PenBBS bodies that share nib mount with BBS456 pen?

[jonathan7007]

I bought a used BBS456 with a Franklin-Chritsof SIG nib. I want to switch its threaded nib and feed assembly to another pen. It's not JoWo or Bock 250. If there is no other BBS unit with the same section threading I bet I can force the nib out for use on another #6 section. But I might lose that bet and ruin the nib. I've looked around the web for a list based on the "right" section,  but haven't come up with the right search string.

 

Typing this I realize it would help if I posted a photo. Will get a pic posted.

 

Does anyone know some compatible BBSpen bodies? I always liked a checkerboard pattern they released so it would be fun if that unit was in the target group.

 

Thanks in advance for comments.

 

Jonathan

 

 

[effrafax]

All PenBBS pens use the same nib unit, and the nib is friction fit into that unit and can fairly easily be removed.  Be aware that the vanes on the feed are very delicate and easily broken.

 

[A Smug Dill]

1 hour ago, effrafax said:

All PenBBS pens use the same nib unit, and the nib is friction fit into that unit and can fairly easily be removed. 

 

Sorry, but that is incorrect. The PenBBS 268 does not have a grip section that is tapped to take a removable, threaded nib unit from what I can see; and (because I have multiple units of) the PenBBS 494 has a differently sized nib and feed altogether from most of the other PenBBS fountain pen models.