with it...

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Beautiful pen!

Just out of curiosity how is the nib?

I have a Monteverde Impressa and I´m not thrilled with it...

I swapped the nib for another black Monteverde nib that I ground to a medium italic. It's a pretty good nib but I did have to work on it. I think I've had to work on all 10 of my Monteverdes honestly. I have one stub though that I'm "putting up with" or I'm just being too lazy to clean it up a little. What version of the Impressa did you get? I just returned two for spots in the gun metal plating on the red trim version. Had to go so far as to write Monteverde and plead for them to find me a good one.

Someday the mountain might get em but the law never will.........

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I swapped the nib for another black Monteverde nib that I ground to a medium italic. It's a pretty good nib but I did have to work on it. I think I've had to work on all 10 of my Monteverdes honestly. I have one stub though that I'm "putting up with" or I'm just being too lazy to clean it up a little. What version of the Impressa did you get? I just returned two for spots in the gun metal plating on the red trim version. Had to go so far as to write Monteverde and plead for them to find me a good one.

I have a Black/Chrome Monteverde Impressa. Nice pen, but I'm not thrilled with the nib as I said...

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