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(I am not sure this is right place to post this topic, so please forgive me)

I have a Pilot VP special alloy which I bought 2 years ago. One time, I dropped it and it landed the ground by the nib.

Nib was bent up like this (this is current condition of the nib, before the nib was bent and 2 tines were apart)
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First, it couldn't write, I was thinking of sending it to Pilot for repair. But then I realize it will take times and also it was already passed the warranty period, so I decided to fix it by myself first.I took the nib out, try to balance the 2 tines to make them together again. And after awhile, I managed to get it write again.

And surprisingly, it can write quite smooth (of course not as smoothly as it did before, but I couldn't ask more)

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And here is writing sample of its

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That's pretty unique, and doesn't write badly at that.

 

I'm not a fan of Sailor's Fude de Mannen nibs — but then, to be fair, I haven't tried a proper Naginata Fude nib — but some of the Delike 'bent EF' nibs write nicely enough for me. The critical test for me is whether it writes smoothly (and finely!) enough when the feed is facing up and the slit is facing down towards the page. Your Pilot Capless nib now looks a bit like a Delike 'bent EF' nib but not a Sailor (or Duke, or Hero) Fude nib.

 

I haven't dropped one of my pens nib-first yet, but I've made a mess of an Aurora 88 Minerali piston-fill demonstrator, and I surprised myself by how gung-ho I was in trying to 'fix' it (and, with each step, getting 90% of the way of making it better and then just making it worse than before with a different problem, by trying to 'fix' it perfectly). I was also surprised by my luck in finally restoring it to working order without functional problems other than a few scratches it could look better to me without, but that's about it.

 

All other pens of mine that broke, well... they just stay broken (or end up more broken in the garbage compactor).

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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not a surprise , if you had enough experience with all these Asian Calligraphy nib then you know whatever fancy name it might be, its still very much the same principle - namely - a portion, some time slim, some time fair, and some time substantial of the frontal part of the nib are bended / curved upward to an angle, it might be a smooth gradual slight curve or it might be a sharp kink , the curve might be simple or it might be compound, generally specialized calligraphy nib also had their tipping specifically tipped to work with the say usage and grounded so .. in a fashion you had create ( out of accident ) a simple calligraphy nib for your VP

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That's pretty unique, and doesn't write badly at that.

 

I'm not a fan of Sailor's Fude de Mannen nibs — but then, to be fair, I haven't tried a proper Naginata Fude nib — but some of the Delike 'bent EF' nibs write nicely enough for me. The critical test for me is whether it writes smoothly (and finely!) enough when the feed is facing up and the slit is facing down towards the page. Your Pilot Capless nib now looks a bit like a Delike 'bent EF' nib but not a Sailor (or Duke, or Hero) Fude nib.

 

I haven't dropped one of my pens nib-first yet, but I've made a mess of an Aurora 88 Minerali piston-fill demonstrator, and I surprised myself by how gung-ho I was in trying to 'fix' it (and, with each step, getting 90% of the way of making it better and then just making it worse than before with a different problem, by trying to 'fix' it perfectly). I was also surprised by my luck in finally restoring it to working order without functional problems other than a few scratches it could look better to me without, but that's about it.

 

All other pens of mine that broke, well... they just stay broken (or end up more broken in the garbage compactor).

Thank you A Smug Dill. I think it is a little bit exaggerated statement to say it is Fude nib. I only tried Fude nib few times, not enough to totally understand that nib type. But I am happy to think that now I have a Fude de mannen accidentally made by myself :P

 

not a surprise , if you had enough experience with all these Asian Calligraphy nib then you know whatever fancy name it might be, its still very much the same principle - namely - a portion, some time slim, some time fair, and some time substantial of the frontal part of the nib are bended / curved upward to an angle, it might be a smooth gradual slight curve or it might be a sharp kink , the curve might be simple or it might be compound, generally specialized calligraphy nib also had their tipping specifically tipped to work with the say usage and grounded so .. in a fashion you had create ( out of accident ) a simple calligraphy nib for your VP

 

Thank you Mech-for-i. You are correct about the function of the nib. It is what I realized recently when I have chance to try several types of pen.

And happily, somehow, by my luck, I made a simple calligraphy nib :bunny01: :happycloud9: lol

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I only tried Fude nib few times, not enough to totally understand that nib type.

 

 

Does the illustration on this page help? http://www.sailor.co.jp/lineup/fountainpen/10-0212

 

In a way, it's meant to write like a Zoom nib that doesn't have a bulbous glob of tipping material. A proper Naginata Fude de Mannen nib has tipping, but the nibs on Sailor's much cheaper versions of FDM pens don't have tipping, and so being able to 'reverse-write' with the feed facing up and tip of the nib's 'beak' pointing down is very hit-and-miss on the latter.

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Does the illustration on this page help? http://www.sailor.co.jp/lineup/fountainpen/10-0212

 

In a way, it's meant to write like a Zoom nib that doesn't have a bulbous glob of tipping material. A proper Naginata Fude de Mannen nib has tipping, but the nibs on Sailor's much cheaper versions of FDM pens don't have tipping, and so being able to 'reverse-write' with the feed facing up and tip of the nib's 'beak' pointing down is very hit-and-miss on the latter.

Yes, I only tried the cheap version of Fude de mannen not Naginata one. It is the reason why I don't really find that pen special enough for me.

I think I will need to head up to some department where carry Sailor Special nib to try Naginata fude once, otherwise I can't sleep well :unsure:

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Yes, I only tried the cheap version of Fude de mannen not Naginata one. It is the reason why I don't really find that pen special enough for me.

 

I suppose it's, um, passable if you want to get this kind of variation in line width:

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and don't care strongly about the smoothness of edges of the lines/shapes on the page.

 

The Delike bent EF nib, which is closer to the 'special' Pilot Capless nib you inadvertently created, does not produce quite as dramatic a range of line widths:

fpn_1561381758__sample_writing_with_deli

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I suppose it's, um, passable if you want to get this kind of variation in line width:

fpn_1561360401__sample_writing_with_55de

and don't care strongly about the smoothness of edges of the lines/shapes on the page.

 

 

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