Nib That Would Fit A Sailor Nagasawa Profit Skeleton Proske

[jerd]

Hello all,

 

got a XMAS gift, the Nagasawa Original Profit Skeleton Proske Fountain Pen - Black Trim with a Medium nib. Obviously had I known I would have told the person to order a BROAD nib so that it would write like a Western Medium nib. Unfortunately it is impossible to exchange. So is there a western medium nib or japanese broad nib somewhere that would fit this pen? Searching the net brought no answers. Maybe you people. Thanks.

Edited January 4, 2019 by jerd

[senzen]

That's too bad, sounds like a really nice pen, and it's not exactly cheap; I would probably sell it, but you might want to tell whoever gave it to you (or risk only getting ugly sweaters from now on!). Since it's probably a Sailor nib, I'll venture to say it's bound to be very nice. I have a pro gear with the medium 21k nib, when I first got it it was sort of dry, in the sense that inks would come out very muted. I pressed a little and outwards and it transformed, still smooth but ink comes out much more saturated, made my favorite ink Tsuyu Kusa look great. But if you do decide to sell it, leave well enough alone, lest you dent the resale price...

Edited January 4, 2019 by pseudo88

[cattar]

If the pen is still NIB (meaning new in box,, and you haven't taken off the tags or inked it), it could be exchanged for the same pen with a broad or zoom nib, or for a different pen.
Talk with the giver to arrange this.

Otherwise, you could contact Sailor Pens in Japan and ask about sending in the pen to exchange the nib.
Other nibs don't fit Sailor pens.

[jerd]

Thank you cattar and pseudo88 for your replies. Well I guess I'm stuck with it, because its no longer NIB. The person that gave it to me would be devastated if I got rid of it, the poor thing. I'll follow cattar's suggestion and contact Sailor Pens in Japan.

[A Smug Dill]

Or perhaps try a wetter ink for a start.

 

I have the gold-trimmed Proske, and I'm sure that's just a Sailor 1911 Standard pen model by any other name, so you should be able to swap in any of the nibs from another Sailor 1911 or Professional Gear. My experience is that the friction-fit nibs and feeds are fairly easy to remove from Sailor pen sections, including on my Pro Gear Imperial Black.

 

Spare/interchangeable nibs are not what Japanese manufacturers offer as a catalogue item for retail, however. (Pilot Capless nib assemblies are an exception.) You generally have to buy another pen if you just want its nib.