Broke The Nib, First Attemp In Salvage

[jzmtl]

So in an attempt to make the 2556 nib writes smoother, I broke the rolled tip off. The steel is much softer than I expected, thought it would be hardened but doesn't appears that way.

 

I was all set to throw it out, then it occurred to me. The original tip was just rolled steel, not anything hard attached, so why not just sand it down to create a new tip? Went to work with sandpaper and this is what I came up with, sort of a broad nib I guess? It actually writes pretty well, so I'm happy with that, and the pen is going back to EDC.

 

Hmm imageshack lost my first pic, so here's it again.

 

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6016/dscn0228v.jpg

Edited October 18, 2009 by jzmtl

[OcalaFlGuy]

While IMO, a nicely tipped 9xxx series nib provides a much nicer finished product, I beleive the original idea behind

PB2's Pendleton Point CI was to salvage 2xxx nibs with broken off tipping.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[ZeissIkon]

Yep, that looks like a cursive italic or stub, and ought to last at least several years of regular use before it wears down so far you have to give up on it (though you may have to "unsharpen" it periodically over that time as it'll wear in a reverse chisel shape). That's actually similar to the 2314 stubs, I might add, and those are said to be nice writers.

[jzmtl]

It's my jacket/shirt pocket pen, so it should be quite some time before the reverse chisel happens. I actually like how it writes better than before I broke it, especially the variation between vertical and horizontal lines.

 

By the way what should be the proper geometry of the tip if you were to look at it from side? Should it be chisel, square, square with rounded corners, or rounded? Currently I have it on rounded and seems to work well.

[FarmBoy]

It's my jacket/shirt pocket pen, so it should be quite some time before the reverse chisel happens. I actually like how it writes better than before I broke it, especially the variation between vertical and horizontal lines.

 

By the way what should be the proper geometry of the tip if you were to look at it from side? Should it be chisel, square, square with rounded corners, or rounded? Currently I have it on rounded and seems to work well.

Go to Richard Binder's websitechoose Reference Pages. About half way down are Nibs I, II, and III.

 

A good place to start.

 

Todd

[jzmtl]

Thanks for the link. I made it into italic shape and really like it. Not as smooth as stub with all the rounded corners, but the line difference is very nice.