Waterman Phileas F Stub

[tisfortorrey]

I just got back my recently-ground Waterman Phileas from Pendemonium (no affiliation), and I am in heaven!

 

The service I got from them was great, from the initial email consultation to the lightning-fast return shipping. I'd definitely recommend them for your grinding needs if you can't wait for weeks and weeks for a nibmeister to get to your pen (no disrespect to nibmeisters, I'm just impatient )

 

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For the full size pictures, go to My Flickr Set

 

 

 

 

[Jersey Diabolo]

Wow, that lays down a really nice line. Pendemonium's nibmeister does good work and you can't hardly beat that turnaround time!

 

I have a bunch of Kulturs that I love ...and a Phileas with an M nib that doesn't thrill me. Twenty bucks, huh? Hmmmm...

 

Thanks for sharing those photos, tisfortorrey

[Chris H]

This is really fantastic! I've been wanting to get another Waterman Phileas fine point, but can't find one -- only mediums. But if Pendemonium can do that, then I just might get a medium point and have them regrind it.

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

Chris

[JHolmes302]

Wow, that looks great ! Way to make a great pen even better :clap1:

[sph33r]

Very nice! I think I should send them something to grind as well!

[FrankB]

The feel of a well ground stub on paper is is a great experience. I have Pendemonium ground nibs and I am very satisfied with them. I hope you contine to enjoy your stub nib.

[asimplemaestro]

This is nice...I'm sending them mine as well as soon as I get ahold of them.

[tisfortorrey]

you can't hardly beat that turnaround time!

 

I agree. Not to shill for Pendemonium or anything (once again, no affiliation), but I found it a pleasant surprise that after my pen arrived in Iowa (of which I was informed by email the day it happened) it was back in my hands probably no more than five days later! It was a really worthwhile service.

[merlin]

Just curious if regrinding is changing the original nib, or can it be done also instead of smoothing it only? do you know if pendemonium is doing repairs as well?

 

thanks a lot

[tisfortorrey]

Just curious if regrinding is changing the original nib, or can it be done also instead of smoothing it only? do you know if pendemonium is doing repairs as well?

 

thanks a lot

 

It's done to the original nib, so if you want a fine nib you generally need to give them a medium nib. I'm pretty sure they do repairs, but you'd probably need to check their website to find out prices and things.

[tnmike1]

thanks to this thread contacted Pendemonium today and am sending a couple of almost=new Conway Stewart vintage pens to them for smoothing. They are not going to change the nib structure, just make them a little more writing friendly. Cost is going to be $15 each. Did NOT ask that the nibs be changed into something else---like stub or italic from medium and the like--so dont know what the charge on that would be

[henrico]

Can't wait to get my new Phileas....... Can't wait.............can't wait

 

But I will stay with the M nib at least for a while. Thanks for the info.

 

Henrico.