Originally Posted by
spencerwilli
Originally Posted by
Pterodactylus
But don’t cheat, we are talking about modern nibs in their factory default state.
Something like this (EMF modded and a new grind) is not allowed.
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(Pelikan M205 Blue-Marbled - B EMF ..... Mystery ink #16 provided by Scooby 921)
If your nib has the modern design and can write like that then I’m sold! Where do I get one?
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Itˋs the standard 20x steel nib, so no fancy dual color gold nib.
I bought this pen just for for one purpose ... tinkering (to see if I can add also a significant amount of flexibility to a (bouncy) M200 steel nib.
Before this one I only EMF (ease my flex) modded Noodler’s and FPR flex nibs, which have in their original state already some semi-flex.
On this one I tried to get quite a lot flex without endangering it’s physical integrity.
Additionally (as I bought a broad nib) I gave it a stubby grind similar to the 50s Pelikans/Montblancs.
Overall I’m quite satisfied with the outcome, the nib has a significant amount of flex and performs well.
In my experience to make sure the feed can keep up with the increased ink flow flexing the nib is many times more difficult than adding flex to the nib.
This one has still the standard feed and it performs ok.
So if you like tinkering with your pens, and you don’t have 2 left hands you can try to modify one yourself. (Maybe start with a cheap FPR flex nib so almost nothing is lost when something went wrong).
I think my initial EMF modding thread from many years ago is still available on FPN, this would be a good starting point to learn how to give a nib additional flex.
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