Question On Reverse Frankenpen

[lazarott]

I want to make a reverse frankenpen with a Pilot Plumix caligraphy medium nib to use it to try inks without having to flush a fountain pen every time. The nib has a couple of flaps (sorry for the misuse/abuse of the term) in the end that goes in the pen.

 

I have a couple of questions:

 

1) Will the nib fit a tachikawa 40? Will I have to modify the nib?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hIcr4a2VoRY/UwN7QZcrdsI/AAAAAAAAGTY/wywMyUmED3E/s1600/tachikawa-nib-40-holder.jpg

2) Alternatively, would it fit a brause nib holder without having to modify the nib? That is, using the teeth in the nib holder to grab it.

 

 

3) Could I use Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Sumi ink with it? This ink is not for fountain pens, but I wonder if you aren't meant to use it with fountain pens because it would clog the feed or it would also hurt the nib.

 

 

4) Alternatively, which (dark) black ink would you recommend that is waterproof and could be used with this reverse frankenpen?

 

Thanks!

 

[Bo Bo Olson]

I don't know, but thought I'd be polite enough to answer.

 

With Japanese nibs or inks I have no idea.

 

Only a light idea when it comes to European or American dip pen nibs. Only have 20-30.

I have a set of Winsor & Newton inks for my dip pens.

I have a fair selection of basic wooden Eberhart Faber holders, and a few others with no name, but a couple are nice enough to have their very own case; like an 'etched' metal Russian one. One or two just hang around looking pretty, as decoration in pen stands ....(I just never get around to taking pictures.... )

 

If one is right handed offset nib holders are suggested. Have a couple......unused.

Edited May 22, 2018 by Bo Bo Olson

[Torrilin]

It’s not a frankenpen, it’s a dip pen.

 

And I have no idea if a Plumix nib can be attached to a standard holder and retain the feed, but my guess is not. There’s nothing on the nib to hold the feed in place. There are holders that can take a fountain pen nib and feed, but it’s not a standard thing, and I don’t think any of them work with Pilot nibs.

 

The easiest solution is just keep the Plumix nib in a Pilot body and dip it in ink. No cartridge loaded, just an empty pen. The feed dipped in ink will suck up a good bit of ink, maybe enough for an A5 page or so of writing at a go.

 

If you prefer a regular dip nib, Speedball’s C series nibs are basic italics and should be plenty cheap.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Could try the Japanese pen subsection, in someone there may know Japanese dip pen nibs, and dip pen....and the ink,

[lazarott]

Ok, it fits!

 

 

 

Without feed, of course. It won't work well with fountain pen ink, but it works just as a dip pen with the Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Sumi ink and it writes a couple of sentences with just a dip, which is more than enough for what I wanted )