Nibmeisters in the UK

[Hetty]

This is really a follow-up to a question I posted earlier in the Pelikan Forum where I was asking people's experiences of oblique nibs. Does anyone know of any 'nibmeisters' in the UK?

 

Thank you,

[Beechwood]

An expert in nib improvement and an invaluable ally in pen repair is Oxonian, a member of FPN and contactable through a private message through the FPN.

[piembi]

+1 for Oxonian

He is the one who did all my nib repair.

[Carrie]

I got Oxonian to work on a few pens at the London Show and he took my CS 58 away with him to turn into a very nice stub

[I am not a number]

Don't (as in DO NOT) call him a nibmeister.

[AllWriteNow]

Don't (as in DO NOT) call him a nibmeister.

 

[I am not a number]

He gets quite cross at the term nibmeister.

 

I've said enough.

[Mr Ink]

I add my name to those singing Oxonian's praises - he's a wonderful nib-meister, er nib-thingy!

 

 

Edited to cross out the dreaded "meister"

Edited December 29, 2009 by Mr Ink

[Ed Ronax]

I asked this question some time ago and was given John Sorowka' name in Oxford you can contact him by e-mail, he did some excellent work for me

 

Use j.f.sorowka then use the "at" symbol, followed by googlemail, then dot and then com. There will be no spaces in the full address.

Edited December 29, 2009 by I am not a number
E-mail address made more difficult for webcrawlers.

[Carrie]

I asked this question some time ago and was given John Sorowka' name in Oxford 

 

That'll be that Oxonian bloke we've all been mentioning then

 

 

 

[Ed Ronax]

I asked this question some time ago and was given John Sorowka' name in Oxford

 

That'll be that Oxonian bloke we've all been mentioning then

 

 

 

 

Yea just read another post which gave both names I have all his details if needed.

[holst035]

John knows nibs!

 

Great communication, work is great (Stubbed my Lamy Persona and a Parker 51), turn around time is fast.

 

It is very nice when someone works on your pen with love for the art!

 

Marthijn

[Highbinder]

I add my name to those singing Oxonian's praises - he's a wonderful nib-meister, er nib-thingy!

 

 

Edited to cross out the dreaded "meister"

 

Nib craftsman? Nib artisan?

[Chris Chalmers]

Nib Nibbler??? Nib tuner??? Nib magician???

[MikaLa]

+1 for John Sorowka aka Oxonian.

[voop]

Nib Nibbler??? Nib tuner??? Nib magician???

 

Would a bad and sleazy nibsmith, who would prefer to nibble the nibs of the client rather than of the fountain pen, be what we call a "nib creep", then?

Edited December 30, 2009 by voop

[Pen Nut]

John turned a M nib on my Charles Dickens into a very useable 0.8mm cursive italic. Jolly good chap who I have under Nob Master in my phone for some reason

[Oxonian]

Hi Folks,

 

Thanks for all the kind words......I thought that I ought to add just a brief note to sort out all this confusion about what I am, what I do and what I should be called, well.....

 

Federmeister might do at a pinch........

 

Nib Technician will do nicely.......

 

Nibwright is fine.......

 

But I am not, never have been, never will be nor would I want to be called a NIBMEISTER... :mad:

 

I trust that I have made myself clear

 

Oh! one more thing, yes I do work on nibs .

 

Cheers, John

[dandelion]

Adding one more voice to the chorus singing John's praise. He has turned some of my pens into very nice stubs and italics.

[Chris Chalmers]

So glad that's cleared up then.................. Worshipful nib man!