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I've seen a few glass nibs in fountain pens. I don't mean the totally glass dip-pens, but button-fill and lever-fill FPs with glass tips.

 

How does the feed work? Here're some nibs on an ebay auction: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=180234118648. I imagine if you just stuck those into a regular pen, ink would simply pour down it. What controls the flow?

 

I'd love to see any picures and thoughts from anyone who has one. And anyone who has dismantled the feed of one, can you give me any insights? I was thinking that it would be a great project to mount a glass nib into a pen like a Esterbrook J (having modular nibs n' all).

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I'm sure one of the experts will come along.

Meanwhile, I have a few SPOHRS glass nib pens.

There is no feed per se. The glass is twisted in such a way as to regulate the flow.

At least that's what it appears to be.

 

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How does the feed work?

There is no feed. The nib is stuck directly into the section. Flow control relies on capillary action in the channels between the "flutes." The system works remarkably well; if it isn't chipped, a glass nib can write quite nicely. This is the nib on my Spors crescent-filler.

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/spors_nib.jpg

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Richard, do you ever grind glass nibs?

Especially one of those super-flexi ones?

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