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12 minutes ago, Gloucesterman said:

You may want to check around for a Nemosine .6mm or .8mm italic nib. I had (and may still have one or two somewhere) from quite awhile back. They are a #6 size (IIRC) and made to fit western pens. You might contact Fountain Pen Revolution (Kevin?) to see if he still has any in NOS inventory. Good luck.

 

Nimosine nibs still available here:

https://www.birminghampens.com/products/nemosine-german-nib-6-6mm-stub

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1 hour ago, 51ISH said:

Thanks for the updated info.

I was wrong about FPR and you were right on Birmingham Pens.

 

“Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it, you can do again tomorrow!”

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11 hours ago, AmandaW said:

From way back

 

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That B looks a lot like the Plumix M. Thank you for sharing!

 

4 hours ago, Vintage_BE said:

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Beautiful pen and even better penmanship.

 

4 hours ago, Mark from Yorkshire said:

 

 

this pair Helix Oxford and TWSBI Swipe.

 Both running Purple ink (Pilot Iroshizuku Murasaki-Shikubu) 

 

 

 

I love purple ink!

 

3 hours ago, USG said:

Namiki Shogun

 

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WOW

 

1 hour ago, 51ISH said:

 

A gorgeous pen, and lovely handwriting, by the way!  I love my Edison Collier.

It's a rubbish photo ...it's a gorgeous deep blue with light flecks through it in 'real life'.

 

 

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Love the Edison!

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3 minutes ago, Gloucesterman said:

Thanks for the updated info.

I was wrong about FPR and you were right on Birmingham Pens.

 

 

No worries..:thumbup:  I'm pretty good at spending other folk's money ..🤣🤣🤣

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Today's journal pen is a Wing Sung 3003 (a Pilot Prera look-alike, but in reality a slightly bigger pen) with a transplanted Pilot CM (Calligraphy Medium) nib. The ink is Robert Oster Motor Oil.

 

Below that, for comparison, is an older photo of a Pilot Prera with a Calligraphy Fine nib  - it just says F on the nib - that I transplanted from a Pilot Pluminix. I thought the Fine italic was now only available in one of the Enso lettering sets, but a search just now turned up a seller of Pluminix with fine and broad stubs on AliExpress, but I don't know how good they are. If they're the same - they're good!

 

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Will work for pens... :unsure:

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Thank you!  I do too! I've only recently taken her out of the 'rotation' just to try some of my other pens.  I doubt she will be sat idle for long. Just like in real life... The 20% do 80% of the work....🤔:sad:....🤣

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14 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

That B looks a lot like the Plumix M. Thank you for sharing!

 

The difference is subtle. To my eye the M nib here is the same width as the CM. Should I photo that too?

 

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Will work for pens... :unsure:

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1 minute ago, AmandaW said:

 

The difference is subtle. To my eye the M nib here is the same width as the CM. Should I photo that too?

 

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More photos are usually better so I won't say no to more pics. Thank you for sharing this!

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6 minutes ago, 51ISH said:

 

 

 

Thank you!  I do too! I've only recently taken her out of the 'rotation' just to try some of my other pens.  I doubt she will be sat idle for long. Just like in real life... The 20% do 80% of the work....🤔:sad:....🤣

 

Too true!

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Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

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16 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:
11 hours ago, AmandaW said:

From way back

 

pluminix.jpg

That B looks a lot like the Plumix M. Thank you for sharing!

 

That's because they actually are the same! Pilot did something weird with their italic nib naming. 

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8 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

 

The difference is subtle. To my eye the M nib here is the same width as the CM. Should I photo that too?

 

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OK, now I am a little confused. Feom which model is the the middle nib? 

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7 minutes ago, PithyProlix said:

 

OK, now I am a little confused. Feom which model is the the middle nib? 

The Plumix

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I just got a nice Vernier calipers and later today I will try to find some time to create a thread about the various Pilot italic nib widths. (I do not currently have the one labeled "CM" though.) 

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OK, now I'm confused the M nib is looking broader than the CM - but the M is inked, the others all dipped.

 

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Will work for pens... :unsure:

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2 hours ago, AmandaW said:

The Plumix

 

More confused! 😅 The engraving on my Plumix (or is it Pluminix? whatever the shorter version is called) nibs look like the ones on the left & right and my 78g nibs look like the one in the middle ...

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2 hours ago, AmandaW said:

OK, now I'm confused the M nib is looking broader than the CM - but the M is inked, the others all dipped.

 

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OK - this makes sense now. The "M" nib (2nd from left) is the 78g M. Note that it matches the line width of the B (at least to my eye), which is from the Plumix, which is what I would expect.

 

But now the narrow width of the CM is a mystery to me because I had assumed, as well as told and have read numerous times, that the Prera CM is the same as the 78g B and Plumix/Pluminix M. I've avoided buying a Prera (not a pen that interests me and rare to find 2nd hand in Thailand) but now I'm curious ...

 

 

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OK. More journal pages today to put the Pilot Metropolitan CM to the test to compare it with the Wing Sung 3003 with its transplanted Pilot M (italic). Both are loaded with Robert Oster Motor Oil. Same Clairefontaine notebook. The M nib is definitely writing drier than the CM and I think that alone might be enough to make it look so different in the photo of the nibs above.

 

CM vs M...

 

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Will work for pens... :unsure:

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17 minutes ago, AmandaW said:

The M nib is definitely writing drier than the CM and I think that alone might be enough to make it look so different in the photo of the nibs above.

 

Amanda, could you please take a photo of the two nibs, head to head (or tip to tip)? A bit like this: 

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23 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

Amanda, could you please take a photo of the two nibs, head to head (or tip to tip)? A bit like this: 

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Will work for pens... :unsure:

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