I would like to talk to someone Specialize in franken pen.
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I would like to talk to someone Specialize in franken pen.
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I like simple morden fountain Pen body with vintage Nib that gives great Iine variation.
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I very much enjoy building Frankenpens. I have quite a few of them: an Advance with incorrect cap and a Conklin Toledo nib, a Pitman College pen with a Swan no 1 Calligraph nib, A summit 75 with a No 4 Waterman's Ideal nib, and quite a few others. My latest one is this early Sheaffer Balance fitted with a big Osmia Supra nib:Balance Frankenpen S.jpg
Cob
Vive les chevaliers! A bas les têtes rondes!
Cob - Your penmanship is exquisite.
Cob (January 25th, 2018)
Vive les chevaliers! A bas les têtes rondes!
jbb (August 9th, 2019)
Cob (January 25th, 2018)
Once upon a time people would have been puzzled at the idea of a frankenpen. If a nib or cap was damaged, they would repair it using any components available. If it fitted, it worked for them. In the same vein, I have a number of lovely flexible nibs fitted in modern, inexpensive pens - all great writers.
I have put a vintage Eagle nib into a Pelikan M200 with good results...
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Sam O
"A fountain pen with a bad nib is like a Ferrari with a flat tyre..." - Brian Gray, Edison pens
Here's another: a 1920s Pitman's College Pen with Swan No 1 Calligraph nib.Pitmans Frankenpen.jpg
Cob
Vive les chevaliers! A bas les têtes rondes!
I have some radical hybrids: old ringtops with dip pen nibs. The one of most interest to this forum would probably be a Doric ringtop (they exist - I have a handful) with a #4 Mabie Todd dip nib. It can do things that no fountain pen can do.
Before I became ill I used to do quite a bit of Frankenpenning. It was a way to get good writing instruments out of scrap and spare parts. The Wahl-Eversharp nibs are nice and can be shoehorned into a number of bodies. Is this is what you had in mind when you posted this question in the Wahl-Eversharp section?
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Marsilius (August 12th, 2019)
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Scrawler (August 12th, 2019)
I won an auction for a Doric ringtop (an uncommon animal to be sure) with a mediocre nib. My scheme is to replace said nib with an Adjustable nib which has lost its slider - no, hear me out. Without the slider, you have a nib with paintbrush flex and the relative sturdiness of the fountain pen nib, as opposed to the earlier dip nib.
I'll let you know how this works out.
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