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Hi all. Would you help me to compilate a list of pens that have a #8 nib, that is to say, the size of a MB 149 or Pelikan M1000 nib? I am interested in both vintage and modern pens from all over the world. Of course, if you know where such a list exists, just let me know. Thanks.

 

MB 149

Pelikan M1000

MB Hemingway

Soennecken 111 Extra

Matador Garant 998

Goldfink Imperial and Wunderfuller by Tom Westerich.

Astoria Goliath (new batch)

Delta Dolce Vita. OS

 

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Onoto Mammoth

Soennecken Präsident

Waterman 18 and 58

Montegrappa Extra y Montegrappa Extra 1930

GVFC Pen of the Year and Wood Intuition

Mabie Todd Big Blackbird

Osmia Supra 448

Newton Pens Orville

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I probably have a list somewhere I will post it as soon as I find it...

but the pen that comes to my mind immediately is

LeBeouf, American pen from Springfield mass.

Good luck !

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Deltas made for Chatterley pens. Have 2 & there's a 3rd just came out.

Oh yeah: that one in the Città Reale celluloid... what a pen.

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Not the Spennecken 111 Extra (though the nib is large!), but the Prasident 1.....

 

 

Hi all. Would you help me to compilate a list of pens that have a #8 nib, that is to say, the size of a MB 149 or Pelikan M1000 nib? I am interested in both vintage and modern pens from all over the world. Of course, if you know where such a list exists, just let me know. Thanks.

MB 149
Pelikan M1000
MB Hemingway
Soennecken 111 Extra
Matador Garant 998
Goldfink Imperial and Wunderfuller by Tom Westerich.
Astoria Goliath (new batch)

"Writing is 1/3 nib width & flex, 1/3 paper and 1/3 ink. In that order."Bo Bo Olson

"No one needs to rotate a pen while using an oblique, in fact, that's against the whole concept of an oblique, which is to give you shading without any special effort."Professor Propas, 24 December 2010

 

"IMHO, the only advantage of the 149 is increased girth if needed, increased gold if wanted and increased prestige if perceived. I have three, but hardly ever use them. After all, they hold the same amount of ink as a 146."FredRydr, 12 March 2015

 

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The Waterman 18 and 58 have #8 nibs. I have a 56, and it's the largest nib in any of my pens, old or new, so I'm thinking that a #8 would be even bigger.

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The Waterman 18 and 58 have #8 nibs. I have a 56, and it's the largest nib in any of my pens, old or new, so I'm thinking that a #8 would be even bigger.

And a #10 Waterman is bigger, and a Parker #12 bigger still.

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Sheaffer PFM, Legacy, Legacy 2, Legacy Heritage.

Montegrappa Extra, Extra 1930.

GVFC Pen of the Year and Wood Intuition.

 

http://www.fototime.com/E53C6F2D0482746/large.jpg

 

 

 

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I do not know if the Pilot #15 nibs are big enough to fit the bill, but they are quite large.

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every now and then I miss that pen - like now:)

 

 

Osma Supra 448. (see my avatar)

"Writing is 1/3 nib width & flex, 1/3 paper and 1/3 ink. In that order."Bo Bo Olson

"No one needs to rotate a pen while using an oblique, in fact, that's against the whole concept of an oblique, which is to give you shading without any special effort."Professor Propas, 24 December 2010

 

"IMHO, the only advantage of the 149 is increased girth if needed, increased gold if wanted and increased prestige if perceived. I have three, but hardly ever use them. After all, they hold the same amount of ink as a 146."FredRydr, 12 March 2015

 

"Surely half the pleasure of life is sardonic comment on the passing show."Sir Peter Strawson

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Newton Pens Orville

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On an iPad and haven't mastered cut and paste of links. Search for:

 

Senator President

 

Jinhao 159

 

Deccan Masterpiece (Hari has a photo here on FPN dwarfing a 149)

 

Grieshaber had a #8 nib

 

Delta Dolce Vita OS, at least as I remember

 

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Which Pens Have A Big #8 Nib?

 

Hmm..well I'm usin' me Bexley Prometheus and Montblanc Dumas...

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Oh yeah: that one in the Città Reale celluloid... what a pen.

Yes but it is not a flexible nib and the quality of the workmanship on Deltas exception made of Chatterley pens is not what I would call stellar.

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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It seems that I can't edit the original post anymore, so I update with some more additions from the thread:

 

Jinhao 159

Deccan Masterpiece

Newton Pens - Any model

Bexley Prometheus

MB Dumas

Senator Prasident

Grieshaber (model?)

 

 

MB 149

Pelikan M1000

MB Hemingway

Soennecken 111 Extra

Matador Garant 998

Goldfink Imperial and Wunderfuller by Tom Westerich.

Astoria Goliath (new batch)

Delta Dolce Vita. OS

Additions from the thread:

Onoto Mammoth

Soennecken Präsident

Waterman 18 and 58

Montegrappa Extra y Montegrappa Extra 1930

GVFC Pen of the Year and Wood Intuition

Mabie Todd Big Blackbird

Osmia Supra 448

Newton Pens Orville

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I can put the #8 nibs in any of my pens. :)

 

Heyheyhey! An ebonite Eastman with a nr. 8 nib... or transparent lucite... here is an idea for the future, when my credit card recovers from some recent purchases :-)

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