Bring out those Frankenpens!

[Cob]

Some of you may have noticed my enthusiasm for Frankenpens; I should love to see yours (if you have any!). So to start the ball rolling, here are most of mine. You will note that I have adopted the spelling "nibb" for "nib"; this is a nod in the direction of Parson Woodforde's "pigg" and a little touch of gothicism!

Cob

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[Waski_the_Squirrel]

Meet Frankenpen: part Noodler's Konrad, part Speedball.

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Bexley 58 with a Waterman #17 nib:

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Jinhao 159's with a Goulet 1.5mm nib and a Visconti Dream Touch nib:

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Mabie Todd Swan with a Waterman 12 section and feed.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3835/14278520070_0d17f21dc2_b.jpg

Taccia Savanna with a dip pen nib.

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Sheaffer Legacy with a Jim Rouse body:

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Detroit Penworks pen with a vintage #4 Warranted flex nib.

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Darth Vader with ballpoint feet.

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[mhosea]

I've done a lot of creative things with pen parts, but I don't seem to have many in my case anymore, and half of those are pretty lame insofar as they are closely approximating parts from the same manufacturer, e.g. a Sheaffer BP cap on an FP 1949 "fat" touchdown, a Sheaffer Prelude nib on a "deluxe" Sheaffer No-Nonsense pen. Here's one of the most aesthetically pleasing mixes, one that perhaps might have made a viable product back in the day. I had an all-black late-1930's Sheaffer Oversize Balance, but there was a crack in the barrel at the lever support groove, which made for a floppy lever. I also had the cap on a 1930-ish Black and Pearl give up the ghost. I decided to make one good pen out of them. I quite like the result. Also included are a couple of nib-transplants onto Chinese pens from vintage Sheaffers that had issues.

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[Cob]

<<blush>>

So I'm not exactly alone then?

Hurrah!

Cob