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Dear all:

Could you please recommend good nibmasters in Europe and provide their contact details?
I own a Nakaya with a BB nib and I would like it to be modified to stub...
Thanks for your help!

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Apparently Anabelle Hiller, who does the nib work for Appelboom, has recently hung out her shingle.

Vintage. Cursive italic. Iron gall.

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Oxonian here on the forum is the only one I know. Fpnibs stopped doing it.

Wonder when they changed - just checked their site and while they still do regrinds it's only for nibs and pens they sell themselves.

 

As well as John Sorowka there's also someone up in Edinburgh with a good reputation (and like John is also on here) - Eric Wilson/Ecky Thump I believe.

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Francis Goossens/Fontainble on the com, does my re-corking, and made my BB Pelikan 605 into a very nice butter smooth 1.0 (B) stub.

 

He's in Belgium. He was a big part of the development of the Conid pen (the engineer), and was there the nibmeister, teaching the fella that took his place when he retired.

 

He does re-corking properly. Properly prepared cork is the smoothest of all gaskets according to Marshal & Oldfield in their great 'Pen Repair book.

Francis boils the sized cork in paraffin (a thicker mineral oil) and beeswax, ..... and then he slathers the cork with silicon grease.

To just slather a cork with silicon grease is a waste of time and effort, ending up with a second or third class product.

I've had six or eight vintage pens re-corked by Francis, all great.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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Francis Goossens/Fontainble on the com, does my re-corking, and made my BB Pelikan 605 into a very nice butter smooth 1.0 ( B) stub.

I believe he spells that Fontainbel?

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I believe he spells that Fontainbel?

Thanks.....Helps to be able to read a card..... :doh:

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Apparently Anabelle Hiller, who does the nib work for Appelboom, has recently hung out her shingle.

I’m not sure if she does major work like regrinds yet. Tuning and smoothing, as far as I know.

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I’m not sure if she does major work like regrinds yet. Tuning and smoothing, as far as I know.

 

According to her website she does:

Grinding: Kugel, Cursive Italic, Architect Grinds, etc.

Add lightness and simplicate.

 

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According to her website she does: Grinding: Kugel, Cursive Italic, Architect Grinds, etc.

That’s good to hear! I briefly spoke to her about 6 months ago and at that point in time she indicated that major nibwork was not yet part of her service. I’m glad that she’s now expanded into that, because good nibmeisters who can do complex jobs are few are far between in Europe.

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I while back I put together a google sheet for nibmeisters. The information is a couple years old but anyone is free to use and edit the document. I think the information is still accurate but there are more options today than there were in 2017.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NM3haeyGZgx_9LJosGm2z1TmKjYaFU1-5xE4EVTyTN4/edit?usp=sharing

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