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What Fits A Wearever Nib/feed?

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Short version,

 

I would like to use the nib/feeds from a couple of Wearever Pennants in 'something else' because the pen bodies are unwell.

What would fit them?

 

 

 

Long version,

 

I bought a fistful of pens on Etsy for parts/restoration. Mostly because I wanted to play around/practice.

There are at least two pens which look like Wearever Pennants that have, IMO, the cool translucent feeds, and decent looking nibs.

 

The pen bodies on the other hand, are not in great shape. Levers are okay, colors are okay, but they look "bloated" in that the level slits are wider than they should be. I am also pretty sure they are no longer straight. With -that- in mind, I'm sure that I could put new sacs, on them and they'd work just fine, but I would REALLY prefer a newer pen body that would accept the nib/feeds.

 

 

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Try Noodler's pens which have the smaller nib. Charlie, Boston safety...... Or perhaps any modern pens with #5 nibs.

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Cool thanks!

 

I was thinking about taking apart some of my other modern pens to see what might fit. Good to know that the Wearevers are a #5 :)

Should probably try to determine that for all the pens I have. haha :D

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If they are a match to #5 nibs and you don’t have something appropriate laying around, I have heard Fountain Pen Revolution has quite a few low-cost ebonite or acrylic pens with #5 nibs. Haven’t tried one yet myself but have heard good things.

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@flyingpenman -- I have actually been thinking about one of those too (in ebonite because I've wanted to see what the fuss is about). They're listing their nibs as #5.5 but I am betting they're pretty close.

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