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Nib Customization for Vintage Flex Pen


ygtclk

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Hello everyone,

 

I recently bought a vintage Pelikan 100N and the pen writes really wet and smooth. It has a full flex nib. 

 

But I have a problem, the tip of the pen is unfortunately not springy enough and the tip is not thin enough. Even when I don't apply any pressure it writes like a medium.

 

My question to you is, can the nib be thinned with a nibmeister? Can it be converted to F or EF nib?

 

Thank you very much in advance.

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Just for the line width: have you tried different (dryer) inks? That might prove to be a very easy way to do something about line width, if it's just caused by an overgenerous ink flow. Along the same lines heat setting nib and feed could be an option. I defer to the experts on how to heat set a vintage (presumably) ebonite feed (for a modern one I'd use hot/boiling water, but think this can discolour older ebonite).
Makiing the nib more springy? Guess I agree with poster above: make sure you consult a good nibmeister

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On 11/29/2023 at 4:13 PM, Geert Jan said:

Just for the line width: have you tried different (dryer) inks? That might prove to be a very easy way to do something about line width, if it's just caused by an overgenerous ink flow. Along the same lines heat setting nib and feed could be an option. I defer to the experts on how to heat set a vintage (presumably) ebonite feed (for a modern one I'd use hot/boiling water, but think this can discolour older ebonite).
Makiing the nib more springy? Guess I agree with poster above: make sure you consult a good nibmeister

 

I did not use the dryer inks, I only tried with pilot iroshizuku inks. My point is it is caused by an overgenerous ink flow. Even if I don't do any pressure. The finer line also has too much ink.

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On 12/1/2023 at 9:08 AM, ygtclk said:

 

I did not use the dryer inks, I only tried with pilot iroshizuku inks. My point is it is caused by an overgenerous ink flow. Even if I don't do any pressure. The finer line also has too much ink.

I would suggest trying one of the Pelikan 4001 inks. Less exciting in terms of colour, but at least you would move from a pretty wet ink (the Pilot) to something much dryer. If this works and you can live with the colours on offer in dryer inks, you would have a far less dramatic solution to your problem.

Generally speaking Pelikan pens then to have a generous ink flow, which combined with their inks is not an issue (shouldn't be anyway). But put in a very wet ink and your writing may just swim off the page.

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