A Pelikan Nibsmith In Eu

[nicholascolding]

Hi!
I already got a very nice Pelikan M205 blue (fine), which i love!

Today I got a Pelikan M200 brown medium - it is a little scratchy and dry… Not as easy to write with and the feedback is a little to rough.

Anybody who knows a nib smith in europe? I live in Denmark myself.

[penjog]

Hello,

 

I suppose, you don't need a nibsmith.You have only to polish the nib. That's normal, if you are sensible.

 

Buy a set of sheets of micro mesh in www (for example pendragon, GB) and use the sheets 4000, than 6000, 8000 and 12000. Use it wet (ink or water) and don't do it under pressure, but only make three or four 8 8 8 8 at the different sheets and try how it writes after using the 12000. Than repeat it at the upper sheets (6000 etc.) until it's fine. 4000 is the roughest to polish. Under 4000 you will remove material from the nib.

 

Wish you sucess - usualy Pelikan nibs are one of the best.

 

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[siamackz]

I would always check tine alignment before micromesh

[penjog]

That's absolut right!

 

I forgot to say: Before polishing always examine, if the two tines are at the same high. Look with a magnifier from the front at the top of the pen and you will see easily if it is ok or wether one of them is bent down or up.

 

If it is different, you have to adjust the both tines.

If they are ok, the rough feeling often is away.

If it is anyway rough - than polish.

 

I don't know, was has happend to the nib before.

 

But also a Pelikan nib in F, will not write as smooth as a M nib. It will be a little bit rougher.

 

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[Chrissy]

I prefer to use a nib smoothing board for nibs. The grey side (12,000 grit) is plenty rough enough for nib smoothing