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Ideal Canada 2 Nib n1087, can anyone give me any info on this pen? is the #2 ideal Canadian still flexy like a a ideal 52 #2 nib?il_570xN.1670661094_g9gp.jpg

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or the 2a ???

Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny

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2 or 2A is the nib size, it bears no relation to the flexibility of the nib. They were made from super stiff Manifold to long tined super-flexies.

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Are the 2 and 2A nibs/feeds interchangeable?

 

Penman88: I recently acquired a Canadian that looks like this although with a slightly different color and an improper nib. The pen is called a "Stalwart" and confirming the ID should be easy with that name. It is a Canadian-only version of another pen almost identical to it. The one difference being the double ring on the cap. Not being an expert by any means, I thought I'd just share mine looks a lot like that. Hopefully someone smarter can confirm or educate me as well.

 

I am now on a hunt to get a replacement nib/feed for that pen, which is why I was wondering about the 2/2A nib interchangeability.

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2a and 2 are from different era pens, the classic ideal 2 is earlier than the pen your showing from the 40s I would think and later ideal 2 nibs were still in use on the lady Patricia into the mid 30s or so but I dont think would be the right nib for this one.. even though it might fit and would be really cool ha

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eharriet..while poking around in the catalogs I saw the Stalwart in the 1947 catalog.. couldn't see which nib was on it but likely same as on the open nib pens of the taperite era..they have a larger diameter feed than the old Ideal 2's had ..

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eharriet..while poking around in the catalogs I saw the Stalwart in the 1947 catalog.. couldn't see which nib was on it but likely same as on the open nib pens of the taperite era..they have a larger diameter feed than the old Ideal 2's had ..

Hmm, that’s interesting. I plan on taking that pen with me to next Pen Show opportunity I get to see. Hopefully I’ll be able to test and see if I can find something that works. I have an open nib Taperite. Maybe I can do a comparison.

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Ideal Canada 2 Nib n1087, can anyone give me any info on this pen? is the #2 ideal Canadian still flexy like a a ideal 52 #2 nib?il_570xN.1670661094_g9gp.jpg

Contact Max at his Etsy shop and ask......

Max Davis..formerly of 23rd Street, NYCity...by the Hotel Chelsea.....

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Contact Max at his Etsy shop and ask......

Max Davis..formerly of 23rd Street, NYCity...by the Hotel Chelsea.....

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OK, I'd been trying to find a "Max Davis" on Etsy and I have no idea who this is. Have a shop name?

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OK, I'd been trying to find a "Max Davis" on Etsy and I have no idea who this is. Have a shop name?

OK! Follow the link to Max..scroll down to About......

https://www.etsy.com/shop/1001RareGemstones?ref=l2-about#about

 

Next.......Bty..Max Davis is the co-author of Waterman Past and Present: The First Six Decades with Gary Lehrer

https://www.etsy.com/listing/641814150/vintage-waterman-gray-strips-pen-and?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=waterman+pen+set&ref=sr_gallery-1-5&pro=1

 

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