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Wow! This is a pretty cool pen! I'd love to have one myself now.. :)

The mechanism is pretty interesting and I love the nib as well. Great review!

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If you look, you can find them as cheap as $10. You may need to re-sac it, but it is super fun.

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Are there flexible nibs that fit it?

I have been using this with a simple C6 Speedball nib and been getting some decent flex, especially if you push it... example of general flexy writing with that setup (please note, I am not a flex pen user, and this was just to get the colour saturation and comparison for a review example):

 

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I don't know... all the speedball nibs seem flexy to me. I really like the C nibs.

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Kaweco al sport raw little beat up but this pen lives with me onboard in the engine room it's a tank

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Very interesting pen. When I used Speedball nibs, I only had a wooden stick pen and had to dip. Actually, I loved those days. Hmmmmmm - I wonder if I have any of those nibs hidden away… I'm off to check.

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It is really a fun pen.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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On 2/25/2015 at 10:47 AM, Sinistral1 said:

I have not tried the other nibs in the pen - got a little side tracked. However, I agree that any same sized nib that has a top reservoir and fits in a standard nib holder should work. Most good art supply stores should have a large selection of Speedball nibs, including some for lefties.


Hey, did you ever find out the results?

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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I'm not sure what I was working on - flex nibs, maybe?  I haven't used dip pens in forever, not since I discovered flex nibbed fountain pens.

Breathe. Take one step at a time. Don't sweat the small stuff. You're not getting older, you are only moving through time. Be calm and positive.

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That's how it goes!

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Speedball pen's nib holder with the nib removed.

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Pen with the nib added, with the button to press on top.

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Speedball Auto-Feed pen holder packaging.

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Pen opened up
 
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Mechanism of the button press. this presses on the sac when button is pressed.

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Tip of the snorkel / feeding tube has a inner pin that can be extended or retracted tiny bit. This is mentioned as sort of a shutoff system in the instructions. When the pen is pointing nib up, it automatically closes up in this  pen. That also could mean that i might be missing some components inside. It probably should be more rigid.

 

Instruction sheet of this pen.

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Any other nib with the same outer width should work on this. Haven't tried though.

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