Flex
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Modern Flex from Fountain Pen Revolution
A friend recently asked me to make him a pen with a flexible nib, capable of being used for writing copperplate. I have tried putting Comic G dip-pen nibs in...
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Montblanc 206
This Montblanc 206 was made in Denmark between 1950 and 1954. As with many Montblanc’s of the era, it is coral red celluloid This pen is a button filler and...
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Miller Royal 408
This Royal 408 was made in Denmark by the Miller Pen Company. It has a somewhat unique filling system called a stretch vacumatic which I’ve described in this posting. The...
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Matador Click 123
This Matador Click 123 has an extra-fine nib with an easily-controlled flex and an unstained ink window. It is a piston-filler, made in Germany, date unknown. The writing was done...
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Osmia / Faber-Castell 883 & 189
This set is dated 3.9.57 as was therefore probably made in the 1950’s. The 883 fountain pen has a Fine nib with a nice flex and a clean ink window, and is...
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The Thornlea
Material: Elm and Mammoth Tusk Nib: Bock Fine Titanium (slight flex) Nib size: #6 Length, capped: 146.5 mm Length, uncapped: 131.5 mm Barrel diameter: 14.5 mm (max) Cap diameter: 14.5 mm (max)...
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Big Ben
This is a Danish Big Ben, unknown model. It’s a piston filler with an aluminium nut, visible in the photo below. Although it’s not immediately obvious in the photos, there...
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Lamy 42CH
This black Lamy 42CH has a medium nib with a moderate amount of flex. The original box and instructions are still with the pen. It has typical traces of use,...
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Summit Curzon
This pen looks like it could be an attempt to copy the design of the 1928 Parker Duofold, right down to the dual bands on the cap. It was made sometime between...
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Big Ben Master
Green Marbled Nib imprint: Warranted, 14CT, Osmiridium Nib size: #5 Cap: postable, but not secure Length, capped: 134.8 mm Length, uncapped:116.5 mm Barrel diameter: 12.5 mm (max) Cap diameter: 14.0 mm...