A New Kind Of Nib, Homemade, And No Cost

[bgordebak]

I found out that I can buy an Ahab cheaper from somewhere else. So I decided to reduce the price to $40.

Edited June 5, 2017 by bgordebak

[pajaro]

How do you hold this pen to write with it?

[bgordebak]

How do you hold this pen to write with it?

Just like a normal FP. One of the tines is shorter. The longer ones are the writing side. It's easy to see. The longer tines must both touch the paper, just like the tip of a normal FP nib.

 

Edit: For the record, I'll send some instructions to the owner. Nothing much really, just to get him started right away.

 

Edit: Should I have posted this in the Classifieds? Is this against the rules? Since it's a new kind of thing, I just didn't want to tell the same things over in a different topic.

Edited June 5, 2017 by bgordebak

[bgordebak]

The new price is $40 + Free Shipping. This is the best I can do, any less than that isn't worth it. I need to have a little money after I bought the other Ahab, otherwise it wouldn't be a fair trade. If I pay for the Ahab about $30 and $5 for the shipping, I will get $5 for the nib.

Edited June 6, 2017 by bgordebak

[bgordebak]

I figured out that $40 for an Ahab is too much. So I decided to make it $30, shipping not included. I won't earn anything, but I want to make another pen, so, there you go.

[Wayfarer]

This is brilliant! What if you were able to shave it down on an angle to create a little more variation in the lines?

[bgordebak]

This is brilliant! What if you were able to shave it down on an angle to create a little more variation in the lines?

Thanks! Yeah, totally doable. The first one I made was somewhat a stub.

[Newjelan]

Very clever!

[bgordebak]

Very clever!

Thanks!

[fabri00]

A Japanese pen in the 90's has a similar nib.

I have it somewhere.

[tamiya]

Design wise for the writing point, the idea is similar to Hero 360(degree)

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1GsDuMfa1Dc/Te8Z_vaKNeI/AAAAAAAAAEU/wvv-YnwNAeg/s1600/hero360pen-2.jpg

 

metal tip is bisected into 4 quadrants at the very end to allow a channel for ink flow

[bgordebak]

A Japanese pen in the 90's has a similar nib.

I have it somewhere.

I knew someone had thought of it before.

[bgordebak]

Design wise for the writing point, the idea is similar to Hero 360(degree)

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1GsDuMfa1Dc/Te8Z_vaKNeI/AAAAAAAAAEU/wvv-YnwNAeg/s1600/hero360pen-2.jpg

 

metal tip is bisected into 4 quadrants at the very end to allow a channel for ink flow

Nice! Thanks for posting it.

 

Apparently, applying for a patent is unnecessary. I didn't actually. It will stay as a homemade nib.

Edited June 16, 2017 by bgordebak

[ReadyFireAim]

I knew an girl who filed the fingernail of her right pointer finger into a nib.

I think she said it worked.

 

Never talked with her that much.

She was kind of weird.

[Astronymus]

A Japanese pen in the 90's has a similar nib.

I have it somewhere.

Reminds me of a Sailor Trident.

http://www.stutler.cc/pens/trident/

[Needhelp]

Wow! I could have never thought about it. Very clever, appreciate your hard work. So you made it with some needles. What material are the needles made up of and are they durable? How long will they last?

[bgordebak]

Wow! I could have never thought about it. Very clever, appreciate your hard work. So you made it with some needles. What material are the needles made up of and are they durable? How long will they last?

Thanks! Yeah, the needles are stainless steel. I don't know how long they will last, but I can say pretty long.

[bgordebak]

- double post -

Edited July 8, 2017 by bgordebak

[Gloucesterman]

You might want to attempt to create a nib that fits into and older low cost FP - a Wearever for example.

 

Also, I would think that if you refined the nib so that it wrote smoothly enough and with some flexibility or other desired quality people might purchase just the nib work.

 

If you think it's really worth investing time and energy you might consider evaluating "crowd-source" funding.

[Needhelp]

If this could be done on a platinum preppy or cheaper founain pens(i meant other cheap fountain pens), it would be awesome and a fun pen to try out. How does it feel for long writing sessions?