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Here is one of my recent acquisitions, though I purchased it with both a 1.1 and a 1.5 and I have a 1.5 installed in it now. I'm using a highlighter mix and it is my highlighter pen.

 

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@amberleadavis

1.5 How does that work as a highlighter? I bought a yellow Preppy and was thinking of trying to grind it to a stub or stub italic for highlighting. I bought some Pelikan ink that looks suitable for highlighting. Is this a Jinhao?

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Just got this Pelikan 140 with a 14k nib marked "S". Not sure what this nib was really intended for, but it has a very broad flat writing surface, which produces a fat wet line, as you can see in the photos. You can also write a nice fine/medium line by holding the pen upright. Like so many Pelikan and other German nibs from that era, the nib is also soft - not exactly flexible but nice and bouncy and responsive.

 

From a page on the Pelikan Perch website, it seems that this is either an "SB" or an "SBB" - most likely the latter. The "S" stands for Sheiben which refers to the flat, almost sliced off writing surface ("disk top" or "flat top"). It is a very interesting nib.

 

The only problem with this pen is that it has the transparent nib collar, which is cracked and stuck in the section. However, the nib and feed pull out anyway if needed, and it works just fine.

 

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That IS a very interesting nib!  I've never seen anything like it -- it appears to be a cross between a zoom nib and a fude nib in operation....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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18 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

That IS a very interesting nib!  I've never seen anything like it -- it appears to be a cross between a zoom nib and a fude nib in operation....

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Yes, it is similar to the zoom and fude - except there is no gradation from broad to fine. Just the flat broad surface and the fine writing at the tip. Still not sure if there was some special intended purpose for this grind!

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15 hours ago, mitto said:

A few of my favourite nibs. Alll are Newhaven nibs. 

 

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Wow, these are amazing nibs for Parker 45 and 51!  Question: what are you referring to when you call them "Newhaven nibs"?

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