Do pilot's stainess steel nibs fit on penbbs456?

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Have you tried swapping their nibs? I am hesitating whether to buy one or not. Pilot nibs are really likeable,and penbbs' pen body is really nice. The nibs that I am talking about is the one that fits pilot metropolitan, prera, penmanship and more. Will it work?

[Ron Z]

No idea, but I do know that the Prera, Knight etc. nibs fit on a Wing Sung 3003

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thanks for the reply anyways

[MuddyWaters]

No they won't fit at all. The penbbs 456 uses a feed that is completely unlike the Pilot one. The replacement nibs that fit on these penbbs pens include jinhao and jowo, but not pilot.

[Ermennda]

I very much doubt it, those nibs all have a pair of "wings" in the back of the nib. The PenBBS nib is more conventional. At most you could buy one of the cheap "pilot compatible" nibs file the wings and try to fit it into the PenBBS and if that works do the same with the pilot nib.

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1 hour ago, MuddyWaters said:

No they won't fit at all. The penbbs 456 uses a feed that is completely unlike the Pilot one. The replacement nibs that fit on these penbbs pens include jinhao and jowo, but not pilot.

ohh thanks for the reply, I still have another question though. Is it possible to fit smaller nibs on pens that require big nibs. For example, someone has a number 5 nib, but has a pen that uses number 6 nib. Is it possible for him or her ot use it? Or, does it depend from pen to pen?

[Jamerelbe]

1 hour ago, hahahahaha00000 said:

ohh thanks for the reply, I still have another question though. Is it possible to fit smaller nibs on pens that require big nibs. For example, someone has a number 5 nib, but has a pen that uses number 6 nib. Is it possible for him or her ot use it? Or, does it depend from pen to pen?

 

As a general rule, no: the larger nibs also have larger diameter feeds, and the smaller nibs a smaller diameter - so you won't get them to sit snugly against the feed unless you flatten them out. Even then, #5 nibs are usually somewhat shorter than #6 nibs - so you'll likely have compatibility issues there too.

 

As you experiment you'll quickly discover that not all #5 nibs fit in all #5 pens, and likewise with #6 nibs - there are subtle variations between brands in terms of shape and curvature, that can lead to poor contact between nib and feed, and therefore inconsistent ink flow.  It can be fun to try swapping nibs between pens, but there's a bit of trial and error involved in getting a good fit!

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9 hours ago, Jamerelbe said:

 

As a general rule, no: the larger nibs also have larger diameter feeds, and the smaller nibs a smaller diameter - so you won't get them to sit snugly against the feed unless you flatten them out. Even then, #5 nibs are usually somewhat shorter than #6 nibs - so you'll likely have compatibility issues there too.

 

As you experiment you'll quickly discover that not all #5 nibs fit in all #5 pens, and likewise with #6 nibs - there are subtle variations between brands in terms of shape and curvature, that can lead to poor contact between nib and feed, and therefore inconsistent ink flow.  It can be fun to try swapping nibs between pens, but there's a bit of trial and error involved in getting a good fit!

Thanks for the reply! I guess it really depends.

[Jamerelbe]

Just now, hahahahaha00000 said:

Thanks for the reply! I guess it really depends.

 

Yes, if you're talking about swapping similar-sized nibs between pens - but if you mean fitting #5 nibs into #6 sized pens, I'd say 99 times out of a hundred at least, that won't work! 

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10 hours ago, Jamerelbe said:

 

Yes, if you're talking about swapping similar-sized nibs between pens - but if you mean fitting #5 nibs into #6 sized pens, I'd say 99 times out of a hundred at least, that won't work! 

Thankss again!