Nibs with 'heart'

[jdkonzem]

I have seen some nibs with a heart shaped hole in them. What brand is this? I know my wife would love that little feature...

[two2tone]

Nakaya

 

http://www.nakaya.org/eindex.html

 

Twotone

[elbubba]

I have seen some nibs with a heart shaped hole in them. What brand is this? I know my wife would love that little feature...

 

Waterman Ideal nibs usually have heart-like vent holes (vintage).

[significantpass]

Many vintage nibs also have heart-shaped breather holes.

[jdkonzem]

Any newer models that are $150 or less?

[AltecGreen]

Any newer models that are $150 or less?

 

 

Nakaya and Platinum are related companies and use the same nib design.

 

 

You can try a lower/mid range Platinum pen. Something like a basic black Platinum #3776 will have a nib with the heart shaped breather hole. These run around $100 new.

[Vincent1278]

Isn't the Nakaya nib a rebranded Platinum?

[dashreeve]

I have a Platinum and a Visconti with the heart, two other Visconti's have the "mood" breather

[PaulT00]

The 14 karat flex nib on my vintage Omas 556/S has a (very small) heart-shaped breather hole.

[bgray]

You could probably take a standard nib, and grind the existing breather hole to the shape of a heart without changing any of it's writing qualities.

[jar]

One of my favorites.

 

http://www.fototime.com/3724E65A1729CD8/standard.jpg

[Scriptorium Pens]

My Montegrappa Miya Argento has a heart on the nib.

[kushbaby]

Some of the Dunn nibs have heart-shaped breather holes (my Dreadnaught does). So do really old Pelikans...

 

(I know it's not exactly what the OP asked, but for the sake of completeness...)

[camoandconcrete]

All Montegrappa pens except for the Extra 1930 have the heart-shaped breather hole.

[Joe in Seattle]

Sheaffer Balance II - and they're usually available new/used less than $150

[alvarez57]

http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/44279/2329865080105226730S425x425Q85.jpg

[piembi]

That's the reason why I bought my first vintage Sheaffer.

Now I have many ....

[Sharkle]

You don't seem them much on modern, low-priced pens, but lots of vintage pens have them. Vintage Conway Stewart, Mabie Todd/Swan, Waterman, Sheaffer and others are not that hard to find in very good condition. There are a lot of vintage Conway Stewart pens, for example, on various websites. Many of them are in great shape and cost less than $100. One more thing: I have a Sailor-brand pen (I don't know the model name) with a heart hole. The pen is supposedly from the 80's; it's stainless steel, thin, and writes flawlessly. I'm still in love with it. I got it on ebay well over a year ago. I've seen these for sale since, but rarely. Mine was NOS and I think I paid around $35 for it. You might check for these off and on because it's a great way to get a wonderful pen for not a lot of money. I hope this helps and I wish you luck.

[Sandy1]

Hi -- My Waterman 72 eyedropper has a heart-shaped hole in the nib. -- Bye, S1

[simar]

My Visconti van Gogh has a heart shaped breather hole - I think some may still be available at the price you mention .