Nib I.D.
Howdy, I recently purchased a Wancher "Revive Japanese Vintage Fountain Pen" from another forum.
In a nutshell, it was a program that took old vintage pens and "revived" or restored them. The pen in question is a tiny ebonite eyedropper with a shutoff valve. My question revolves around the nib...which I am guessing is a replacement.
The only imprint visible on it says "special pen" and below that is a "1" indicating the size. It was advertised to me as being 14kt. but the pictures were not clear enough for me to tell. The tipping material is gold which leads me to believe the nib might be plated. I have a few old Japanese eyedroppers and the ones with gold nibs have imprints stating 14kt and or the JIS logo which probably means nothing to a more modern replacement nib.
I don't have a magnet available to check and I don't want to knock it out for further inspection.
Does anyone have any input here? My knowledge of these things are lacking.
Thanks in advance,
James
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